If I were to list game styles which are well represented in the indie scene I’d think of 2D platformers, roguelikes or even racing games.  What I wouldn’t think of is ambitious third person open-world games which blend together the fighting genre with an RPG levelling system.  Welcome to one […]

Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom – PS4 Review

The PlayStation 4 is getting its fair share of VR, first person shooters, catching up with what is a very popular genre on the PC. VR Invaders is one of the most recent ones but does it stand out from the crowd? There is actually a story throughout the eight […]

VR Invaders – PSVR Review

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Full motion video always carries a nostalgic reverence and charm, these days. Wales Interactive are looking to benefit by presenting Late Shift. Focusing a touch more on being a film equivalent of a Choose Your Own Adventure book, this provocative mix of game and movie is trying to deliver something different […]

Late Shift – PS4 Review

Tim Schafer is one of the people who worked with Lucas Arts back in the halcyon days of the adventure games and was heavily involved in the genre classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango.  With his own company, Double Fine, Tim Schafer has been on a […]

Full Throttle Remastered – PS4, Vita Review

For reasons that make literally no sense to us, Bulletstorm never really got the appreciation it deserved when it debuted during the last generation of gaming.  Indeed, I picked it up as part of a 2 for £20 deal, as did most people it seems, from the hellish preowned section […]

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition – PS4 Review

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At some point, I’ll stop being surprised by the couch co-op renaissance. It’s a genre that’s returned with strong representation and has delivered some manic entertainment. Now, emerging from a 2014 game jam comes Crawl. Australian duo Powerhoof are hoping years of refinement and hard work can pay off. Initially […]

Crawl – PS4 Review

Kero Blaster is the next game from the indie developer Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya, the Japanese developer  known to many as the same guy who made Cave Story. Kero Blaster is his first big release since then and was originally released back in 2014, now making it over to the PlayStation 4 […]

Kero Blaster – PS4 Review

Sometimes game ideas just work well and it all feels natural and intuitive.  Sometimes ideas feel forced together and hard work and you’ve no idea why they have been put together in such a way.  Has-Been Heroes falls squarely into the latter category here and is a confusing mess of a […]

Has-Been Heroes – PS4 Review

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Looking at the title might remind you of a game I reviewed about four months ago called Aqua Moto Racing Utopia. It should as this is the same developer, Zordix AB, but this time they’ve turned down the temperature and you race on snow. Aqua had a lot of potential […]

Snow Moto Racing Freedom – PS4 Review

I first knowingly encountered a Rareware title on one fateful summer back in the early nineties. My family had been planning to visit Weymouth beach for a while and we had arrived just in time for the carnival, much to my parent’s chagrin as they were expecting a quiet day […]

Yooka-Laylee – PS4 Review

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Rain World is an odd game and does some really interesting things.  Whether it succeeds is up for debate though.  At the most basic level it is a platform game, but look a little closer and it has hidden depths, even if these aren’t explained at all well. Tone is everything […]

Rain World – PS4 Review

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Shorter, story-focused experiences have certainly gained traction over the last decade. With a briefer form, writers and developers have managed to produce some excellent results. The latest project to follow suit is PaperSeven’s Blackwood Crossing, a coming of age drama centred around two close, orphaned siblings. As with most in […]

Blackwood Crossing – PS4 Review