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We live in a digital age yet as with anything, the simple things in life are the best. Before modern gaming devices and smartphones, back when I was a lad, I remember going away with my parents and buying a ‘labyrinth’ puzzle from a small…
Do you remember R.I.G.S? A PSVR launch title that mixed Mecha combat with sport? That game was promising but also very nauseating to people new to VR, myself included, as you could run around, jump 40ft into the air, get shot out of your Mecha…
There are a few gameplay genres and visual styles which are very, very common these days. In terms of genres, we have a huge amount of rogue-lite and mobile phone/table ports and visually we have tonnes of ‘pixel-art’ style games. If I was to say…
The one thing that PSVR has been lacking, since release, is the ability to draw and make your own creations within the virtual world. I used to watch various YouTubers on their Vive and Rift headsets, playing around in VR and drawing away and it…
Last week I reviewed Dead Secret, from Robot Invader, on the PS4 + PSVR – a murder mystery point-and-click adventure game set in the 1960’s within an isolated house in the country. Upon finishing the review, I was offered a code for Dead Secret Circle, the…
The original Bleed, which was released back in 2012 on PC and in August last year on the PS4, was a perfect example of a solid indie pixel-art side-scrolling action game done well. From Bootdisk Revolution, Bleed reminded me of a mash-up between the bullet-hell…
I love Picross puzzles. I could end my review there and give it a score but I think that may be a little short! Pic-a-Pix is a port of the very popular 3DS and Wii U title by the same name from developer Lightwood games.…
If you’ve been with us a while then you will know a few things about me – I love VR, Thrillers, Mysteries, Adventures, and Puzzle Games yet I really don’t like horror games or jump scares. So, why am I playing a horror based game…
I rarely play PC games these days but I couldn’t miss out on this one – a management sim about starting your own business to thrive on the oil rush whilst having direct control over what you build and buy. Sounds like heaven to me. So, I…
Reverie was a nostalgia trip for me, with elements of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Earthbound cleverly presented perfectly on our immortal PS Vita. From New Zealand developer Rainbite, the developers have captured the magic of both titles above and…
Everyone knows the popular saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, well I believe that Epic Dumpster Bear: Dumpster Fire Redux from Log Games falls into that category. Whilst clearly not a book, the game seems to be created from generic assets which, based…
First, we had Pikmin, then came along Overlord, and now we have a new title which involves micromanagement of various classes of minions – Masters of Anima. From developer Passtech Games and publisher Focus Home Interactive, Masters of Anima seamlessly builds upon the Pikmin-style of gameplay…
The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 seems to be Nippon Ichi Software‘s (NIS) version of Diablo if Diablo was created by a Japanese company. Since it’s release in Asia around a year ago, I’ve been waiting for this to come to us here in…
Raining Coins is a port of a mobile phone game of the same name from developer Crazysoft, the one-man development studio behind Zeus Quest: Remastered. Those looking for an easy platinum may look away now as Raining Coins is the dark souls of mechanically simple…
“All good things must come to an end” – A popular phrase and a fitting one in reference to Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. We have followed Kiryu through blood, sweat and tears as we progressed through the 80’s disco era, his time as…
Where do you begin with Gal*Gun? Gal*Gun 2 is the fourth game in the series, with the original being a last-gen Japanese only title, Gal*Gun: Double Peace on PS4, Vita and Steam, and Gal*Gun VR on Steam (we need that one on PSVR). For the…
I don’t play many free to play titles on my PS4 as they are usually plagued by MicroTransactions or they are multiplayer-focused whereas I prefer single-player games. However, when I saw Starlit Adventures I had to try it out as it looks so darn cute!…
Crisis on the Planet of the Apes is a new VR game from IMAGINATI and FoxNext where you play the role of a captured ape in a story set between Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and Dawn of the Planet of the…
When I first saw the artwork for Maria the Witch I instantly thought of a popular anime, Kiki’s Delivery Service from Studio Ghibli. In the anime, Kiki is a young witch who flies around on her broomstick, once she has learnt how to ride it, delivering…
