PS5 Game Reviews
The rootinest tootinest remaster in these here parts
The Toy Story 3 movie tie-in was a beloved, highly regarded title when it originally launched back in 2010. In an era of lazy movie cash grabs – or crummy mobile games in today’s world – Toy Story 3 dared to be something that its peers wouldn’t: good. And Toy Story 3 Complete Edition’s...
Mini Review Toy Story: Retro Roundup (PS5) - This Fun Toy Box Provides a Nostalgic Buzz
A child's play thing
Toy Story: Retro Roundup is a collection of video games from the franchise's early days, plus A Bug's Life as a bonus throw-in. While not everything here is particularly great, there are more than enough nostalgia punches and modern-day features to feel like you're getting your money's worth. Starting with the original Toy...
Review Tales of Eternia Remastered (PS5) - Classic PlayStation RPG Shows Its Age
Third time's the charm
Growing up, Tales was one of my favorite Japanese RPG series, one that I wished got as much attention as Final Fantasy and Persona. With the success of the latest entry, 2021’s Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco has sought to port some of the older games to modern platforms. Many of them have aged well, including Graces f,...
Review Planet Zoo 2 (PS5) - Sublime Wildlife Management Sim Is Frontier at Its Finest
Something to sink your teeth into
Planet Zoo 2 is the latest creative management sim from Frontier and delivers a huge menagerie of content where your creativity can run wild. A direct sequel to 2024’s Planet Zoo Console Edition and the close cousin of Planet Coaster 2, the game delivers what I have come to expect from Frontier’s creative...
Rose's arm's red, violence ensues
Like Dracula himself, Konami has risen from a lengthy slumber and has spent the last few years reviving its most popular series, like Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill. Now, it's Castlevania's turn. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, developed by Evil Empire, is the first new 2D game in the historic franchise since...
Review Valor Mortis (PS5) - Imperial Ambitions, Largely Realised
Short in a few places, but a titan where it counts
Valor Mortis is an exceedingly fresh take on the tired Soulslike genre. Its engaging first-person combat, grimdark Napoleonic setting, and impeccable level design make it a must-play for enthusiasts in an already busy gaming season, even if it does stumble in places. Developed by One More Level,...
Review Hellraiser: Revival (PS5) - Faithful Adaptation Let Down by Severe Gameplay Woes
You opened the box, we answered
If I could say one thing about Hellraiser: Revival, it would be that this is a faithful adaptation of Clive Barker’s seminal horror series. This survival horror doesn't pull its punches, with brutal gore, a disturbing world of sadomasochism, and pin-perfect recreations of aspects of the films. For that, fans of the...
Review Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (PS5) - Epic Expansion Is Peak Dragon's Dogma
Top Dogma
Fans celebrated when Kento Kinoshita was revealed to be the director of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — and that's because he had already transformed the original Dragon Dogma through the introduction of a simlar DLC outing. There's no doubt about it: Kinoshita fully understands what makes Capcom's RPG great, and that knowledge has...
Review Order of the Sinking Star (PS5) - Jon Blow's Huge Sokoban Design Mixtape Made Me Weary
Block it out
Order of the Sinking Star is a very tricky game to review. The latest effort from Jonathan Blow and his team at Thekla, it's an absolute beast with nearly a thousand puzzles to solve and multiple endings to discover. It's impressive on paper, but to be completely honest, I grew quite weary of the whole thing as I delved deeper into...
Review Dune: Awakening (PS5) - What a Time to Be a Duner
May thy knife chip and shatter
Standing over the planes of Arrakis, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so thirsty playing a game. Dune: Awakening, the survival experience from Funcom, has finally made its way to consoles, and I’ve been checking out the game on PS5. This was a release I actually had a bit of time with on PC, but decided to hold off...
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A Kingdom of games
Kingdom Hearts Collection I~III is perfect for those interested in delving into Disney and Square Enix's weird, wonderful, and often convoluted action RPG world for the first time, but for a longtime fan like myself, the lack of enhancements makes it hard to justify a purchase. As the name suggests, this package includes every...
No Shade
Star Wars: Galactic Racer successfully blends the best of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, WipEout HD, and Burnout 3: Takedown to make for one of the most exciting racers I’ve played in years. This debut effort from Fuse Games – a UK studio founded by Criterion veterans – is a white-knuckle triumph which at times had me on the edge of my...
Wanted dead
A fairly robust re-release that has an upgrade path for existing owners, Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition features both an additional chapter in Atsu's quest for revenge, titled Echoes of Sekigahara, and the introduction of a brand new game mode. For the purposes of this article, I'll be honing in on those two new additions almost...
Review End of Abyss (PS5) - This Delectably Dark Metroidvania Forces You to Look Closer
Do ya like maps?
I’m descending into the seemingly abandoned, rusted ruins of an underground base with my crew. It’s safe to say I’m not one of them, and the mood is ominous at best. Coated in blue-hued darkness, the sounds of our footsteps and the opening of doors that haven’t been used in god knows how long fill the space. It hints at the...
A true warrior of the Three Kingdoms
Playing Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered is a strange but not at all unpleasant experience. This is a borderline remake of Dynasty Warriors 3 — a fan-favourite PS2 instalment that was at least partly responsible for establishing the series' hardcore following here in the west. However, there's...
Review The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered (PS5) - How to Improve a Masterpiece
Back on the Path
Four years on from its big next-gen update with Complete Edition, The Witcher 3 is back — and this time, it's taken the form of an enhanced remaster. At a glance, some may consider this an unnecessary refresh, as the aforementioned Complete Edition still looks pretty great on PS5 — but considering it's a totally free upgrade...
