Sometimes you look at a PS4 release and have two questions.  Firstly, how the absolute fuck did this get cleared for a release on my still respectably powerful PS4?  But secondly, and more existentially perhaps, why the fuck does this exist?  Pacific Wings is one of those games but before we start […]

Pacific Wings – PS4 Review

Control comes from the makers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainment. Those familiar with their games know them for their third person shooters and that they are rarely straight forward. From Max Payne‘s film noir story and use of bullet time to Alan Wake‘s light based gameplay and […]

Control – PS4 Review

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As rational, sensible human beings with a degree of taste when it comes to gaming we are big fans of FlatOut or, more specifically, FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage which was the Xbox 360’s updated version of FlatOut 2.  The series’ developer, Bugbear Interactive, who aren’t the most active developers ever it seems, have returned […]

Wreckfest – PS4 Review

Mekabolt is the latest release from Ratalaika. It just happens to be the debut title of pixel artist and regular contributor to other games somepx. The titular mekabolt is a miracle device that disables mechanical objects, some permanently, others on a strictly temporary basis. The opening spiel of the game […]

Mekabolt – PS4 Review

I’ll never understand why the market for stylish, space-faring shooters just up and died with this generation. The arcade wonder of the likes of Rogue Squadron is something that I dearly miss about gaming currently and instead the space has been taken over by simulator style space romps such as […]

Subdivision Infinity DX – PS4 Review

I’m a sucker for a good beat ’em up and Subaka Studio came good with Redeemer‘s release in 2017. Two years on, a comprehensive edition has landed on current consoles and I now have the opportunity to see what I’ve missed. The tale is pretty simple. Our hero Vasily, is […]

Redeemer: Enhanced Edition – PS4 Review

Upon starting up Gravity Duck from developer Woblyware by way of publisher Ratalaika, we were immediately struck by how familiar the menus looked. Essentially identical to another game we previously reviewed from the same developer in League of Evil. Thankfully the similarities end there as this is much more like […]

Gravity Duck – PS4 Review

Most of the classic arcade shoot ’em ups have been ported time and time again to home systems over the last few decades. Certainly all of the classics such as Gradius, R-Type, 1942 and so on but also the elite examples of the genre (usually anything by Cave), they’ve been […]

VASARA Collection – PS4 Review

As point and click adventures go, there are very few that can live up to the heyday of the Lucasarts adventure legacy. Titles like Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis are all shining examples of how to do the genre right, while also being the benchmark […]

Bear With Me: The Complete Collection – PS4 review

A feature of VR that is a little underutilised is the ability for other people to join you in playing your game through the television, whilst you’re locked away in the headset. The Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure is a movie tie in that allows you to do […]

The Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure – PSVR ...

In typical Ratalaika fashion, Sagebrush took less time to download than it did for us to complete the purchase process. From Michigan-based Redact Games (aka Nate Berens), what we have here is a first person exploration into the macabre world of messianic suicide cults, like Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple or […]

Sagebrush – PS4 Review

The long summer games drought is nearly over but it’s still quite quiet and the weather has taken a turn so you may be looking for a game to soak up your weekends. Something like a Civilization game maybe, something like Age of Wonders: Planetfall which has just released on […]

Age of Wonders: Planetfall – PS4 Review