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There’s been a few indie efforts playing off nostalgia for the old survival horror format. Fixed camera angles, puzzle solving and limited resources used to be the norm. I get why people clamour for it but the end results aren’t always desirable. The Order of the Snake Scale certainly falls […]

The Order of the Snake Scale – PS5 Review

November 1, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged adventure / corporate interests / crime solving / cult / eldritch horror / fm simple games studio / moving boxes / murder / puzzles / survival horror / the order of the snake scale by Mike

I’ve been away from Ubisoft’s stealthy stab ’em up for over a decade now. Perhaps it’s fitting I come back when the marketing claims the series is returning to it’s roots. Assassin’s Creed Mirage is certainly a return of sorts. A middle-Eastern setting certainly harkens back to the 2007 original […]

Assassin’s Creed Mirage – PS5 Review

October 6, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged assassin's creed mirage / assassination / combat / detective vision / historical setting / murder / stealth / thief of baghdad / third-person / ubisoft by Mike

Cannibal Cuisine is a co-op party game from Belgian-based developer/publisher Rocket Vulture. The game allows 1-4 players to work together and it won’t take too much work to figure out that the game is something of an Overcooked clone. For the uninitiated, Overcooked was also a co-op party game where the aim of […]

Cannibal Cuisine – PS5 Review

January 24, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cannibal cuisine / cooking / murder / Overcooked / party game by Richie

There was a time at PlayStation Country where if a visual novel came in it meant that I, as the resident fan of niche Japanese games, had to do it. Basically I like JRPGs therefore I was the best set for visual novels. Thankfully that’s not necessarily the case any […]

Root Film – PS4 Review

March 31, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Danganronpa / murder / mystery / phoenix wright / root film / root letter / visual novel by Gareth

Slayaway Camp has been around for over a year on other platforms but has now stalked its way onto the PS4 in Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut. A simple puzzle game at heart, its aesthetic choice of an ’80s horror series does a great job of making it feel fresh. The […]

Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut – PS4 Review

December 3, 2017 in PS4 tagged film parody / friday the 13th / logic / murder / puzzle / slayaway camp: butcher's cut by Gareth

Chaos;Child is a new entry in the Science Adventure series of visual novels that fans of the genre may have experienced through the Steins;Gate games. It is actually a direct sequel to Chaos;Head but that has never been released outside of Japan. The events of that game are referenced but […]

Chaos;Child – PS4 Review

October 13, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / chaos;child / dark / murder / steins;gate / visual novel by Gareth

Kill the Bad Guy, from French studio Exkee, is a puzzle game where rather than matching three orbs of the same colour, you have to match a car with a bad guy’s face. It’s an interesting premise but can the full game hold your attention? Across sixty levels you are […]

Kill the Bad Guy – PS4 Review

February 6, 2017 in PS4 tagged kill the bad guy / murder / puzzle / random / secondary objective by Gareth