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Kentucky Route Zero – TV Edition to give its full name, is the console port of developer Cardboard Computer’s episodic adventure. First released in 2013 with five acts appearing sporadically with the final act coming in January 2020. As a lapsed Edge reader, this reviewer watched from afar with interest […]

Kentucky Route Zero : TV Edition – PS4 Review

September 8, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cardboard computer / equus oils / kentucky route zero / point and click by Ian

Japan can be pretty odd. Some of the strangest games we’ve played have come from there and yet they still have a way of surprising us. However, Yurukill does it in an entirely different way. Instead of being just inherently weird, the developers, IzanagiGames, have squished together two genres that on paper […]

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games – PS5 Review

July 4, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Murder mystery / point and click / shoot em up / visual novel / yurukill by Richie

It’s always odd for me to be introduced to a long-running series I know nothing about. Games come out in all shapes and sizes but finding out FM Studio’s output does make me realise my knowledge of available games is a drop in the ocean. The two-person studio have been […]

Forgotten Hill Disillusion – PS5 Review

January 8, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fm studio / forgotten hill disillusion / horror / logic / museum / mystery / point and click / puzzle by Mike

Beneath a Steel Sky is a classic point and click adventure, but I’ve not played it. I do own it on Steam but when I saw Beyond a Steel Sky was made by Revolution Software as a big Broken Sword fan back in the day I had to check it […]

Beyond a Steel Sky – PS4 Review

November 30, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 3d / a steel sky / beneath / beyond / broken sword / point and click / revolution software / sci fi by Gareth

I think losing my memory might be the one part of getting older that would terrify me. Reminiscence in the Night comes from Team Soletude and plays on those fears. What follows is a very brief narrative that maybe doesn’t quite hit the right notes about losing grip of the […]

Reminiscence in the Night – PS5 Review

November 9, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged amnesia / dementia / loneliness / narratively-driven / nightmare / point and click / reminiscence in the night / team soletude by Mike

Ratalaika have taken a break from scraping the bottom of the visual novel barrel for this week and gone with a point and click adventure, Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew. It was released on itch.io a couple of years ago and has now made the jump to […]

Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew – PS5/PS4 ...

May 2, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged british / humour / one man dev / point and click / ratalaika / rotoscope / The Tomb of Thomas Tew / Trails and Traces by Gareth

Released on PC a couple of years ago to critical acclaim, Disco Elysium has now hit the PS5 (the focus of this review) and PS4 in a Final Cut version. This has added new voice lines, more dialogue choices and more items to collect but that won’t mean too much […]

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut – PS5/PS4 Review

April 9, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged alcohol / bugs / detective / dialogue / disco elysium / immersive / point and click / rpg by Gareth

Traditional adventure games have never quite settled for me. There’s quite a few that pay homage to the Lucas Arts template in terms of puzzles and humour which I find slightly off-putting. Cloak and Dagger Games’ Sumatra: Fate of Yandi firmly sits in an old school camp with some low-resolution […]

Sumatra: Fate of Yandi – PS4 Review

March 29, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adventure / cloak and dagger games / indonesia / jungle / logging / point and click / puzzles / sumatra fate of yandi / tiger by Mike

Dog Duty is an indie real time tactics game. That means it’s a shorter experience with purposefully low tech visuals and a slightly shallower experience. That’s not a knock but read on to see the details. Your helicopter is shot down at the beginning by the evil Octopus Commander and […]

Dog Duty – PS4 Review

October 2, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cannon fodder / dog duty / point and click / real time tactics / world map by Gareth

From Hamburg based developer and publisher Daedelic Entertainment comes Edna and Harvey – The Breakout: Anniversary Edition. The anniversary part refers to the fact that this is a re-release of the original game released back in 2008 on PC. In a similar fashion to the Halo Anniversary on Xbox, you […]

Edna and Harvey – The Breakout : Anniversary Edition – ...

June 17, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged asylum / daedalic / point and click / rascally rabbit / remaster by Ian

We have to confess being a little thrown by the 1.5Gb & 1.2Gb respective downloads for Guard Duty on Vita and PS4 respectively. A little more expensive than the typical Ratalaika fare at £7.99 too. You see, Guard Duty is a fully voiced point & click adventure where you have […]

Guard Duty – PS4 Review

May 1, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews / Vita tagged 320 * 240 / point and click / sick chicken by Ian

From developer Entertainment Forge by way of publisher Ratalaika comes dialogue-rich point and click adventure Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning. Opening with friends Hank and Larry settling down for a relaxing evening as civilisation burns outside, the Zombie Apocalypse informs their movie choice in terms of Shaun of […]

Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning – PS4 Review

September 30, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged point and click / ratalaika / zombies by Ian