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Super Mining Mechs is a follow up to last year’s Mining Mechs, an exploration/mining game that we liked, even if it didn’t particularly wow us. We thought of it more like a podcast game, something to chill out with while listening to something else. This game follows on from the […]

Super Mining Mechs – PS5 Review

October 20, 2025 in PS5 by Richie

I’ve visited a couple of submarines as a tourist and I’m always struck by their economy of space. Quarters are packed tight and only a cigar-shaped, torpedo-armed hull is protection against atmospheres of pressure. It’s a wild thing to think about but now UBOAT attempts to replicate it with this […]

UBOAT – PS5 Review

October 16, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged das boot / deep water studios / germans / nazis / ship management / submarine / subterfuge / tactical / uboat / war simulator / world war 2 / ww2 by Mike

We normally open our reviews by saying what genre the falls under and that’s usually pretty straightforward. With BALL x PIT, the latest game by Brooklyn’s own Kenny Sun, it’s just not as clear how to classify it. The problem is that the game is three different genres but in […]

BALL x PIT – PS5 Review

October 15, 2025 in PS5 tagged arcade / arkanoid / ball x pit / dopeness / roguelike / town building by Richie

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter first came out PC in 2004 and then PSP in 2006. Western audiences didn’t get it until XSeed did a localisation job of the PSP edition in 2011 and even then it passed many by, including us. It even came out on Vita a […]

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – PS5 Review

October 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged falcom / i hate that duck / orbal / steampunkish / trails by Ian

There’s a danger with job simulators where they could venture too close into feeling like work. Some manage to avoid it with simplified mechanics, an interesting toolset or bizarre narratives. Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 is certainly playing it straight. Whilst that does lead to a methodical time, the dismantling of […]

Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 – PS5 Review

October 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged games incubator / hammer / handsaw / hypnotic ants / job / Metal / power tools / recycling / salvage / scrap / ship graveyard simulator 2 / shipwrecks by Mike

Sonic Wings Reunion is a sequel to the original Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters in Western markets), a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Tecmo that was originally released in arcades back in 1992 (with a popular conversion hitting the SNES a year later). Several sequels followed, with Aero Fighters 2 and 3 being released on the Neo […]

Sonic Wings Reunion – PS5 Review

October 11, 2025 in PS5 tagged sonic wings reunion / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Cats & Seek: Kyoto is the latest from Silesia Games, this time developed by noobzilla. Sharp eyed readers might remember this dev also did Cats & Seek: Dino Park and this is very much more of the same in that regard. As it happens that was the first hidden cat […]

Cats & Seek: Kyoto – PS5 Review

October 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hidden cats / it comes from camberwell and looks like a carrot / noobzilla / once you gone you stay gone or you be gone / polska / silesia games by Ian

Gloomy Eyes was originally a VR movie released in 2020 featuring that fella Colin Farrell as the narrator aka the gravekeeper. This is the game of the movie if you will, using many of the assets from the pre-rendered movie for the game. It shares the same scenario broadly as […]

Gloomy Eyes – PS5 Review

October 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged gloomy eyes / ian astbury / mons / wallonia / zombies by Ian

King of Meat is a co-op focused mix of platforming, puzzling and hack and slash action from Guildford-based games developers Glowmade. But have Surrey’s squad of software specialists been able to combine those genres into a cohesive game? Let’s find out. The first thing that you’ll see when firing up […]

King of Meat – PS5 Review

October 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged co-op / king of meat / platform / puzzle / pve by Richie

Back when browser games were king, QWOP tested your ability to operate a runner by triggering the muscles of their legs. It was hell and, unfortunately, someone gave Bennet Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch more money to realise this horrifying ambition on a larger scale. Baby Steps is slightly […]

Baby Steps – PS5 Review

October 6, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged baby steps / bennett foddy / comedy / donkeys / failure / gabe cuzzillo / hiking / maxi boch / open world / physics-based / walking simulator / wilderness by Mike

It’s safe to say retro shooters aren’t quite done yet. Whilst these games are traditionally fast-paced, Extinction Rifts attempts to take it further. Coming from QuByte with a budget price tag, this short experience doesn’t quite live up to the promise. Despite a short list of levels, the pull of […]

Extinction Rifts – PS5 Review

October 3, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged combos / extinction rifts / first-person shooter / monoliths / nihilists / qubyte interactive / ranking system / superpowered gauntlet by Mike

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is a remake of the original Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. That game came out in 2007 and had success on quite a few formats (PSP, DS, PS2, Xbox 360) thanks to its clever mix of addictive match-three puzzling and RPG-style mechanics. It was smarter […]

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition – PS5 Review

September 30, 2025 in PS5 tagged eternal edition / match-three / puzzle / puzzle quest / rpg by Richie