Tag: Dear Villagers
Mini Review Caravan SandWitch (PS5) - A Delightfully Relaxed, Atmospheric Adventure
Life's a witch
If you're on the market for a relatively stress-free adventure with a focus on exploration — and a surprisingly engaging story — then Caravan SandWitch may be the game for you. Set on a mostly deserted planet, protagonist Sauge returns to the place she once called home in order to track down her older sister, who's been presumed...
News Surreal 'Whodunnit' Mindcop Investigating a Non-Linear Mystery on PS5
Surf's up
Mindcop is a non-linear "whodunnit" developed by Andre Gareis and published by Dear Villagers. It blends a story-driven narrative with real-time puzzle gameplay, putting players behind the moustache of the titular Mindcop, who is capable of mindsurfing the "Sea of Thoughts" in order to uncover the truth. The sleepy village of Merrylin...
News Chill Exploration Game Caravan SandWitch Parks on PS5 in September
Hit the road
An indie project that's looked especially chill since it was first announced for PS5 back in May, Caravan SandWitch has now locked down a slightly less vague release window. The title's targeting a September launch on Sony's current-gen system. The latest press release sums the game up quite nicely: "With an emphasis on inclusivity and...
News Cosy Adventure Caravan SandWitch Embarks on PS5 Roadtrip in 2024
Lifes a beach
Caravan SandWitch is a colourful, narrative adventure game set in a sci-fi world inspired by Provence. It was just announced and is planned for a release on PS5 sometime in 2024. The pitch sounds quite soothing: no combat, no death, just you, your van, and the world. Players take on the role of a boy, presumably old enough to hold a...
Review Fort Solis (PS5) - Glitzy Walking Sim Disappoints
In space no one can here you snooze
There is something calming about a clichéd sci-fi horror, isn’t there? Abandoned space stations, eerie corridors, and the endless possibilities of danger make up a genre that has successfully infiltrated just about every format of entertainment. Fort Solis is just the latest, bringing with it a subdued sci-fi...
News Anthropomorphic Animal RPG Terra Memoria Embarks on PS5 Adventure 'Soon'
We're not lion
Terra Memoria is a cosy RPG with a gorgeous pixel art style and crunchy turn-based combat, and it's "coming soon" to PS5. We got a new gameplay trailer teasing the kind of adventure interested players can look forward to, one filled with anthropomorphic animal people like a bearded rhino, or a lute-playing sloth. Developed by Dear...
News Sci-Fi Game Fort Solis Wants You to Binge Its Four PS5 Episodes
Out on 22nd August 2023
A new trailer for upcoming PS5 title Fort Solis details what's happening on the surface of Mars, and studio Fallen Leaf is pitching the experience as something you can binge just like a Netflix TV show. The game is split up into four episodes each roughly an hour long, and the developer gives you the chance to play the whole...
News Troy Baker, Roger Clark Joint Fort Solis Scares Up 22nd August Release on PS5
Sounds good
Pitched to lead VA Troy Baker as "Moon meets Dead Space", the upcoming sci-fi narrative thriller Fort Solis now has a release date: it's coming to PS5 on 22nd August. Baker himself revealed the release date, courtesy of IGN. Red Dead Redemption 2 star Roger Clark will star opposite
News Fort Solis Confirms Planetfall on PS5 This Summer
Don't turn out the lights
Fort Solis is an atmospheric third-person thriller set on the dark side of Mars, and it's coming to PS5 at some point this Summer. You play engineer Jack Leary, investigating the now dormant Fort Solis, a large and conspicuously uninhabited research base. Apparently, it will contain narrative and action sections with...
Mini Review Edge of Eternity (PS5) – An Ambitious But Disjointed RPG
Down with the sickness
A war is raging on Heryon between an alien race and the native population, and from the opening moments of the game it’s obvious that things have not been going so well for the locals. Edge of Eternity’s protagonist, Daryon, is a young soldier who ends up deserting after his whole squadron is wiped out. He decides to...
Review Astria Ascending (PS5) - Beautiful 2D RPG Falls Flat
Descending into mediocrity
Astria Ascending is a beautiful hand-drawn RPG set in a vibrant world and has a twisting narrative filled with plenty of sacrifice and betrayal. It’s definitely been influenced by classic Japanese RPGs, which is not a surprise when you consider that some of its development team have previously worked on the Final...
