open world

I reviewed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey a couple of years back but it actually took playing it on and off until this year to get the Platinum in it. It was so chock full, overflowing maybe, with content. Now, at the dawn of a new console generation we have Assassin’s Creed […]

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – PS4 Review

November 18, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged assassin's creed / england / free running / ghost of tsushima / norway / odyssey / open world / stealth / ubisoft / valhalla / vikings by Gareth

Sony are ending the generation with a flourish. Whatever you think of their style, the major first party games released by Sony this generation have all been of a high quality. Now they’ve seen fit to release two games this summer, mere months before the start of the next generation. […]

Ghost of Tsushima – PS4 Review

July 25, 2020 in PS4 tagged combat / ghost of tsushima / japan / mongols / open world / samurai / stealth by Gareth

For all that Trailmakers doesn’t have Lego branding, you’d be forgiven for thinking it should have. Flashbulb Games are also based in Copenhagen, which although not that close to Billund (home of Lego) makes us wonder a little at what might have been. Trailmakers was an exclusive on Xbox One […]

Trailmakers – PS4 Review

June 5, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged flashbulb / not lego honest / open world / trailmakers by Ian

Maneater is a mid-budget shark ’em up from US-based devs Tripwire Interactive who are best known for their Killing Floor titles. Set in the fictional locale that is Port Clovis, you play as a shark who is looking to dominate the waters as the local apex predator while also hunting down the man […]

Maneater – PS4 Review

May 26, 2020 in PS4 tagged maneater / mid-budget / nature / open world / sandbox / shark by Richie

We rather enjoyed Need For Speed Payback, which apparently is a controversial opinion because everyone else didn’t enjoy Ghost Games’ last outing, but hardcore fans of the series can rejoice because Need For Speed Heat is a throwback to the series high points of Underground and Underground 2 which means that the […]

Need For Speed Heat – PS4 Review

November 15, 2019 in PS4 tagged driving / heat / need for speed / open world / racing by Richie

If you’re a PS4 owner then you’ll be hard pushed to have not noticed the Yakuza games over the past couple of years. From remasters to new releases the entries have come thick and fast with multiple titles a year and they’ve been trickling onto the PC as well. Luckily […]

Judgment – PS4 Review

June 21, 2019 in PS4 tagged fantasy zone / fighting vipers / japanese / judgment / mini games / open world / private detective / virtua fighter 5 / yakuza by Gareth

In some ways, Bethesda’s original 2011 shoot ’em up was everything you’d expect from a crossover project between them and Id Software, the original FPS masters who pretty much defined the genre with Wolfenstein and Doom before their Quake games set the template for pretty much every online shooter ever […]

Rage 2 – PS4 Review

May 26, 2019 in PS4 tagged bethesda / fps / id software / open world / post apocalyptic / rage 2 / shooter by Richie

From Nottingham-based Fallen Tree Games by way of Curve Digital comes the forced 3D perspective open world game American Fugitive. The devs have some AAA chops including the likes of TimeSplitters & Crysis on their CVs, and it shows in the production values of this accomplished debut, combining on-foot exploration […]

American Fugitive – PS4 Review

May 21, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged GTAish / nottingham / open world by Ian

After breaking from the yearly release schedule and reinventing the formula last year with Assassin’s Creed Origins, Ubisoft has returned to old ways and released Assassin’s Creed Odyssey only a year later. It boasts a bigger world than last year, plus other enhancements but is it too much too soon? […]

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – PS4 Review

October 22, 2018 in PS4 tagged ancient greece / assassin's creed / metal gear solid v: the pantom pain / odyssey / open world / origins / ubisoft by Gareth

Destruction is still something heavily sought after in gaming. Most environments are indestructible, and understandably so. Even beyond processing power, level design goes out the window if you can literally level the entire map. One series of games that has dabbled with the idea of destructible environments is Red Faction. […]

Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered – PS4 Review

July 11, 2018 in PS4 tagged destruction / guerrilla / hammer / mars / open world / re-mars-tered / red faction by Gareth

Sega’s Yakuza series has been going strong for over a decade now with players in the West now receiving the games at a steady rate. After a small delay, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life finally takes to store shelves with a new engine under the hood. Long-time series protagonist […]

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – PS4 Review

April 25, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action / adventure / crime drama / japan / open world / sega / yakuza 6 the song of life by Mike

There’s a moment early on in Far Cry 5 where you are tasked with climbing a tower before being told not worry, you won’t be climbing towers all over the place. This is a cheeky acceptance that Ubisoft have been putting out very samey games for a while now. Both within the Far […]

Far Cry 5 – PS4 Review

April 3, 2018 in PS4 tagged far cry 5 / fps / open world / sandbox / ubisoft by Richie