Time Carnage is the second wave-based PSVR shooter I’ve reviewed this week, having done Lunar Stone: Origin of Blood just the other day. However, Time Carnage scraps the story and replaces it with back-to-back action within this very good VR shooter with solid controls. Not everything…
Recently we had the brilliant Shadow of the Colossus, then came along Attack on Titan 2, and now we have a similar game called Extinction. What do all of these titles have in common? They are all based on the protagonist facing off against giant…
A genre that I would love to see more of in VR is the music genre. We have had titles like Happy Drummer and Hatsune Miku (although Hatsune Miku was more a virtual concert than an actual music game) and now we have been given…
Lunar Stone: Origin of Blood is your typical wave-based shooter in VR, with the added element of a melee weapon and an unusual dodging mechanic. Since the dawn of PSVR we have seen a number of wave-based shooters, with recent additions such as Time Carnage,…
I love Mecha games, I’m eagerly awaiting a new Gundam Warriors game to come out and I really need to pick up the Gundam game which came out a few months ago – once I have some free time. However, Gundam isn’t the only Mecha…
The Adventure Pals is a witty, crazy, wacky, fun platformer for gamers of all ages and skill levels. Developer Massive Monster and Publisher Armor Games have brought us a game that will not only keep you entertained for 8-10 hours but also make you laugh…
Artifex Mundi is back after a short break with another one of their amazing HoGs (Hidden Object Games) on the PS4, this time it’s the final entry in a really interesting series. This is the third, and final game in the Enigmatis series which has followed our…
Minit is an unusual game, akin to ‘Half-Minute Hero’, the game gives you a set time to play the game before you are forced to restart from a checkpoint – in this case, you have 60 seconds. Aesthetically, we are looking at a game which…
Zeus Quest: Anagenissis of Gaia was originally a Windows Mobile and PalmOS game back in 2008 which was later remastered for Steam, Android and iOS in 2016. And now, the developer (which is a single person development team), Crazysoft, has brought their hilarious point and…
Penny-Punching Princess is quite a unique title coming from NIS America, combining elements of a beat ’em-up with RPG and even a bit of resource management. Hot on the heels of The Longest Five Minutes, which was another NIS America published game that also had…
I don’t have much of a history with the Atelier series, I came into it at Atelier Sophie and proceeded to Atelier Firis and now the final game in the current “Mysterious” trilogy, Atelier Lydie & Suelle. There has been a few changes in the…
Up until now, Artifex Mundi has had the monopoly on the Hidden Object Game (HoG) genre on modern consoles, this is a genre I and my parents love to play as the games are fun, casual, accessible for everyone and above all, interesting with their…
Symmetry reminds me of a sci-fi based survival game akin to ‘This War of Mine’, only a lot harder. Coming from developer Sleepless Clinic, it’s a game that thrives on simple interactions and very basic mechanics as you try and overcome various challenges and events in…
I love tower defence games, Defence Grid 2 was one of the first games I bought on my PS4; however, what component is usually missing from the majority of tower defence games? A story. You have the odd one here and there about an invasion…
ARK Survival evolved truly has evolved. Not only has it branched out from Early Access into its retail release on PC, Xbox One and PS4, but it’s also been announced as coming to both the switch and mobile devices in the near future. Even with…
Simulation games have always been my guilty pleasure, from Train Simulator on the PC to Real Farm on the PS4. They aren’t your typical ‘hardcore’ game, they are there in order to wind down and relax whilst jumping in for a few hours to complete…
Avast ye landlubbers – today I be lookin’ at Flynn & Freckles from the small indie team at Rookie Hero Games, Yarrrr shiver me timbers! Ahem, sorry about that – Flynn & Freckles is yet another game which has been helped via the PS Talents…
THQ Nordic and Black Forest Games have surprised a lot of us by bringing Titan Quest to all modern consoles, including the Switch (later this year). Titan Quest was first released back in 2006 on PC as one of the main contenders up against Diablo…
If I said “I’ve been waiting for this game” then that would be the understatement of the year. Since I reviewed JYDGE from 10Tons last year, I spotted something on their site that really caught my eye, Tesla vs. Lovecraft. Yet another twin-stick shooter from…
Not everything in VR has to be first-person – that’s a phrase I wouldn’t have thought I would have ever said if you had asked me before the beginning of 2018. To me, I always thought VR would only work if you were living the virtual…
