PS5

Hyper-5 is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up which comes to us from the mysterious Hyper Productions (well, mysterious in that they don’t seem to have a website) and prolific publishers eastasiasoft (their lack of capitalisation, not ours). In terms of getting us down to a sub-genre, this is very much a […]

Hyper-5 – PS5 Review

April 12, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / 90s / horizontally-scrolling / hyper-5 / shoot em up by Richie

Curse of the Sea Rats is a metroidvania type game and it comes to us by way of Barcelona-based coders, Petoons Studio, the team behind Petoons Party and part of Sony’s Spanish initiative PlayStation Talents. The story focuses on a crew of British sailors who are raided by pirates under […]

Curse of the Sea Rats – PS5 Review

April 7, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged curse of the sea rats / metroidvania / petoon studio / pqube by Richie

Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 6 is a mouthful. The long-running Supercross franchise certainly feels like it’s in the land of diminishing returns. The second iteration on current consoles, the features on show give me a great sense of deja vu and, whilst the racing remains tight and competitive, […]

Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 6 – Playstation ...

April 7, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bikes / jumps / milestone / monster energy supercross - the official videogame 6 / motorcycles / motorsport / mud / racing / stadiums by Mike

Meet Your Maker is a first-person raiding/building/shooting affair from Quebec natives Behaviour Interactive who are best known these days for Dead By Daylight, itself being one of those asymmetrical multiplayer games that is played obsessively, often by shrieking idiots on Twitch. However, Dead By Daylight showed that Behaviour know a thing or two […]

Meet Your Maker – PS5 Review

April 4, 2023 in PS5 tagged building / co-op / first-person shooter / meet your maker / raiding / traps by Richie

FATAL FRAME : Mask of the Lunar Eclipse had us genuinely excited that we were being blessed by Koei Tecmo with a brand-new instalment, the first since 2014’s Maiden Of Black Water in fact. No, in fact Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is a remake of the previously Japan-only 2008 […]

FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse – PS5 ...

March 23, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged aztec camera obscura / fatal frame / Mask of the Lunar Eclipse / now just plain zero / project zero / spirit in the sky / weeb / wiimaster by Ian

When you really stop and think about it, translating wrestling into a fighting game framework can be an impossible task. The sport itself is a collaborative effort whereas most gaming is a solo experience with explicit win conditions. Wrestling games have been many things over the years but I struggle […]

WWE 2K23 – PS5 Review

March 20, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fighting / john cena / sports entertainment / then now forever / vince mcmahon / visual concepts / wrasslin / wrestling / wwe 2k23 by Mike

From developer 9Finger Games and publisher Jandusoft Games comes Zapling Bygone. Self-described as a “twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls.” That’s true to a certain extent, more you have to beat bosses in some cases, others you find the skulls after […]

Zapling Bygone – PS5 Review

March 16, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged infection / metroidvania / sewers / skulls / vermin by Ian

Catan is an adaptation of the excellent board game of the same name which has been around since 1995 and has maintained a good level of popularity over the years thanks to its simple enough rule set. It comes to us by way of UK-based simulation specialists Dovetail Games, who […]

Catan: Console Edition – PS5 Review

March 15, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged board game / catan / dice roll / multiplayer / strategy by Richie

Imitation breeds innovation, right? There’s been a lot of attempts to twist and add some spice to From Software’s recent efforts. Team Ninja’s no stranger to it with Nioh, a series I genuinely enjoy. Their next move is to take the parry-heavy combat of Sekiro and marry it with the […]

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – PS5 Review

March 7, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged chinese history / elixir / han / Romance of the Three Kingdoms / soulslike / supernatural / team ninja / wo long fallen dynasty by Mike

Blood Bowl III comes to us from Cyanide Studio and is published by parent company Nacon. Despite that, this is very much a work-for-hire project for Nottingham based Games Workshop aka Warhammer. The first Blood Bowl was released in 2009 with the sequel, the imaginatively named Blood Bowl 2 coming […]

Blood Bowl III – PS5 Review

March 2, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged blood bowl / cyanide studio / dice roll / Games workshop / nacon / no fun league / turn-based / Warhammer by Ian

It’s been a busy time around here with releases starting to drop. February used to be a bit of a dumping ground but now, as games are delayed and release windows are hard to nail down, games feel like they can arrive at any time of year. Step forth, Scars […]

Scars Above – PS5 Review

February 28, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged first contact / investigations / mad head games / metahedron / scars above / science / soulslike / space / third-person shooter by Mike

Reviewing a game like Zen Studios’ Pinball FX is a little like reviewing the latest FIFA. Taken in isolation, it does about as perfect a job of simulating its target subject as you can realistically expect from a videogame. From the core elements of the physics of the ball, the feel of […]

Pinball FX – PS5 Review

February 21, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fx / monetisation / pinball / simulator / zen by Richie