PS5

Very Very Valet is a co-op party game by LA-based coders Toyful Games that taps into a recent-ish sub-genre of party games where you take manual, task-based labour and turn it into a frantic co-op game. We’ve seen it with catering (Overcooked, Cannibal Cuisine) and house moving (Moving Out, Get Packed) […]

Very Very Valet – PS5 Review

June 12, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged co-op / couch / multiplayer / Overcooked / party / task em up / very very valet by Richie

Spacewing War is a very old-school horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Spanish studio Pneuma Games (although essentially a one-man project). It’s very much modelled on the aesthetics and feel of the original Game Boy which means four colours, basic controls and some beepy sound. After a few static screens of plot, […]

Spacewing War – PS5 Review

June 8, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews by Richie

Gravitar: Recharged is the latest from a resurgent Atari after Kombinera the other month. Developed by Adamvision Studios in conjunction with Lithuanian codeshop Sneakybox, comes the latest, as the title might suggest, rehash of an old IP. Gravitar is a forty year old arcade game, with the 2600 version coming […]

Gravitar: Recharged – PS5 Review

June 4, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged atari / gravitar / thrust by Ian

Remote Life is a 2D horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Italian one-man studio Next Game Level. Now, we’re on quite a run of shoot ’em up reviews at the moment but this one is probably the most unique of the bunch. Taking its cues from R-Type, this game sees you battling a […]

Remote Life – PS5 Review

May 30, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged horror / ratalaika games / remote life / sci fi / shoot em up by Richie

Of all the hobbies I’ve latched on to over the years, gaming’s probably the one that’s stuck with me throughout life. I’m not going to crowbar some sentimental nonsense into this review but I’ve not seen the time I’ve spent in front of a computer or console as wasted. That […]

Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – PS5 Review

May 29, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade spirits the new challengers / dating simulator / esports / gaming / relationships / ren'py / romance / visual novel by Mike

I know I have said this only recently, but I really do feel sorry for most games that have to follow Elden Ring this year. That utter behemoth of a release, whether intended or not has waged a war on fantasy RPG’s and particularly, the imitators of Dark Souls, a […]

Dolmen – PS5 Review

May 27, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bloodborne / dark / Dolmen / Elden Ring / like / Massive Work Games / PS5 / review / Souls / soulslike by Grizz

Endzone is a city building strategy game from German gamesmiths Gentlymad Studios. It debuted as a PC game in 2021 but is now here as a complete package, scooping up a couple of DLCs, on the PS5. In this game you are tasked with the not insignificant task of restarting […]

Endzone: A World Apart – Survivor Edition – PS5 Review

May 19, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged city builder / endzone / gentlymad / post apocalyptic / resource management / RTS 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

This War of Mine has been around for a while but This War of Mine: Final Cut now arrives on PS5. Obviously it is mostly the same game as before but there’s been new content added and with current world events the scenarios hit different. For those who don’t know […]

This War of Mine: Final Cut – PS5 Review

May 15, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged final cut / scavenging / survival / the little ones / this war of mine / war by Gareth

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

Sometimes, it’s worth not judging a game by screenshots. My first glimpse of The Serpent Rogue had me making assumptions about what kind of game it was going to be. As it turns out, this effort about crafting and discovery turned out a lot more mellow than I was expecting. […]

The Serpent Rogue – PS5 Review

May 10, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged adventure / alchemy / crafting / hunger / potions / quests / sengi games / smelting / the serpent rogue by Mike

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