Another day, another nautical game to sail the seas on. Republic of Pirates aims to give your strategic and city-building sea legs a stretch. Crazy Goat Games have done a serviceable job but it doesn’t quite reach great depths. There’s a degree of polish and some lovely touches that give […]

Republic of Pirates – PS5 Review

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

Painkiller is a co-op focused first-person shooter and is a reboot of a 2004 game that bears the same name (always fun when you’re trying to find tips and tricks for the new one but whatever).  The original game’s devs, People Can Fly (responsible for Outriders and the brilliant Bulletstorm but now seemingly stuck in […]

Painkiller – PS5 Review

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Halls of Torment is an auto-battling/rogue-lite/survivors-style game from German games devs Chasing Carrots.  It originally came out on PC in 2024 and also got a pretty nifty Android port too (which we’ve played the arse off on the Retroid Pocket 5).  It’s now out on PS5 though but will it be […]

Halls of Torment – PS5 Review

Xenotilt, or to give its full name, XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION, is an arcade-style pinball title from LA-based studio FLARB LLC (Flarb?!) which somehow manages to both modernise the genre while also taking it back to its earliest videogame roots. The pinball scene, in videogaming, has been ruled for years now by […]

XENOTILT – PS5 Review

Byte Barrel have returned with a sequel to their retro FPS Forgive Me Father. Whilst there are a few tweaks around character progression, the formula remains largely the same with a smart, atmospheric look. Whilst the story is told by some unconvincing voice acting, the combat has a decent tempo […]

Forgive Me Father 2 – PS5 Review

Fast and Furious Arcade Edition is the home version of Raw Thrills’ 2022 arcade machine, only without the twin 65” UHD screens. It’s fun to see that even they resort to weapons grade bullshots on their publicity material, what’s shown there are in fact renders as shown on the loading […]

Fast and Furious Arcade Edition – PS5 Review

Gnomdom is the latest from our pals at Silesia Games. In a somewhat shocking turn of events, it’s NOT a hidden cat game. It definitely falls into the casual cosy game category, so not a massive deviation in that regard. Developed by Dana and Vivi, we guess a small indie […]

Gnomdom – PS5 Review

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Platypus Reclayed is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em from UK-based studio Claymatic Games.  Why all the references to clay already?  Well, this game, itself a remake of the 2002 PC shoot ’em up Platypus, sports a rather unique look.  Everything in the game has been modelled in clay, captured and animated. It’s […]

Platypus Reclayed – PS5 Review

Super Mining Mechs is a follow up to last year’s Mining Mechs, an exploration/mining game that we liked, even  if it didn’t particularly wow us.  We thought of it more like a podcast game, something to chill out with while listening to something else. This game follows on from the […]

Super Mining Mechs – PS5 Review

I’ve visited a couple of submarines as a tourist and I’m always struck by their economy of space. Quarters are packed tight and only a cigar-shaped, torpedo-armed hull is protection against atmospheres of pressure. It’s a wild thing to think about but now UBOAT attempts to replicate it with this […]

UBOAT – PS5 Review

We normally open our reviews by saying what genre the falls under and that’s usually pretty straightforward. With BALL x PIT, the latest game by Brooklyn’s own Kenny Sun, it’s just not as clear how to classify it. The problem is that the game is three different genres but in […]

BALL x PIT – PS5 Review