Reviews

I am a terrible gardener. I’ve got a real habit of neglecting plants in my backyard. Gardening is simply something other people do and I just don’t have the time to devote to creating life. Gaming has me covered, though. There’s no shortage of farming or garden growing simulators. The […]

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator – PS5 Review

February 28, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bouquet / flowers / garden life a cozy simulator / gardening / green fingers / narrative based / pest control / relaxing / stillalive studios by Mike

Geometry Survivor is an auto-shooter from London-based coders Brain Seal and its name really tells you know what their intentions with this game was. Essentially it’s the latest Vampire Survivors style auto-shooting rogue-lite game to hit PSN and it borrows its aesthetic pretty heavily from Bizarre Creations’ wonderful Geometry Wars series. That is to […]

Geometry Survivor – PS5 Review

February 28, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged auto-shooter / geometry survivor / geometry wars / rogue-lite by Richie

Promenade, on the face of it, is a cutesy platformer. Just like you should never judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover, don’t assume Promenade is a game aimed at the younger player. Yes, it’s all pastel shades and fluffy pillow forts, but in fact it shares many traits with Metroidvania-type […]

Promenade – PS5 Review

February 23, 2024 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged holy cap / metroidvania / nantes / pastel shades by Ian

Brotato is an auto-shooting ‘survivors’ game from French coding soloist Thomas Gervraud, otherwise known as Blobfish. Debuting on Steam in late 2022, the game caught the wave of popularity that Vampire Survivors brought to the genre but while it shares some common DNA with it, Brotato has a style and gameplay loop […]

Brotato – PS5 Review

February 21, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged autoshooter / blobfish / brotato / vampire survivors by Richie

A Little to the Left is an organising/puzzler from Canadian coding crew, Max Inferno, and it has been floating around on Steam since November 2022 but is now making its way over to consoles for a reasonable £12 with some day one DLC, Cupboards & Drawers, setting you back another fiver if […]

A Little to the Left – PS5 Review

February 19, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged a little to the left / max inferno / organisation / relaxed / sorting / tidying up by Richie

I was the right age to get into it but the Tomb Raider series managed to always escape my grasp. By the time I was a PC gamer, I was into shooters. I got a PlayStation for anything but platformers. The franchise itself has seen plenty of highs and lows […]

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered – PS5 Review

February 15, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d platformer / 90s / aspyr / core design / crystal dynamics / dual pistols / exploration / lara croft / tomb raider i ii iii remastered by Mike

One advantage of this job is the opportunity to genuinely see games that fly well and truly under the radar. Grotto is an experimental, narratively-focused effort that places you, intentionally or otherwise, at the helm of a nearby tribe. Despite not being one of them, they seek your advice and […]

Grotto – PS4 Review

February 8, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged brainwash gang / decisions / grotto / life and death / mysticism / narratively-driven / soothsayer / stargazing / tribal warfare by Mike

Turret Rampage is a one-tower tower-defense shooter from solo developer KhudO and is published by budget kings eastasiasoft. It got a PC release late last year and is now here on a PSN packed in, as ever, with an identical PS4 version. You place as the titular turret as you defend […]

Turret Rampage – PS5 Review

February 5, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged easy platinum / mini-game / simple / tower defense / turret rampage by Richie

I see fighting games more as a spectator sport but that doesn’t stop me occasionally mashing my way into them. Tekken‘s probably the one of the big three I’ve got the least experience with but Tekken 8 has definitely won me over. My biggest barrier is usually execution but the […]

Tekken 8 – PS5 Review

February 4, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged absurd spectacle / bandai namco / devil gene / fighting game / mashima zaibatsu / online multiplayer / tekken 8 by Mike

What I know about Granblue Fantasy is probably not worth writing. Its origins on a mobile platform means I’m largely in the dark about the lore and premise. Cygames Osaka have been tasked with Granblue Fantasy: Relink, an action RPG featuring a rag-tag bunch of skyfaring adventurers in search for […]

Granblue Fantasy: Relink – PS5 Review

February 3, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action rpg / anime optimism / astrals / bahamut / cygames osaka / estalucia / granblue fantasy relink / lyria / melee combat / online co-op / sky pirates / spectacle by Mike

We’ve played a lot of Metroidvanias here at PSC, most recently the thoroughly decent Trinity Fusion, but we’ve also played some downright ropy efforts. We’ll spare them their blushes but it does seem like this is the go-to option of the moment. Accordingly, we were a little surprised to note […]

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – PS5 Review

February 3, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Immortals / metroidvania / prince of persia / sargon / ubisoft by Ian

Starward Rogue is a top-down, twin-stick shooting rogue-like from state-side developers Arcen games. It’s a bit of a strange one this, as the game came out for PC back in 2015 albeit to a rather unsuccessful launch which was apparently so bad that it caused the studio to shed three employees […]

Starward Rogue – PS5 Rrview

January 29, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcen games / rogue-like / starward rogue / twin-stick shooter by Richie