first person

I love the original System Shock. Coming in 1994, the expectations and boundaries of a first-person perspective hadn’t really been hammered home. As such, there was a lot of experimentation in how to control and interact within a cyberpunk setting which led to some interesting results. I finished it within […]

System Shock – PS5 Review

June 2, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cyberpunk / first person / hacker / immersive sim / nightdive / puzzles / shodan / shooting / space station / system shock by Mike

There must be something in the water lately. Another lone developer effort has landed on my lap. This time around, Broken Mind is the game in question. Coming from 2Bad Games, this 5-year passion project has finally hit the Playstation 4. It’s a dark budget horror that, whilst it doesn’t […]

Broken Mind – PS4 Review

July 31, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2bad games / adventure / broken mind / detective work / first person / guns / melee combat / puzzles / stealth / survival horror / tony de lucia by Mike

From Brazilian based Pulsatrix Studios comes Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel. Heavily influenced by Resident Evil, this is a first person survival horror game with a larger emphasis on puzzles than combat. You play as Roberto, an up and coming journalist who has heard about strange goings on in Treze […]

Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel – PS5 Review

July 5, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bosses / collectibles / first person / Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel / puzzles / resident evil / survival horror by Gareth

Puzzle games might be the only genre these days that gets my brain in full gear. Not to say that other games don’t have puzzle elements but I do like sitting in front of something that is entirely focused around testing your mental fortitude. System of Souls comes from Spanish […]

System of Souls – PS4 Review

June 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged boxes / chaotic lab / first person / platforming / portal / puzzle / robots / Spain / switches / system of souls / test chamber by Mike

Zombie games, they never die do they? Rather apt really. You can go back ten to fifteen years and people were calling for a break from them. Similarly the open world genre is saturating gaming somewhat, with every game needing huge maps with icons all over it to keep the […]

Dying Light 2: Stay Human – PS5 Review

February 17, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dying light / first person / open world / parkour / stay human / zombies by Gareth

Insomnis is a first-person horror-themed walking simulator and puzzle game that comes to us by way of Barcelona-based coders Path Games and is the latest product of Spain’s ‘PlayStation Talents’ indie games programme. Despite its name sounding like a typo (try Googling it and see how much Google protests), we […]

Insomnis – PS4 Review

November 12, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 10p resi / first person / google it with quotation marks / horror / insomnis / puzzle / walking simulator by Richie

It’s October. That means Halloween. That means you’d expect some spooky games to be hitting the digital and physical stores for your platform of choice. The larger publishers don’t seem too bothered but, as usual, that’s where the indies step up. Out now on PS5 is In Sound Mind, a […]

In Sound Mind – PS5 Review

October 18, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged first person / half-life / horror / in sound mind / psychological / puzzle by Gareth

This week’s Ratalaika comes in the form of a first person puzzler. Don’t Touch This Button! is a light hearted take on the genre, with each room giving you clues how to complete it. You just have to take each clue with a pinch of salt. There are 65 rooms […]

Don’t Touch This Button! – PS5/PS4 Review

September 28, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cheap / clues / don't touch this button / easy platinum / first person / opposite / puzzle / ratalaika / short by Gareth

Capcom have been on a bit of roll with the Resident Evil franchise in recent years. After the excellent remake of Resident Evil 2, they followed it up a year later with a remake of Resident Evil 3. That was maybe too quick a turn around as it felt far […]

Resident Evil Village – PS5 Review

May 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / first person / horror / mercenaries / re:verse / resident evil / treasure / village by Gareth

We Were Here is a first-person, online co-op puzzle game from Dutch coders Total Mayhem. Released back in 2017 on PC, the game is now on PSN and free for a limited time as we wait for the game’s two follow-ups, We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together to hit […]

We Were Here – PS4 Review

February 14, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged basic / co-op / first person / free / puzzle / we were here by Richie

SUPERHOT was something special when it released on PC back in 2016. The core gameplay of time standing still (or at least moving incredibly slowly) unless you moved made for some great scenarios and action set pieces. Combined with the super stylistic visuals and a vague and trippy story SUPERHOT […]

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE – PS4 Review

July 13, 2020 in PS4 tagged control / delete / first person / mind / skills / slow motion / story / super hot by Gareth

Zen Studios, probably most famous for their pinball games, have moved out of their comfort zone with Operencia: The Stolen Sun. It was released on Epic Games Store and Xbox One last year but has now made it to PS4. They’ve dabbled in other genres in the past but how […]

Operencia: The Stolen Sun – PS4 Review

March 27, 2020 in PS4 tagged dungeon crawler / first person / operencia: the stolen sun / puzzle / rpg / turn-based / zen by Gareth