PS4

I’m a sucker for a simplistic puzzle game and Tilting Tiles seems to fit the bill. Coming from TreeFall Studios, this top-down conundrum delivers dozens of tricky teasers to wrap your brain around. There’s very few frills on offer but the stripped down nature seems to give the game plenty […]

Tilting Tiles – PS4 Review

June 11, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged blocks / diamonds / puzzles / tilting tiles / treefall studios / worlds by Mike

It’s been out on PC for some time but Lost Ruins now lands on PS4. The pixel graphics and school girl protagonist might lead you to believe that this is a cutesy platformer but that is not the case. You play as a girl simply known as Heroine, who wakes […]

Lost Ruins – PS4 Review

June 8, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / boss battles / combat / difficult / dodge roll / loadout / lost ruins / map by Gareth

As mentioned in my Wonder Boy Asha review from last year, the Wonder Boy franchise is one that had passed me by, despite being a self-professed Sega fanatic ever since the glory of the Mega Drive days. Despite owning original copies of Wonder Boy III on Master System and Monster World […]

Wonder Boy Collection – PS4 Review

June 2, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Asha / Collection / Land / Monster / retro / Wonder Boy / World by Grizz

Amazing Princess Sarah came out quite a long time ago on other platforms and has now landed on PS4. It’s a retro style 2D platformer with a few interesting ideas. You play as Princess Sarah, who must save the King after he is kidnapped by Lilith. This involves platforming through […]

Amazing Princess Sarah – PS4 Review

May 24, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / amazing princess sarah / bosses / cast of the seven godsends / new game+ / platformer / throwing by Gareth

Rolling Gunner is a horizontally-scrolling bullet-hell shoot ’em up from Japanese developers Mebius. Originally a 2018 Windows release, this version combines a port of the game along with its Overpower DLC that came out a year or so later. It’s also out for the Switch and there are physical editions […]

Rolling Gunner + Overpower – PS4 Review

May 22, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / bullet-hell / rolling gunner / shoot em up by Richie

Cotton Fantasy is a shoot ’em up that is part of the celebrated Cotton series which is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary. We’ve already seen a few ports of some of the other games with Cotton Reboot!, Panorama Cotton and various others all making it to PSN in the last year or so. This […]

Cotton Fantasy – PS4 Review

May 19, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / cotton fantasy / japanese / rainbow cotton / shoot em up by Richie

Divination, stylised as //DIVINATION\\, opens with a warning that it depicts disturbing imagery and themes. What it should also have done was have opened with an apology for the remarkably brief experience on offer here. You see, our leisurely playthrough lasted all of twenty four minutes. Not twenty four hours. […]

Divination – PS5 Review

May 18, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cheeky bastards / divination / eastasiasoft / visual novel / wb yeats wine lodge / you're the reason that paradise lost by Ian

Wildcat Gun Machine is a twin-stick shooter and is the debut title from Australian coders Chunkybox Games. The game uses an isometric viewpoint and cartoony art style (similar to Hades or Bastion) but has a direct, action-packed gameplay focus that honestly isn’t a million miles away from something like Doom. Well, with a little imagination. […]

Wildcat Gun Machine – PS4 Review

May 16, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / chunkybox games / isometric / shooter / twin-stick shooter / wildcat gun machine by Richie

Ever since self-publishing became a thing for the PS4, the floodgates have opened to all types of indie games. It has been a great source of content for sure, but of course because of this we are also seeing a ton of games which would have been hard stopped by […]

Retro Highway – PS5/PS4 Review

May 12, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged Mobile Gaming / ps4 / PS5 / Retro Highway / road rash / Super Hang On by Grizz

Metal Tales: Overkill is a heavy metal themed twin-stick shooter with roguelite elements and it comes to us from Madrid-based coders/publishers Zerouno Games. As the name suggests, this game puts the music front and centre, placing you (and some offline co-op buddies) as a guitarist looking to reclaim the world […]

Metal Tales: Overkill – PS4 Review

May 9, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged guitar / Metal / music / roguelite / twin-stick shooter by Richie

We’re rather fond of a Lego game here at PSC. Admittedly, that may have been due to our predilection for the completionist gotta do it all aspect and the associated trophy haul. We’ve reviewed a couple of them on PS4 and PS5, the most recent being Lego Star Wars: The […]

LEGO Builder’s Journey – PS5 Review

May 6, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged lego / light brick studio / no comedy facepalm here / wordless story by Ian

The House of the Dead is a series that has had more chances then most Sega franchises. There were ports on the Wii and PS3, but the original title has always been missing from these modern (from two generations ago!) releases, with them instead concentrating on 2 onwards. Forever Entertainment, […]

The House of the Dead: Remake – PS4 Review

April 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / light gun / remake / saturn / sega / the house of the dead / uwe boll / zombies by Gareth