When I started playing Attack on Titan 2 I was confused, I was getting an immense feeling of deja vu as I played throughout the story – I’ve been here before, I know this story, what’s going on? I’ve not seen the Attack on Titan…
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a sequel to The Silver Case, which was released on PS4 back in 2017. The 25th Ward was originally developed by Suda51 via Grasshopper Manufacturer back in 2005 and was only released on certain phones on a certain network…
Everyone knows I love a good puzzle (just look at how many puzzle games I have reviewed so far!) and I’m also known for loving my PSVR. So, along came Rangi – a puzzle game built in VR – sounds like a match made in…
Blasters of the Universe is a wave-based VR shooter from Secret Location, and whilst we have already received a few of these on PSVR, such as Shooty Fruity and Time Carnage, Blasters of the Universe is up there as one of the best in the…
Every now and again we get a new adventure game that is presented to us in chapters – TellTale games were the first to make this format popular with the likes of Kings Quest, Life is Strange, and even Resident Evil Revelations adopting the format…
What I love about KING Art Games is their love of the adventure game/point-and-click genre. Recently we had Black Mirror, which I thought was great, and they also created the iconic ‘Book of Unwritten Tales’ series. The team are back with a remaster of a beloved…
Where do I begin with Abo Khashem? I imagine it’s most likely a game which flew under your radar which you have no idea what it is, or about – If so, I wouldn’t blame you as there has been very little in terms of…
I recently became aware of the PlayStation Talent program in Spain whilst I was reviewing Timothy vs. the Aliens. Since then, I’ve decided to keep an eye on games emerging from the program as there are a load of great games being released. In a…
When we were kids, we used to love reading storybooks and having them read to us as we dozed off to sleep. Moss, from the amazing team at Polyarc, captures the magic of hearing a fairytale and mixes it with an interactive experience like nothing…
Fear Effect and its sequel have garnered a kind of cult following over the years, the 3rd person puzzle solving crossed with stealth, action and the supernatural made it perfect for those who enjoyed both Metal Gear and Resident Evil. Fast forward 17 years and we are…
THQ Nordic is on a roll at the moment, they have released some excellent remasters of their back catalogue, like de Blob, along with some new content like Black Mirror and Rad Rodgers. Not only this, but they have also acquired Koch Media and have…
Do you ever wake up at night, look at the wall and see a dark, shadowy figure watching you from the corner of the room with the look of death in his eyes? Upon seeing this, you instantly turn on the light and see that…
There are certain genres that have moved through the times with us from 2D to 3D and even into Virtual reality, the FPS, Simulation, Puzzle games, and even 3rd person side-scrolling games. However, there is one genre, which was extremely popular back in the late…
It was just a few weeks ago that I had the chance to review Monster Energy Supercross from Milestone and here we are again, with a new game from the same developers only this time with four wheels rather than two. Gravel is the latest…
I played through and completed North on PS4 yesterday and even though it’s still very fresh in my mind with its unusual aesthetic and horrifying visuals, I’m finding it so hard to put into words what I actually played. I guess we can start with…
The Station intrigued me when I first heard about it a few weeks ago. Upon entering their website, I was presented with an application form for a new job – it was to apply for their next journey into space as the site introduced the…
Going off the title and marketing image, you would be forgiven if you believe that Suicide guy, from Chubby Pixel, was a game about being unable to cope and looking for a way to end it. However, that’s only partially true as the game has…
I heard about Apex Construct a few weeks ago and instantly became interested when I found out that ex-DICE employees are behind it as I love my PSVR but other than a few amazing titles (a few on the way this week) the majority of…
How many people out there remember the old school platformers? I’m not talking about your Marios, Sonics or even your Bubsys – I’m talking about games such as Jazz Jackrabbit, Commander Keen and Ruff’n’Tumble. These are 90’s era platformers that were limited to computers, rather…
We have had a fair few really good puzzle games transfer from the PC over to the PS4/PS Vita in the last few months yet I believe Tiles is one of the simplest in design yet toughest in nature! Developed by Romans I XVI Gaming which…
