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The sheer scale of space is absurd. Plenty of games have aimed to capture a fraction of it but I’ve tended to give them a miss. Maybe they’re too big for comfort but I’m now in a position to have them thrust upon me. Everspace 2 is the new effort […]

Everspace 2 – PS5 Review

August 23, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged clone pilot / combat / courier / dogfighting / everspace 2 / Gear / lasers / loot / racing / rockfish games / space shooter by Mike

If there’s one thing we’d change about this generation of gaming, it’s the influences on game design that have come from F2P and mobile games. The sort of baffling complexity that got introduced during the PS4-era that creates such bad first impressions whenever we fire up a new game. Now, […]

Killsquad – PS4 Review

July 24, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged co-op / killsquad / loot / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Ed-O: Zombie Uprising invokes memories of a better time. No, not the Edo-era of Feudal Japan from which the game gets its stylised name but rather the seventh generation of home video game consoles which included the Wii, the PS3 and most notably for us, the Xbox 360. The 360-era […]

Ed-0: Zombie Uprising – PS5 Review

July 24, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ed-0 zombie uprising / hack and slash / japan / loot / rogue-lite / souls-like by Richie

Survival games have never really clicked with me. The idea of planning a run out is appealing but I’ve never enjoyed the meter management that comes with it. On top of that, some feel perpetually in a state of early access and I’m never sure when a survival game is […]

Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah – PS4 Review

July 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged barbarians / bases / bosses / combat / conan exiles / crafting / funcom / isle of siptah / loot / settlements / survival / trading / vaults by Mike

Collapsed is a post-apocalyptic 2D rogue-lite from Glaive Games. It has you playing as a nameless protagonist (from a choice of four classes) and sees you running and gunning your way through randomly generated levels, facing off against various enemies and bosses and generally dying a lot. The thing with rogue-lites/likes […]

Collapsed – PS4 Review

March 18, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged collapsed / dead cells / loot / rogue-lite / run and gun / shooting by Richie

The Torchlight series has made a reasonable name for itself by offering its own budget take on the Diablo experience, growing while its inspiration does too. We reviewed Torchlight II back in September of last year and while we appreciated its solid gameplay mechanics, it was just a bit too staid, offering nothing […]

Torchlight III – PS4 Review

October 19, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arpg / diablo / hack and slash / loot / rpg / torchlight 3 by Richie

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

August 19, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged depth of extinction / follow / ftl / loot / overwatch / strategy / tactics / turn-based / xcom by Gareth

We’ve been fans of 10Tons for a while now thanks to their excellent line of roguelite twin-stick shooters. Neon Chrome, Tesla vs Lovecraft and the sensational Jydge were all excellent examples of the genre but now they’ve transposed their talent for roguelite mechanics into a hack and slash quest-driven adventure game. Undead Horde is the […]

Undead Horde – PS4 Review

January 14, 2020 in PS4 tagged 10tons / 10tonsltd / adventure / horde / loot / rogue-lite / RTS / undead by Richie

Dark Souls gets thrown around as a comparison far too much these days. Any game which has the audacity to kill you (in game, obviously) is automatically compared to From Software’s now classic series and as such it’s lost most of its meaning. Annoyingly I now have to compare Remnant: […]

Remnant: From the Ashes – PS4 Review

September 4, 2019 in PS4 tagged dark souls / diablo / difficult / Left 4 dead / loot / multiplayer / remnant: from the ashes / shooter / third-person by Gareth

It’s not often I venture into fantasy ARPGs but there’s usually a relaxing, low-effort feel to a dungeon crawl against scores of disposable enemies. Warhammer Chaosbane comes from EKO Software who are looking to add Game Workshop’s universe to an already tried and true formula. With it’s inspiration very much […]

Warhammer Chaosbane – PS4 Review

June 4, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action rpg / diablo / dungeon crawler / eko software / Fantasy / loot / warhammer chaosbane by Mike

It feels rather odd to make a review for a free to play game, after all, it’s free, you can always download it and try it for yourself should you want to gather a verdict. There is also the issue of the live service model that EA is touting with […]

Apex Legends – PS4 Review

March 4, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Apex Legends / battle royale / EA / loot / ps4 / Shoot by Grizz

Smash Hit Plunder is the debut PS4 game from Cornish developers Triangular Pixels and is a VR-only title. It does require the use of at least one Move controller, but is better with both, and is out physically in North America and now on PSN in North America and Europe. […]

Smash Hit Plunder – PSVR

January 15, 2019 in PS4 / PSVR tagged damage / loot / minecraft / PSVR / smash / smash hit plunder by Richie