The Land Beneath Us from Bangkok-based developer Fairplay Studios and French publisher Dear Villagers (aka Plug In Digital), is a bit different from their prior release Fallen Knight as reviewed by Richie almost three years ago. It’s another roguelike/lite/whatever. We’ve stopped caring what the actual definition is, more whether a […]

The Land Beneath Us – PS5 Review

Backpack Hero is a rogue-like mix of turn-based tactical RPG and inventory management sim genres and it comes to us by way of developer Jaspel.  It’s been around on Steam for half a year now but has finally landed on PSN. In Backpack Hero, you play as Purse, a rat from the town […]

Backpack Hero – PS5 Review

It’s not very often you see downloadable content coming so long after a game’s release. Elden Ring was critically acclaimed in 2022 and From Software has a fairly solid history of worthy expansions. With a relatively hefty price tag, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has, at the very least, […]

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree – PS5 Review

NeoSprint is a top-down/isometric racing game from Costa Rican coders Headless Chicken Games and is one that can trace its lineage back to 1976 with Atari’s grandaddy of the racing genre, Sprint 2 (the confusingly-named prequel to Sprint 1, 4 and 8 – each of which indicates the number of players supported rather than their […]

NeoSprint – PS5 Review

I’ve never had a game described as an interactive photoplay before. That’s how Times & Galaxy rolls, a game based entirely around journalism and reporting the news. Copychaser Games are behind it and, despite the penchant for the mundane, the extra-terrestrial setting allows for a charming time. The Times & […]

Times & Galaxy – PS5 Review

Magical Drop VI is the latest in a series of arcade puzzlers which date back to 1995 when the legendary arcade publisher Data East first released it in arcades.  This latest instalment comes by way of French coders Highball Games and while it’s their first crack at the series, it sticks […]

Magical Drop VI – PS5 Review

Twin-stick shooters with a bit of a Vampire Survivors theme has become a bit of a niche genre for Brazilian-based studio Afil Games.  Unfortunately, the two efforts we’ve reviewed so far – Stickman’s Arena and Mighty Mage – were both absolutely terrible.  But here is Afil Games, specifically Antonio Filipe, with […]

Primal Survivors – PS5 Review

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Still Wakes The Deep is the latest from The Chinese Room, something of a departure from their previous release Little Orpheus, reverting a little more to type and the likes of Dear Esther or Everyone’s Gone To The Rapture. Set in December 1975 on the North Sea oil platform Beira-D, […]

Still Wakes The Deep – PS5 Review

Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic, a game developed by the Canadian indie studio Sinomod Studios, is a unique blend of storytelling and traditional pinball gameplay. Building on the main character from Sinomod’s platformer series, this game puts Roxy in an unexpected role as a pinball in a series of tables. While […]

Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic – PS5 Review

The schtick with Dig or Die from developer Gaddy Games is that you’re a representative of Craft & Co, selling “automated fabrication tools across the galaxy.” At least until you’re marooned on a dangerous wild planet. What this means practically is you’re playing what amounts to a clone of Terraria […]

Dig or Die – PS5 Review

I can’t tell you the last time I played a game set in the north of England. It seems we always get skipped in favour of the big smoke. Eternal Threads is a narrative game entirely focused around a five-bedroom house deep beyond the suburbs of Manchester. Whilst the accents […]

Eternal Threads – PS5 Review

Horizon Chase 2, developed by the Brazilian-based Aquiris Game Studio, is a follow-up to 2018’s Horizon Chase Turbo. This arcade-style racing game celebrates the exuberant spirit of ’80s and ’90s “blue sky” racers, taking players on a globe-trotting adventure where the tarmac is your playground and the cops are mercifully […]

Horizon Chase 2 – PS5 Review