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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

Now, I do find wartime history fascinating. The churn and industrial murder of the Great War is something truly horrifying. Placing you at the centre of it is War Hospital, a strategy game from Brave Lamb Studio. The Imperial War Museum has given it’s endorsement and perhaps lends the game […]

War Hospital – PS5 Review

January 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged brave lamb studio / grey choices / management sim / moral dilemma / strategy / war hospital / world war i by Mike

Nephenthesys is a vertically-scrolling, but wide-screen, shoot ’em up from budget kings eastasiasoft and it’s all been put together by enigmatic coders Let’s Dev Studios (we say enigmatic because these guys have no website and no social media presence). A credits screen reveals them to be a small studio with […]

Nephenthesys – PS5 Review

January 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / nephenthesys / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

The Cub by Serbian developer Demagog Studio and published by Untold Tales is described by them as challenging platform parkour inspired by those nails hard 90s era Sega platformers like The Jungle Book and Aladdin. In the wake of the ‘Great Ecological Catastrophe’ AKA the world going to shit, you […]

The Cub – PS5 Review

January 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged demagog / jungle book / platformer / the cub by Ian

Cookie Cutter is a Metroidvania style platformer/brawler from Brighton-based studio, Subcult Joint LTD. Promising to fuse Manga stylings with a punk rock aesthetic, this futuristic title mixes a bit of dystopian sci-fi with some good old ultra-violence. You play as Cherry, a robot who receives a much needed refurb job after […]

Cookie Cutter – PS5 Review

January 15, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / cookie cutter / metroidvania / retro by Richie

Are time loops still in vogue? Woodhill Interactive seems to think so. Orten Was the Case is an adventure game with free movement that looks to capitalise on a repeatable time-frame and a small but interesting location. Whilst repetition isn’t always the best for games, the balance seems to be […]

Orten Was the Case – PS5 Review

January 7, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Adventure game / espionage / free movement / orten was the case / puzzles / Scandinavia / supernatural / time loop / woodhill interactive by Mike

Shinorubi is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Parisian studio Last Boss 88 and it’s in the modern ‘Danmaku’ style which means it’s a bullet-hell affair so expect barrages of bullets to weave through and just a lot of stuff going on on-screen when you fire this one up. Now we […]

Shinorubi – PS5 Review

January 1, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged danmaku / last boss 88 / shinorubi / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

The titular trinity in Trinity Fusion from Angry Mob Games refers to both the three worlds and the three protagonists that you control throughout. The worlds being the underworld that’s full of life, the overworld where industry prevails and the hyperworld where science and art are king. These make up […]

Trinity Fusion – PS5 Review

January 1, 2024 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged metroidvania-ish / multiverse / trinity fusion / yours truly angry mob by Ian

Hammerwatch II is a top-down RPG hack and slasher from Swedish studio, CrackShell. It follows on directly from the 2013 original Hammerwatch, pretty much ignoring their 2018 rogue-like Heroes of Hammerwatch, a game that had its flaws but one that we liked enough to put in hundreds of hours with. Even now […]

Hammerwatch II – PS5 Review

December 23, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bad netcode / crackshell / hammerwatch II / Pixel art / rpg by Richie