Monster Energy Supercross (or Monster Energy AMA Supercross – FIM World Championship: The Official Videogame – to give it it’s full title!) is the latest game from Italian developer, Milestone S.r.l. – they are a common name in the world of racing games, especially when it…
Crossing Souls is yet another Kickstarter success story – these seem to be on a roll this month! Raising $51k out of a $45k goal, Fourattic has teamed up with Devolver Digital to bring their game to PC and PS4 (with a possible PS Vita version coming…
I simply adore NIS America as they seem to know me inside out – pretty much every title they develop or publish instantly makes me want to buy them, even the controversial Tokyo Tattoo Girls which still doesn’t sync with PSN, yet I still play it…
Dynasty Warriors 9 is finally here! It feels like I’ve been waiting an eternity for the next game in the series of hack and slash games from developer Omega Force and Publisher Koei Tecmo – when in reality it has only been about five years if…
Pinstripe is a successfully Kickstarted game from developer Atmos Games and publisher Armor Games. This is the second Kickstarter born game I’ve had the chance to review in the last few weeks with the other being Timothy vs. the Aliens – However, Pinstripe hit its initial goal of…
I’ve always dabbled but never really got into the Monster Hunter series. I own Monster Hunter 3, 4 and generations on the 3DS and 3 on the Wii U – I’ve put in over 100 hours combined, yet they all felt like a grind and less…
When I was a wee lad, I used to play a lot of beat ’em ups before I became obsessed with RPGs and adventure games. I used to love the feeling of being in control, taking out anyone who so much as looks at me (not…
When it comes to puzzle games, some games get really deep and create mind-boggling puzzles which have you scratching your head over, whereas others deliver games which are so easy a child could complete it within a few minutes. However, sometimes the simplest idea can be…
Alteric is a game that is heavily influenced by a few popular games, mainly Thomas was alone and Super Meat Boy. If you have played both of these titles then you will know how different they are, one is a calm and relaxing narrative adventure and…
Spiral Splatter is akin to those old metal puzzle games you used to play at local fairs where you would hold a baton and have to move it along a wire without making contact with the sides. The game has been modernised for the digital…
One More Dungeon is the latest pixel-graphics Rogue-like game from developer Stately Snail and Publisher Ratalaika Games. Ratalaika Games are well known for their help in porting smaller indie titles from the PC to consoles – in this case buying the game will net you the Vita and…
I’m not a fan of jumpscares. In fact, I hate them. They are the cheapest way to portray ‘horror’ and should only be used as a last resort if the atmosphere and tension aren’t working. So, imagine my delight when I foolishly volunteered to review…
Cold Iron is a first as far as I’m aware as it combines VR with a Puzzle game and a shooter – something I personally haven’t seen before and developed by Catch & Release who is an independent game studio that was founded by two brothers,…
Nine Parchments is the latest game from studio Frozenbyte, which is most famous for its ‘Trine’ series. If you have owned any gaming platform the in last 5-10 years then you will have seen the beautiful world they created and expanded upon within Trine and…
I previously only played Street Fighter V for a few hours upon launch and I wasn’t impressed. I’m not a massive online fan so the lack of any single-player content put me off and I quickly resold it to try and regain some of my…
Railway Empire is the latest resource management/simulation/strategy game published by Kalypso Media – they love this genre and I love them for doing so. Not only this, the developers of the game are Gaming Minds Studios – to those who aren’t familiar with their work, they…
2017 was my favourite year for the PS4 so far, there were so many amazing games that I instantly fell in love with. I’m a massive JRPG fan and 2017 brought us gems such as; Nights of Azure 2, Kingdom Hearts collection remasters, NieR: Automata,…
Have you ever seen films where a car gets stuck in the mud and you see the tires furiously spinning around, spitting mud all over the place yet moving nowhere? Upon seeing this did you ever think to yourself, “That’s easy, anyone could get out…
If you follow me on Twitter then you will know how much I love resource management, simulation and strategy games. For example, next week I have my review of Railway Empire going live (as well as a bunch of videos already on Youtube) and my most…
I’ll be honest here, I own L.A. Noire on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC yet I’ve never played it until now. I didn’t not play it for any particular reason, I just saw it as a game which would need me to invest a…
