Reviews

Action movie stardom awaits in Vendetta Forever from MeatSpace Interactive and nDreams on PSVR2! https://youtu.be/4L9V8O9cSBc Vendetta Forever from Meatspace Interactive and nDreams promises to turn you into the star of your own action movie, but is it oscar-worthy or a box office flop? Let's find out. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. Intro Vendetta Forever is light on story but heavy in style. The developer makes no secret that they’ve left out the bloat and skipped to the good bits, and it’s certainly none the worse for it. As a result there's no real story to talk about. Instead it places you straight into a variety of scenarios from a first person perspective...

Full review of VR platforming contender Max Mustard from Toast Interactive on PSVR2! https://youtu.be/wYcFkBsl2Vc Max Mustard from Toast Interactive promises a colourful VR platformer to fill a certain robot-shaped gap on PS VR2 but does it cut the mustard or is it weak sauce? Let's find out. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. Intro Max Mustard is a classic 3D platformer in the style of Mario 64 and Astro Bot. Previously available for Quest headsets it now arrives on PS VR2 with a whole host of improvements from enhanced graphics to haptic feedback. And just to say, although it feels a bit unfair to continually compare this to Astro Bot, I will be mentioning the A ...

Full review of the stunning telekinetic rogue-lite Synapse from nDreams on PSVR2! https://youtu.be/o1VCENDPdfc Synapse from nDreams promises a telekinetic tour de force but does it take things sky high or come crashing down to earth? Let's find out. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. Synapse, or should that be Sin-apse (and I’m going to use them as interchangeably as Sony and Sew-knee, so apologies in advance) sees you in the role of an agent trying to retrieve secrets from an enemy of the state by dropping into their mind via a process known as synaptic alignment. The story is fairly minimal upfront, there’s no lengthy exposition or intro sequence, but instead...

Revisiting the world of Budget Cuts in Budget Cuts Ultimate from Neat Corporation on PSVR2! This brings together Budget Cuts 1 & 2 along with some quality of life improvements and is the first time Budget Cuts 2 has been available on PlayStation. https://youtu.be/h86vgne5YWY Budget Cuts Ultimate from Neat Corporation brings the stealthy, robot-dodging thrills of the first game and its sequel to PSVR2 for the first time, but is it worth bringing home or is it best left in the office? Let’s find out. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. The first Budget Cuts came out in 2020 on the original PSVR. Back then I enjoyed its combination of humour and stealth gameplay a...

Full review of the stunning Red Matter 2 from Vertical Robot on PSVR2! A sequel to the original Red Matter, this is a great showcase of the graphical capability of PSVR2. https://youtu.be/WIThTz61pEQ Red Matter 2 from Vertical Robot is a mysterious sci-fi exploration adventure set in the depths of space but does it achieve lift-off or disappear into a black hole? Let’s take a look. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. Red Matter 2 is, as you might have guessed, the sequel to Red Matter which released a few years ago on the original PSVR. The first game was actually one of my favourite titles back then as it offered up some great graphics, physics and interactivity a...

Full review of the superb Walkabout Mini Golf from Mighty Coconut on PSVR2! Covering the Whole-In-One bundle which includes all additional DLC to date. https://youtu.be/LLN7SLtHhgE Walkabout Mini Golf from Mighty Coconut is a well-established title on other headsets which has now made its way to PSVR2, but does it end up being a hole-in-one or a double bogey? Let’s find out. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. Walkabout was one of a handful of Quest titles that I was always a little envious of, the others being Puzzling Places and Demeo. With Puzzling Places having been released on the original PSVR and more recently the PSVR2, and Demeo being a PSVR2 launch title,...

A full review of Triband's very unserious baseball bats-for-hands game What The Bat? on PSVR2! Including latest update for seated play and enhanced eyebrow-waggling (?!?). https://youtu.be/_UYNwvGzHpU What the Bat? from developer Triband poses the not so seriously profound question of what you would do if you had baseball bats for hands, but does it hit a home run or strike out? Let’s take a look. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are entirely my own. If you thought What The Bat? was in any way a serious baseball simulation, then I’ve got two things to say to you. Firstly, it’s not a serious baseball simulation/you’ll be disappointed, and secondly, how did you even remotely get the i...

Full review of the shinobi stealth 'em up Arashi: Castles of Sin from Endeavor One on PSVR. Including patch 1.3 for PS4 Pro enhancements, and patch 1.4 for gameplay improvements. https://youtu.be/XH1f57iNBoo Arashi from Endeavour One brings some classic ninja stealth action to PSVR, but does it hit the target or should it stay hidden in the shadows? Let’s find out. First up, huge thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions here are entirely my own. Back in the early PlayStation days I was a big fan of the Tenchu games, and whether or not the developer consciously took inspiration, Arashi really does feel like a spiritual VR successor to those. The good news is, it does a great job of it too. Set in feudal Japan, A...

Full review of the action figure come-to-life, rogue-lite, bullet-hell shooter Yuki from Arvore on PSVR. https://youtu.be/pqHEMTFBme4 Yuki from developer Arvore brings an action figure to life in a bullet hell shooter but does it deliver a playtime favourite or get left on the shelf to gather dust. Let's take a look. First up thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions presented here are my own. Arvore previously bought us the highly recommended Pixel Ripped titles, evoking childhood nostalgia for video games of years gone by and they continue that idea here to a lesser extent with nostalgia for action figures. The game starts in a bedroom full of Yuki merchandise and paraphernalia and sees a Yuki action figure comin...

Full review of the spy caper sequel I Expect You To Die 2 from Schell Games on PSVR. https://youtu.be/sCV1NpSFbiY IEYTD 2 from Schell Games sees us returning to the spy-based, escape room antics of the first game but was creating a successful follow-up destined to be mission impossible? Let’s find out. Firstly, thanks to the developer for providing me with a review key for the game but as always the opinions expressed here are entirely my own. The first IEYTD game released back in 2016 is considered by many, including myself, to be a must-have title for PSVR. I remember it being among the first games I bought and it instantly became a favourite of mine back then, and remains so to this day. I was excited when a sequel was announced and couldn’t wait to give this a go. Wh...