Banner of the Maid is a strategy RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics or Shining Force. It’s been developed in China rather than Japan but that makes little difference as it follows the template closely. The last Chinese developed RPG I reviewed was Sword and Fairy 6 and […]

Banner of the Maid – PS4 Review

I’ve played quite a few Souls clones in the past few years and I generally enjoy them. I played through Code Vein relatively recently and ended up not liking it very much, whilst The Surge 2 I find to be fantastic. Mortal Shell is an indie take on the formula. […]

Mortal Shell – PS4 Review

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Pawarumi is a stylish 3D top-down shooter with a colour-switching mechanic and it comes to us from the recently prolific publishers of shoot ’em ups, EastAsiaSoft.  They’ve been finding their niche with a series of short, arcadey shooters with ‘unique’ visual styles and super easy platinums but Pawarumi is set to […]

Pawarumi – PS4 Review

One thing I like about this job is the opportunity to be genuinely surprised by something. I’ll admit my expectations for Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, based on the BBC drama, were pretty low. Futurlab are at the helm who you might remember as the developers of Velocity2X. They’ve been prolific over […]

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind – PS4 Review

It goes without saying that if you want any new ideas in gaming, you’re best off looking to the indie scene but you do not expect much innovation from a game about cycling.  However, Descenders from Dutch devs, Ragesquid, offers a new spin on the genre.  At its heart, the game […]

Descenders – PS4 Review

Classic adventure games are a genre where I’ve enjoyed the wit an writing at the expense of enduring the puzzles. Epic Llama’s 2017 effort, Darkestville Castle has now arrived on consoles with a clear vision to pay homage to the old Lucas Arts formula. With that comes certain expectations but […]

Darkestville Castle – PS4 Review

PGA Tour 2K21 or to use the slightly shouty official nomenclature PGA TOUR 2K21, is, as the name suggests, published by Take-Two subsidiary 2K Games.  The cover golfer is some guy called Justin Thomas (no, us neither)  apparently ranked #4 in the world. There’s other golfers we have heard of […]

PGA TOUR 2K21 – PS4 Review

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Through the Darkest of Times, to give it what should probably be its true title; “Durch die dunkelste Zeit” is a rare thing. That being a videogame depiction of the Nazi regime from the viewpoint of anti-Nazi agitators. The fact that it comes from Berlin-based indie dev Paintbucket Games makes […]

Through the Darkest of Times – PS4 Review

Depth of Extinction comes from HOF Studios and is an odd beast. Influenced by the likes of XCOM and FTL it’s an indie game with more depth than its pixel art graphics might imply. The game takes place after the majority of the world has been submerged, as such your […]

Depth of Extinction – PS4 Review

RogueCube is the latest Ratalaika release, this time from Spanish indie Bipolar Dawn. This is their first console release and it’s a fair debut. Incidental loading text informs us that this was originally intended to be a puzzle game, but eh. You’d be forgiven for expecting a typical Rata rinse […]

RogueCube – PS4 Review

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And so continues Eastasiasoft’s prolific run of shoot ’em ups!  Zero Strain is their latest offering and while it has similarities with their recent releases, it also feels like something of a step up.  In recent months they’ve put out a series of vertically-scrolling shooters but this one is different.  It […]

Zero Strain – PS4 Review

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UFC 4 is the latest MMA fighting game from EA and it comes at maybe the perfect time.  Right now the UFC is in a weird place with them putting on lots of events but with no crowds because of the current Covid epidemic.  Now, that might not be great […]

EA Sports UFC 4 – PS4 Review