Review Train Sim World 7 (PS5) - A Familiar Journey with a Few New Stops
See it, say it, sorted
As I write my seventh Train Sim World review in almost as many years, I’m fighting the feeling of groundhog day a tad – I think even the team at Dovetail would forgive me that. There’s no question this railway simulation has come on leaps and bounds in the best part of a decade, now looking and feeling like a premium...
Review Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (PS5) - The Series Lands Its Most Confident Entry Yet
Rex machina
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve launches into a reality where its predecessor, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, became easily the most successful entry in the series. That puts it in an odd spot; there's a pressure on the follow-up to outdo what came before, but it's that success that provides Bandai Namco Aces the means to do so...
Review Silent Hill: Townfall (PS5) - Dated Bite-Sized Horror... in a Good Way
Ordell's ordeal
If you were to cut the Silent Hill 2 remake by about a third, make it first-person, and set it in Scotland, you'd be most of the way to Silent Hill: Townfall. The latest game in the survival horror series is more of a traditional experience compared to last year’s Silent Hill F, returning to the sort of environments, puzzles, and...
Review Control Resonant (PS5) - A Wildly Inventive and Drop-Dead Gorgeous Sequel
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling
I’m fighting a possessed bus with a weapon that morphs from an axe to a whip whilst the skyscrapers of Manhattan fold in on themselves like I’m in a dream from Inception. Nowhere else could this be the case than in a Remedy game. Releasing its third entry in the Remedy Connected Universe,...
Review Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (PS5) - Quite Possibly One of the Best RPG Sequels Ever Made
Pole position
How do you follow up on one of the best RPG remakes I've ever played? Well, apparently, you just make another one. Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter doesn't attempt to do anything vastly different from its predecessor — it basically plays like the second half of one giant adventure. For many properties that might be a problem, but for...
Mini Review Mewgenics (PS5) - The Best Roguelike Since The Binding of Isaac
"Can I pet your kitties?"
In this day and age with the large AAA game budgets, you'd never expect a team of just two developers to come out with a GOTY-contending indie title. Mewgenics, from The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen and The End Is Nigh programmer Tyler Glaiel, is a 100+ hour, cat breeding, turn-based, roguelike strategy game...
Review Marvel's Wolverine (PS5) - The Ultimate Wolverine Simulator
Bloody nora, bub
Marvel’s Wolverine is a great video game. If such a thing could be looked up in the dictionary, you’d find Logan and his bared claws staring back. In fact, I can’t remember a time when our own review scoring policy has described a game better: "An accomplished experience, these titles excel in crucial areas, mitigating any...
Mini Review No More Room in Hell 2 (PS5) - This Co-op Shooter Makes Zombies Scary Again
Night of the Dead
No More Room in Hell 2 isn’t your typical zombie experience. Instead, it’s a slow-paced, horror-induced trek through densely detailed maps that are filled with the ambling corpses of the undead. It’s a PvPvE co-op extraction shooter, and on paper it doesn’t sound too different from the rest. You load into one of the...
Review Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (PS5) - A Deeply Disappointing Downgrade of a Sequel
Just another bug hunt
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is one of the most frustrating fumbles of 2026. I’m a huge Alien and Aliens fan, and I've loved the steady flow of video game adaptations over the years – everything from the daft Aliens Vs. Predator on the PS3, through to the iconic Alien Isolation on PS4. I'm even a pretty big fan of the first...
Mini Review Sprawl Zero (PS5) - A Fun Blast of PS2 Shooter Nostalgia
A pixelated blast from the past
Sprawl Zero is a Y2K tactical shooter that pays homage to the console classics like Halo and F.E.A.R, bringing that old-school shooter design to the modern age with slick controls. It’s so committed to the nostalgia factor that it sports this de-rezzed graphical style, so that it wouldn’t look out of place on the...
Review Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush (PS5) - A Solid Arcade Racer with an Open World It Doesn't Need
Pump the brakes
After two successful and highly regarded arcade racing games in the Hot Wheels Unleashed series, developer Milestone has taken that same formula and applied it across an open world structure in Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush — an addition that feels unnecessary. I really enjoyed the simpler, circuit-based approach of the earlier games;...
Review Star Wars Zero Company (PS5) - A Perfect Pairing of Licence and Genre Imperfectly Executed
May the Hawks be with you
It's almost impossible not to mention XCOM when talking about Star Wars Zero Company, as the similarities are clear and manifold. What developer Bit Reactor has done is apply a Star Wars veneer on top of the robust turn-based tactical gameplay from Firaxis' beloved series, and the result is a game that feels like a perfect...
Review Big Walk (PS5) - An Ingenious Co-Op Experience Unlike Anything Else on PS5
Out a big walk with the lads
Over the last few weeks, my friends and I have been taking part in what has been dubbed “Big Walk Mondays”. Together, we’ve taken to the Australian outback-inspired setting of House House’s latest adventure, and to say it’s been the biggest multiplayer surprise of 2026 is an understatement. Big Walk is...
Review The Blood of Dawnwalker (PS5) - A Fang-Tastic Vampire RPG Held Back by Toothless Combat
Slow bleed
Across its first five hours or so, The Blood of Dawnwalker came very close to convincing me that it could be the next genre-conquering RPG. The vampiric debut from developer Rebel Wolves, Dawnwalker starts surprisingly strong, flaunting all of the intrigue and role-playing promise that you'd expect from a team that was once heavily...
