We’ve been championing 10TonsLtd for a long time now.  The Finnish developer/publisher has put out some of our favourite rogue-lites, namely Jydge, Tesla vs. Lovecraft and Neonchrome.  And now it’s time for Dysmantle, a game that eschews the whole rogue thing and is instead described, somewhat incorrectly, as an open-world RPG.  Quick how […]

Dysmantle – PS5 Review

Pagan: Control is the second DLC for Far Cry 6 and this time another series antagonist is featured, namely Pagan Min, the tyrannical king of Far Cry 4′s fictional Himalayan country Kyrat. As with the previous DLC, Insanity, you find yourself playing as the bad guy as part of their own delusion so here you’ll […]

Far Cry 6 – Pagan: Control – PS5 Review

The mid-90s were a crazy time. This was the time when the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation were cutting their teeth, pioneering the concept of 3D gameplay for the first time. Of all the retro eras, this is the one that tends to get overlooked when it comes to the […]

Breakneck City – PS5/PS4 Review

From Argentinian developer Round 2 Games and publisher Top Hat Studios comes Guardian of Lore. Very much a Latin-American flavoured game in which you’re the titular guardian who is the protector of an ancient library containing all manner of legendary tomes, the names of some of which may be familiar […]

Guardian of Lore – PS5 Review

If there’s one genre I tend to tiptoe around, it’s tactical turn-based RPGs. I’ve never really found one I’ve enjoyed and I do struggle to find a foothold in them. Hopefully that will change with Battle Brothers. Coming from Overhype Studios, this has had a fairly positive reception on PC. […]

Battle Brothers – PS4 Review

Risk System is a 2D horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes to us from Wisconsin-based coders, Newt Industries and is a port of the original PC release which came out in 2019. You play as Alys, a pilot who has to take on a race of energy parasites that have […]

Risk System – PS4 Review

It’s always odd for me to be introduced to a long-running series I know nothing about. Games come out in all shapes and sizes but finding out FM Studio’s output does make me realise my knowledge of available games is a drop in the ocean. The two-person studio have been […]

Forgotten Hill Disillusion – PS5 Review

Gardener’s Path is the latest joint from yer man Ratalaika. As is the norm, this was originally on itch.io and developed by Viridino Studios, they also of Duck Souls, Rabisco and Pinkman. As is also the norm, the splash art on the loading screen is absolutely beautiful and bears little, […]

Gardener’s Path – PS4 Review

Ever since 2012, we’ve been telling anyone who will listen about the greatness that is Kingdoms of Amalur, an RPG that we first experienced on the Xbox 360 which combined solid storytelling, open-world exploration and fleshed-out RPG aspects with some of the best combat the genre has ever seen.  Although it […]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Fatesworn DLC – PS4 Review

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Alwa’s Legacy comes from Elden Pixels after a successful kickstarter and a 2020 PC release. It was well received for its focus on exploration and interesting tweaks on player traversal. Metroidvania’s might be commonplace on game stores but it’s been a while since one strayed across my path. Thankfully, this […]

Alwa’s Legacy – PS4 Review

I’ve got a pretty wide range of likes when it comes to video game genres. I’d say most have a common thread in that I like adventure which taps into RPGs, JRPGs, action games, open world games, survival horror games and metroidvania games. I also like a challenge within reason, […]

Aeterna Noctis – PS5 Review

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Horatio Goes Snowboarding is an arcade-style mix of two genres, the obvious snowboarding part and another section that is a basic traffic-avoiding game in the style of Frogger.  It comes to us by way of Infinite State Games, the studio behind the fantastic Rogue Aces and the maddeningly addictive Don’t Die, Mr […]

Horatio Goes Snowboarding – PS5 Review