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Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol 1 is, as the name very much suggests, a compilation of games originally published by legendary developer Toaplan and it includes eight of their most beloved shoot ’em ups, ported over by Swedish studio Bitwave AB. Before we get into the eight shoot ’em ups offered here, […]

Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol 1 – PS5 Review

August 13, 2025 in PS5 tagged compilation / retro / taoplan / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

There’s still a sense of novelty are massive online player counts. Even with battle royal taking those numbers until triple figures, I wonder how any game of that size can play out. Holdfast: Nations At War takes the concept and lets the community run wild with it. On the face […]

Holdfast: Nations At War – PS5 Review

August 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged anvil game studios / class warfare / cross-play / holdfast nations at war / mass player battles / napoleonic wars / proximity chat / role playing / the great war / trenches / world war i by Mike

Maiden Cops is a proper old-school scrolling beat ’em up and it comes to us from indie developers Pippin Games. And while this two-man studio are Brazilian, you’d be forgiven for thinking they were absolutely Japanese when playing this game. Set in Maiden City, a place where everyone is female and […]

Maiden Cops – PS5 Review

August 12, 2025 in PS5 tagged anime / Beat em up / japanese / maiden cops / retro by Richie

I’m not one to buy into soulslike fatigue. I think, as long as the execution is good, I will persevere with it. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is an effort from Chinese developer Lenzee. It has it’s own twists on the blueprint with some solid level design. Unfortunately, it also frustrates me […]

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – PS5 Review

August 8, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action rpg / chinese mythology / deliberate combat / exploration / lenzee / magic / manchurians / melee / soulslike / wuchang fallen feathers by Mike

God of Weapons developed by Hanoi-based dev Archmage Labs and published by Ultimate Games is an autoshooter set in a D&D style dungeon. Ostensibly you go up floors of a tower tackling waves of enemies as you go, though one murky dungeon is indistinguishable from another if we’re honest. It […]

God of Weapons – PS5 Review

August 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged archmage labs / autoshooter / god of weapons / ultimate games / vietnam by Ian

Achilles: Survivor is a rogue-lite/auto-battler type of game and it comes to us from Polish programmers Dark Point Games. It’s the follow up to Achilles: Legends Untold, a tough little souls-like RPG, and while it sports a very similar look, this takes the series into a Vampire Survivors direction. That means that […]

Achilles: Survivor – PS5 Review

August 3, 2025 in PS5 tagged achilles / rogue-lite / survivor / survivors-like by Richie

Anybody in the mood for a McMansion? Architect Life: A House Design Simulator sure hopes you are. Coming from Shine Research, it pulls a few punches when it comes to simulating but the planning and constructing of a home has been a thoughtful process. It’s lenient with budgets and timescales […]

Architect Life: A House Design Simulator – PS5 Review

August 1, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged architect life a house design simulator / brick and mortar / build to spec / career mode / free mode / homes / mcmansions / prefab / shine research by Mike

Time Flies is a puzzle game from Swiss-based developers Playable and it’s quite unlike anything we’ve played before. The game sees you playing as a fly that has to try to complete a list of goals in its meagre lifespan before it dies. But if that sounds like a bad premise […]

Time Flies – PS5 Review

July 31, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged playables / puzzle game / retro / time flies by Richie

Secret Paws – Cozy Offices is the latest from eastasiasoft, in this case a take on the hidden cat genre developed by Sagitta Studios aka Alexandre. Quite possibly a solo dev, but that’s all good. As opposed to the usual isometric fixed view that you pan around, Secret Paws is […]

Secret Paws – Cozy Offices : PS5 Review

July 28, 2025 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / hidden cats / meow meow meow by Ian

Somber Echoes comes to us from Tønsberg based developer Rock Pocket Games, their location being known to us having flown into Sandefjord to the south with Ryanair last year. For the rest of you, it’s roughly 100km southwest of Oslo and was an ancient capital of Norway. Never mind that […]

Somber Echoes – PS5 Review

July 27, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged greek myth / metroidvania / norway / somber echoes by Ian

From Void Interactive comes Ready or Not, a SWAT-em-up for want of a better description. Not a Fugees story-based affair then. Tch. After a rather involved tutorial in which you’re shown the commands to subdue, apprehend and restrain suspects, you’re also shown how to queue up actions for your squad. […]

Ready or Not – PS5 Review

July 24, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged acab / lauryn hill / los suenos / pras michel / swat / wyclef jean by Ian

I feel like I missed all those 3D platformers back in the 90’s. At that time, I had a PC and most of them lived in Nintendo town. Approaching them as an adult makes me wonder if I’ve missed the boat. Ruffy and the Riverside, from Zockrates Laboratories is a […]

Ruffy and the Riverside – PS5 Review

July 21, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d platformer / collectibles / colours / letters / mischievous rubik's cube / number puzzles / ruffy and the riverside / swapping / zockrates laboratories by Mike