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Horizon Chase 2, developed by the Brazilian-based Aquiris Game Studio, is a follow-up to 2018’s Horizon Chase Turbo. This arcade-style racing game celebrates the exuberant spirit of ’80s and ’90s “blue sky” racers, taking players on a globe-trotting adventure where the tarmac is your playground and the cops are mercifully […]

Horizon Chase 2 – PS5 Review

June 5, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / driving / horizon chase 2 / racing by Richie

Tactical RPGs can feel both appealing and impenetrable to me. I love the idea of playing a tabletop general but I’ve never quite had the acumen to fully embrace the genre. Crown Wars: The Black Prince is the latest one to come my way. Artefacts Studio has been prolific over […]

Crown Wars: The Black Prince – PS5 Review

June 4, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 100 years war / Artefacts studio / base management / challenging / crown wars the black prince / england / france / Medieval / tactical rpg / turn-based by Mike

I love the original System Shock. Coming in 1994, the expectations and boundaries of a first-person perspective hadn’t really been hammered home. As such, there was a lot of experimentation in how to control and interact within a cyberpunk setting which led to some interesting results. I finished it within […]

System Shock – PS5 Review

June 2, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cyberpunk / first person / hacker / immersive sim / nightdive / puzzles / shodan / shooting / space station / system shock by Mike

Nuclear Blaze is a 2D fire-fighting puzzle-platformer that is notable for being the new project from Sébastien Bénard, the lead designer behind the critically-acclaimed Dead Cells and the game has an interesting history. In its earliest form, Nuclear Blaze was coded in just two days as part of a ‘game […]

Nuclear Blaze – PS5 Review

June 1, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / dead cells / fire fighting / nuclear blaze / platformer / retro by Richie

Doug’s Nightmare is a twin-stick shooter/brawler from Brazilian-based coding crew Undev Games that combines some fairly standard combat and exploration with a curious plot. The story here is that Doug, a banana, is having some trouble with his sleep. He’s an anxious mess of a.. er… banana and his nightmares are […]

Doug’s Nightmare – PS5 Review

May 30, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bananas / doug's nightmare / eastasiasoft / nightmares / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Paper Trail comes to us from developer Newfangled Games who also self-published this origami-themed reality bending puzzle game. It’s also the second paper themed game we’ve had cross our threshold within a month. Perhaps they are the new zombie game? Though Paper Trail is a good deal more fleshed out […]

Paper Trail – PS5 Review

May 30, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged folding puns / origami / paper trail / puzzle by Ian

The second of the Morbid series, Morbid: The Lords of Ire opts to delve into a more specific arena. Still Running have decided to give a souls-like a go and, for the most part, it does a competent job. It lacks some polish but there’s a couple of interesting ideas […]

Morbid: The Lords of Ire – PS5 Review

May 28, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action rpg / challenge / dark fantasy / exploration / morbid the lords of ire / Souls / still running / the striver by Mike

Turbo Golf Racing is a sports/driving game from Manchester-based devs Hugecalf Studios. Initially released in 2022 on PC, the game has found its way over to consoles but benefits from already having a large player base thanks to it all being cross-platform. But what is it? Well, the lazy explanation […]

Turbo Golf Racing – PS5 Review

May 22, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged driving / golf / rocket league / turbo golf racing by Richie

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a point and click visual novel from developer MidBoss and publisher Chorus Worldwide. It’s a sequel to 2017’s 2064: Read Only Memories that our man Steven reviewed way back when. Unlike the two-year delay between the PC and PS4 versions, all versions of Neurodiver released […]

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER – PS5 Review

May 21, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Lgbtq / neurodiver / read only memories / sequel / visual novel by Ian

Mystic Pillars Remastered is a puzzle game by Holy Cow Productions. Originally, it saw the light of day on PC in 2020. I’ll admit the remastered tag seems a tad generous but this thoughtful effort kept my brain in gear whilst turning me on a little towards Indian culture and […]

Mystic Pillars – Remastered – PS5 Review

May 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged deities / folklore / gems / gods / holy cow productions / india / kannada / logic puzzle / maths / mystic pillars remastered / numbers by Mike

Rainbow Cotton is an on-rails shoot ’em up and is a port of the Dreamcast exclusive game of the same name, originally published in 2000. ININ have already been busy porting other games from the series over to modern consoles including a reboot of the first game, Cotton, as well […]

Rainbow Cotton – PS5 Review

May 9, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dreamcast / port / rail shooter / rainbow cotton / retro by Richie

A Tale of Paper: Reloaded, as the name suggests is a re-release of October 2020’s A Tale of Paper, only rather than PS4 as the original was, it’s on PS5 this time. We didn’t review it the first time round, but it garnered reasonable reviews. To further complicate matters, the […]

A Tale of Paper: Refolded – PS5 Review

May 4, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged a tale of paper / origami / platformer by Ian