Reviews

Atomfall then. The lazy back of the fag packet description could well be Fallout in the Lake District. Only unlike Bethesda’s bloated behemoth that’s currently in GAAS purgatory with Fallout 76, Atomfall is unashamedly British coming from Oxford-based dev and publisher Rebellion. Given their previous with the Sniper Elite games, […]

Atomfall – PS5 Review

April 16, 2025 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged atomfall / hanging on the telephone / in the shadow of the mushroom cloud / no nukes please we're british / oberon / peace sells but who's buying / rebellion / windscale by Ian

S. Prism Destroyer is a run and gun style shooter from a small studio called MaidsWithGuns which was originally launched on Steam last year but was picked up by eastasiasoft for the console launch. In the game you play as Amor, a “cute girl that fell in love with a boy […]

S. Prism Destroyer – PS5 Review

April 14, 2025 in PS5 tagged contra / eastasiasoft / run and gun / s. prism destroyer by Richie

I can be in the mood for a 2D platformer. Shadow of the Orient is Spacelab Games is a small Canadian developer and this is their first release. It’s been out on mobile platforms for a few years but now a console port has brought to the Playstation 5. The […]

Shadow of the Orient – PS5 Review

April 11, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d platforming / China / collecting / gems / Pixel art / retro aesthetic / shadow of the orient / spacelab games / speedrun by Mike

From Shanghai based Pollard Studio we have KARMA: The Dark World, a narrative-driven psychological horror game, bringing to mind the film depiction of 1984 in some ways as well as Terry Gilliam’s masterful Brazil. Set in an alternate version of East Germany, you play as Daniel McGovern, a Roam Agent […]

KARMA: The Dark World – PS5 Review

April 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cronenberg / dark world / dasein / east germany / horror / karma / pollard by Ian

Sociable Soccer ’25 is an arcade football game which has a genuine lineage that traces back to not only one of the best football games of all time but one of the best games generally, Sensible World of Soccer. If you were gaming in the ’90s, there’s a good chance you lost […]

Sociable Soccer ’25 – PS5 Review

April 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged football / jon hare / sensible soccer / sociable soccer / swos by Richie

I know these type of games have existed in the past but Pets Hotel offers me a different realm of management. Games Incubator originally brought the game to Steam almost two years ago and now it’s seeing a Playstation 5 release. Whilst the game does try to keep you busy, […]

Pets Hotel – PS5 Review

April 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged animal care / cats / dogs / fish / game incubator / human resources / management / mini games / pets hotel / rabbits / walkies by Mike

What a weird thing Sorry We’re Closed is. Coming from al a mode games, this homage to survival horror coats it in a vibrant palette with a story heavily focused around love. It almost teeters into chaos but there’s enough craft on display to result in something unique. It’s stylish, […]

Sorry We’re Closed – PS5 Review

April 1, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged al a mode games / androgyny / dutch angles / fetish / fixed perspective / killer7 / lgbt / loud aesthetic / love / romance / sorry we're closed / valve puzzles by Mike

Legends BMX is an action sports title from Saga Legends Games and while it’s usually the skateboarders who tend to be the most-targeted in this sub-genre, there have been a handful of decent BMX titles over the years. 8-Bit gamers will remember BMX Simulator from Codemasters back in the day while PS1-era […]

Legends BMX – PS5 Review

April 1, 2025 in PS5 tagged extreme sports / legends bmx by Richie

Police Shootout is a turn-based first person shooter from Polish dev team Hypnotic Ants. Their previous work includes Deconstruction Simulator, Ship Graveyard Simulator and Dreamo. None of which you’ll have heard of but you can tell from each game’s artwork that we’re not dealing with a triple-A studio here. And Police Shootout, pretty much from […]

Police Shootout – PS5 Review

March 26, 2025 in PS5 tagged fps / hypnotic ants / police shooter / simulator / turn-based by Richie

Beyond the Ice Palace II is quite the relic. The first game came out in 1988 on our beloved Speccy, the Commodore 64, Alan Sugar’s turdbox plus the Amiga and the Atari ST. Published by Elite Systems, formerly Richard Wilcox Software, they’ll be more familiar to contemporary gamers due to […]

Beyond the Ice Palace II – PS5 Review

March 22, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged broken / elite systems / ice palace / shitroidvania / storybird / the thing that should not be by Ian

3D Don’t Die Mr Robot is an arcade style dodging game from UK dev team Infinite State games and is a sequel, of sorts, to their 2014 original Don’t Die Mr Robot. Now, we’ve got a soft spot for Infinite State Games here. The original game was one of the first […]

3D Don’t Die Mr Robot

March 17, 2025 in PS5 tagged 3d don't die mr robot / arcade / dodging / eastasiasoft / infinite state games by Richie

Recall: Empty Wishes is a narrative horror title from Puff Hook Studio. This is their first fully-fledged effort and, whilst it hasn’t quite resonated with me, there is an interesting story here and attempt to tell that story in an absorbing way. Unfortunately, it’s a very linear experience with simplistic […]

Recall: Empty Wishes – PS5 Review

March 13, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d perspective / grief / horror / psychological thriller / puff hook studio / recall empty wishes / schoolgirl / sealth / taiwan / trauma by Mike