The sequel to the 2015 title The Escapists has landed on the PS4. The Escapists 2 promises more of the same, but improved in every way. That can only be a good thing, right? As the title may give away you play as a convict who must find a way […]
Sometimes it’s nice to return to a survival horror with Asian sensibilities. Originally a 2001 release, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is developed by Korean developers Sonnori. A 2009 mobile re-release provides the basis for this latest repackaging. Has time been kind to this tale of ghost stories and […]
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School – PS4 Review
Indie games need a hook to stand out from the crowd now-a-days and for Mages of Mystralia that hook comes from the collaboration with Ed Greenwood. He has penned the story for Mages of Mystralia and, as the creator of the Forgotten Realms tabletop gaming world and successful fantasy author, he brings a certain […]
Mages of Mystralia – PS4 Review
After it looking like the Yakuza series was dead in the West for a while we now have two releases in the same year, with another due early next as we play catch up. Yakuza 0, a prequel to the original title released on the PS2 came out back in […]
Yakuza Kiwami – PS4 Review
Real time strategy games are never the first genre that springs to mind when I think about console games. Neither are tower defence games but oddly enough Comet Crash 2: The Kronkoid Wars offers an enticing blending of these two genres and is a follow up to the PlayStation 3 original. Developed […]
Comet Crash 2: The Kronkoid Wars – PS4 Review
Volition have returned after many wondered where the company go post-Saints Row. The answer is Agents of Mayhem which delivers a single-player, third person jaunt in the same universe. Expectations and curiosity is high. Can the quality of their previous titles can be maintained, whilst delving into a new game […]
Agents of Mayhem – PS4 Review
It may never be known, but I will always wonder if Christian Whitehead and his legion of fan game designers knew what they were getting into when pitching Sonic Mania to Sega. Not only were they presenting a love letter project, they were also carrying the burden of two […]
Sonic Mania – PS4 Review
RobotRiot is a 2D arcade shoot ’em up/platformer hybrid that has you playing a small debt collecting robot called SLUG who is tasked with raiding space ships. Each ship has multiple levels that require you to fight your way through the ships’ defences in order to blow up reactors. I […]
RobotRiot: Hyper Edition – PS4 Review
Messhof’s original Nidhogg game was a simple fence ’em up that pitted players against each other in one on one sword combat. With it’s ’80s graphics and bombastic soundtrack, it assaulted the senses while providing some of the most intense and well-balanced gameplay ever. Whenever I end up in a […]
Nidhogg 2 – PS4 Review
As a self-styled hardcore platformer BLACKHOLE: Complete Edition is a repackaging, for the PlayStation 4, of the original 2015 PC release with all the subsequent DLC included. Although warmly received on the PC, the PlayStation 4 is a different market and things have moved on since 2015, does a two year old […]
BLACKHOLE: Complete Edition – PS4 Review
You generally know what you’re going to get with a Housemarque game. Slick twin stick action and plenty of visual flair are the cornerstones of what the Finnish coders do but there’s a couple of things that are surprising about their latest joint. Firstly, Matterfall comes hot on the heels […]
Matterfall – PS4 Review
Real-time strategy (RTS) games can work on consoles. Some may argue otherwise and there’s no denying that a mouse and keyboard is the ideal way to play them but with enough effort and clever use of a controller RTS games are definitely playable. Then the question comes down to whether […]