I love a good puzzle, give me sudoku or a picross puzzle and I’ll hand it back to you completed within a matter of minutes as I like to think I have a logical mind and can easily overcome any problem thrown my way. Imagine…
Do you like speed? Check. Do you like adventure? Check. Do you like spending half of a game getting used to the controls and then starting to enjoy the game more? Erm… I’ll get back to you on that one! Defunct, developed by Freshly Squeezed…
What games did you play with your family over Christmas? Charades? Monopoly? Maybe even it’s Quiz Time? I went to my parents and we played all of the above plus one more which took centre stage for a few reasons, VR the Diner Duo from…
I only purchased one piece of new tech in 2017 which is strange as I usually jump on all new devices as soon as they become available. However, the new tech I bought was something I had owned once before, PSVR. When I initially purchased…
Beholder: Complete Edition is clearly inspired by dystopian works such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, it places you within a totalitarian state as the appointed landlord for an apartment building. There are a lot of moral choices which appear throughout the game yet every single ‘problem’ can…
I think it’s fair to say that a lot of people have been on the fence about VR over the last 12 months, is it worth investing into a VR headset device or are there only ‘experiences’ available for it? I have nothing against the…
Yakuza, Nier, Persona and Gravity Rush are all considered ‘niche’ titles – a few of them might not be anymore but at the beginning of last year they were. The vast majority of people wouldn’t have known much about them if you asked them to…
Back in the early 2000s, there were three games I played constantly on my Gameboy Advance; The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Final Fantasy Tactics and Advance Wars. The latter of which and its sequel, Black Hole Rising, would keep me company as I…
We rarely get games on the PS4 or Vita which try and portray serious, realistic topics. We may get the odd game here or there which has a ‘life lesson’ in it which tries to deliver a topic with a lesson thrown in. However, they…
Son of Scoregasm is a twin-stick shooter from Charlie’s Games. Charlie’s Games is a one-man developer studio, something we don’t see very much over on the console front so I was eager to find out just how well one man can stand up against studios…
A few years back, if an indie title came out and it was; artistic, drained of colour or silent, then you knew you were in for something different, something exciting. Nowadays, we have a shed-load of titles that fit within this description due to the…
I have many fond memories of the Xbox 360 era; it was the first time I played a Dynasty Warriors game, the first time I ever played online, and surprisingly the first time I had played a JRPG and really become emotionally attached and excited to…
Energy Invasion is the latest game from Sometimes You, a developer and publisher who has published a number of games in the last six months. The theme I get from the games they publish is ‘easy to play but hard to master’ as most of…
We rarely get games that look ‘different’ these days as a lot of indie developers favour the simplistic look over the realistic and AAA developers do the opposite. Knuist & Perzik have given us a game in the artistic style of titles such as Yoshi’s Island…
If you have ever worked in a supermarket on either the checkout or packing duties then you have most likely drifted off into your own fantasy world at some point. The monotonous task of scanning item after item, or placing the correct thing into the…
Defiant Development has gone and surprised us with a sequel to their truly amazing 2015 game, Hand of Fate. Personally, I think the first game flew under a lot of peoples radars as everyone I spoke to about the sequel hadn’t heard of the first one. This…
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood was once behind an ‘exclusive’ locked door with only Microsoft holding the Key. Microsoft bought the developer’s studio back in 2012 and then proceeded to close it and sell off its assets in 2016. This is always a terrible event; however,…
Have you ever sat down, turned on your PS4 and thought to paw-self; “Boy, I wish I was a cat on an epic adventure to find my sister who has been cat-napped by an evil pussy”? If you have then you’re either a little strange…
It’s Quiz Time is a new party based quiz game that is similar to the recent PlayLink releases in that you play along with your phone. The main difference here is that It’s Quiz Time allows up to eight players, CPU or a mixture of…
Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier is set between the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the War of the Planet of the Apes films; however, there is no direct connection to any of the movies from what I gather (I haven’t seen the…
