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I have waited so long to play Beyond Good & Evil. It was always one of those games that was talked with such reverence but I’d never managed to get my hands on it. Now Ubisoft have decided to re-release and update the classic game with a 20th Anniversary Edition. […]

Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition – PS5 Review

July 6, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged alien invasion / beyond good and evil 20th anniversary edition / dictatorship / espionage / hovercraft racing / melee combat / photography / remaster / spying / stealth / ubisoft by Mike

Cats and nosey sods, let’s be honest. I’ve had plenty through my life and their need for attention gets them in situations they really shouldn’t be in. Cats and the Other Lives is a narrative-driven puzzle game from Cultic Games which looks to replicate the feline experience. I’ll be honest, […]

Cats and the Other Lives – PS4 Review

October 31, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cats and the other lives / chase sequences / cultic games / dysfunctional family / eavesdropping / mouse catching / nattatively-driven / nosey feline / Pixel art / puzzles / stealth 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

A Plague Tale: Requiem is a stealth-based adventure game from Bordeaux-based coders, Asobo Studio and is the sequel to the original 2019 title A Plague Tale: Innocence. This is a direct follow-on so it’s worth recapping what the original game was all about. In Innocence you played as Amicia de Rune, a […]

A Plague Tale: Requiem – PS5 Review

October 18, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged a plague tale: requiem / adventure / asobo studio / plague / rats they don't compare / stealth / third-person by Richie

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

If you’re unaware of the term ‘immersive sim’ then it’ll probably mean nothing to you. It’s a genre that let’s the player choose, whether that’s story options or how to play. It wants to immerse you in the experience by letting you play how you want and adapting around you. […]

Weird West – PS4 Review

March 31, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged dark fantasy / immersive sim / occult / stealth / third-person / weird west / wild west by Gareth

I do love spy fiction. I love the subterfuge and espionage and when a game gives me stealth or a heist to pull off, I’m all ears. Way Down is a hastily put together videogame tie-in for 2021 movie The Vault. Coming from Mediaset Studios, this is the latest effort […]

Way Down – PS4 Review

December 17, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bank robbery / crime / heist / mediaset games / mini games / PlayStation Talents / spanish gold / stealth / the vault / way down by Mike

Deathloop has the weird distinction of being published by Bethesda, recently bought by Microsoft, but is a timed console exclusive on the PS5. Made by Arkane Lyon it has a lot in common, gameplay-wise, with the Dishonored series but is very much its own thing. You play as Colt, who […]

Deathloop – PS5 Review

September 25, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged deathloop / fps / groundhog day / invasion / powers / stealth by Gareth

From Honig Studios and published by HandyGames, we have El Hijo. In the dev’s own words, a stealth game. In this case in a spaghetti western setting in which the titular El Hijo finds himself in an orphanage. Only he’s not an orphan as his mother is still alive, so […]

El Hijo – PS4 Review

April 13, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged el hijo / handygames / honig games / stealth by Ian

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

I can’t say it’s often we get a game to review that’s been out since May. Monstrum has been out even longer on the PC but a sequel is on the way. Ahead of that impending release, the original has been sent our way from Junkfish. A very small package, […]

Monstrum – PS4 Review

October 6, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cargo ship / cat and mouse / escape plan / hide and seek / junkfish / monsters / monstrum / stealth / survival horror by Mike

One thing I like about this job is the opportunity to be genuinely surprised by something. I’ll admit my expectations for Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, based on the BBC drama, were pretty low. Futurlab are at the helm who you might remember as the developers of Velocity2X. They’ve been prolific over […]

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind – PS4 Review

August 23, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bbc / cillian murphy / futurlab / gang / heist / peaky blinders mastermind / puzzle / stealth / teamwork / time management by Mike