Reviews

Hidden Cats in Tokyo is this month’s hidden cat game from our pals at Silesia Games. This time it’s coded by Brazilian dev Nukearts who have previous hidden cat game form with jaunts to Paris, London and Berlin amongst others. If you ever played one of these sorts of games […]

Hidden Cats in Tokyo – PS5 Review

September 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hidden cats / nihon / silesia games by Ian

From Puppygames and Thalamus Digital comes the game formerly known as Basingstoke. Originally released on PC in 2018, it has made the move to PS5 and gained a Welcome to prefix, though we have to question quite why. The Basingstoke part could just as well have been any number of […]

Welcome to Basingstoke – PS5 Review

September 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged amazingstoke / basingstoke / geographical inconsistencies / rogue-like by Ian

Earthion is a 16-bit style horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up and it comes to us from Japan’s own Ancient Corp, a studio that has a history of, let’s say, unusual games that goes back to 1991. Founded by Yūzō Koshiro, the legendary video game composer behind soundtracks for games like Streets of […]

Earthion – PS5 Review

September 18, 2025 in PS5 tagged earthion / genesis / horizontally-scrolling / Mega Drive / shoot em up by Richie

Whilst art and craft aesthetics are not new, I still get a kick out of seeing them. Hirogami is the latest to give them a shot. A joint effort from Bandai Namco’s Singapore and Malaysia studios, it has an enchanting look and charming presentation. Whilst it’s not short on ideas, […]

Hirogami – PS5 Review

September 17, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d platforming / animals / arts / bandai namco singapore studio / craft / folding / hirogami / malaysia / origami / paper / transformations by Mike

ZOE Begone! is a shoot ’em up that’s about as far away from a traditional shooter as you can get. Forget your militaristic skirmishes or epic space battles, because this game comes from Retchy (Graeme Hawkins), a solo dev/animator from Scotland and he’s not looking to make the next R-Type or 1942. Instead, this […]

ZOE Begone! – PS5 Review

September 17, 2025 in PS5 by Richie

I can find it really hard to say much about games that keep themselves simple and to the point. Pic-A-Block is one of those games. A puzzle game from TreeFall Studios, it’s all about sliding and removing blocks. It holds very little mystery but it does work as advertised. Whilst […]

Pic-A-Block – PS5 Review

September 16, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged block sliding / cosy / grid based / pic-a-block / puzzles / relaxing / treefall studios by Mike

Hook: Complete Edition is, as the name might suggest, an amalgam of two separate titles. Hook and Hook 2 in fact. Penned as puzzle, casual and brain training on the PSN store, that’s a fair description. OK, review done. This is alright, go play it. Hours of mild diversion. Seriously […]

Hook: Complete Edition – PS5 Review

September 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Casual / hook / hook ce / puzzle / rainbow train by Ian

From Vancouver-based developer and publisher Buffalo Buffalo we have the latest rhythm action game on PS5, in this case Fresh Tracks. We have to confess, we hoped the dev name was in fact the grammatically correct sentence “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” but sadly not. To quote […]

Fresh Tracks – PS5 Review

September 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged buffalo buffalo / norse mythology / planks of wood / rhythm action by Ian

Otherwar is a tower defence game and it comes to use from Polish devs Kantal Collective. Originally released in 2023 on Steam, the game is now available on PSN and we were pretty excited to try out a tower defence game, a once dominant genre that has fallen out of […]

Otherwar – PS5 Review

September 12, 2025 in PS5 tagged bullet-hell / tower defence by Richie

Hell is Us feels like a deceptive game. The trailers big up the lack of hand holding and the soulsian combat but neither truly reach their apex. Rogue Factor do make up most of the distance with an approach that makes exploration worthwhile. The central backdrop offers a potentially interesting […]

Hell is Us – PS5 Review

September 11, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged adventure / cataclysm / dodgy science / family reunion / hell is us / puzzles / rogue factor / sectarianism / souls-ish combat / war by Mike

In the same way that Mad Catz had the third-party controller market sewn up for in previous generations, when we think of audio headsets for gaming, we generally think of Turtle Beach. This US-based has been pushing out gaming hardware since 2005 but really came to prominence when the Xbox […]

Turtle Beach Atlas 200 Headset – Hardware Review

September 10, 2025 in Hardware / Reviews tagged atlas 200 / hardware / headset / turtle beach by Richie

Arcade rallying seems to be making a comeback. Whilst titles like Old School Rally specifically aim for that 90’s vibe, Rally Arcade Classics aims for something slightly more modern. Netk2 Games are at the helm and what they’ve delivered is an addictive, compelling racer. It does initially seem light on […]

Rally Arcade Classics – PS5 Review

September 9, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged drifting / group b / legally distinct hatchbacks / netk2games / point to point / racing / rally arcade classics / rallying / stages / time trial by Mike