Mini Review Recompile (PS5) - Digital Metroidvania Has Style But Little Substance
Hacked
Recompile is one of those games that shows extremely well, but the reality is an experience that doesn't quite stick the landing. Playing as a virus with the intent of infiltrating and fixing The Mainframe, a computer system that's gone awry, this is a 3D action game that looks great, but doesn't quite have enough to back it up. The...
News Digital Metroidvania Title Recompile Hacks onto PS5 Today
Code it in
Recompile has looked like a really solid game ever since we first saw it over a year ago. Announced for PlayStation 5 last July, it's now finally available from today, 19th August. Check out the launch trailer above. For those who don't know, it's a 3D metroidvania action game in which you play a semi-sapient computer virus hacking into...
News PS5 Indie Recompile Looks Extremely Chaotic in New Trailer
Welcome to the light show
We rather like the look of Recompile, an indie game heading to PlayStation 5 very soon indeed. In this latest video, though, we get a closer look at how combat will play out in the game's Tron-like digital world, and it looks pretty mad. In the trailer, we're introduced to some enemies, and then the hero starts going ham...
Review The Forgotten City (PS5) - Skyrim Mod Turned Full Game Tells a Good Story
I used to be a time traveller like you
Turning a Skyrim mod into a full game is an impressive feat on its own, but to then make it something worth playing is a whole different ball game. The Forgotten City, from developer Modern Storyteller, feels a lot like The Elder Scrolls titles of years past. However, contrasting the main quest of Tamriel's...
News Recompile Trailer Nails Down August Release Date on PS5
Priced at £19.99/$24.99
We already knew the virtual Metroidvania title from developer Phigames would be launching on PlayStation 5 at some point next month, but now we have an exact day to look forward to. Recompile will hit Sony's current-gen system on 19th August 2021, priced at £19.99/$24.99. A new trailer embedded above shows off the title's...
News Virtual Metroidvania Indie Game Recompile Hacks onto PS5 This August
Can you hack it?
We'll be honest: we'd sort of forgotten about Recompile. It's been almost a year since the game was announced for PlayStation 5, with almost no noise being made in the interim. That's not to say this indie metroidvania won't be worth your time, though — in fact, it looks pretty darn cool. You play as a computer virus, which has...
News Turn-Based JRPG Astria Ascending Attacks PS5, PS4 on 30th September
From former Final Fantasy devs
The next turn-based JRPG from former Final Fantasy employees Astria Ascending has been confirmed for launch on 30th September 2021. Coming to both PlayStation 5 and PS4, the game will release straight into Xbox Game Pass while Sony fans are charged full price. A new trailer accompanied the announcement, focusing...
News JRPG Inspired Edge of Eternity Adventures to PS5, PS4 Later This Year
Embrace eternity
Edge of Eternity is a role-playing title inspired by the Japanese classics. It's been in early access on Steam for roughly two years, but with the help of a huge update set to release this summer, the game's finally leaving its testing phase. And to celebrate, developer Midgar Studio has confirmed that Edge of Eternity will find...
News ScourgeBringer Will Be the Final PS Vita Game Released Digitally
Available for just 128 days
When it releases next month on 22nd April 2021, ScourgeBringer will become the final PlayStation Vita game to be made available digitally on the platform's storefront. That is before it is pulled just 128 days later as Sony closes the online shop. Director Thomas Altenburger confirmed the unwelcome news over on Twitter...
News Final Fantasy Talent's New RPG Astria Ascending Levels Up on PS5, PS4 in 2021
A wild JRPG appears
We’ll let you decide whether a plot penned by the writer behind Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII Remake is a selling point, but Kazushige Nojima is the biggest name behind Astria Ascending – a new JRPG for PlayStation 5 and PS4, set to release later this year. “In a world where chaos looms, players take control of the...
News PS Vita Owners Have a New Game to Look Forward to Playing
ScourgeBringer also comes to PS4
Rejoice, PlayStation Vita owners! We now have official confirmation that another game will be released on the portable platform, and it just so happens to be ScourgeBringer. Also launching on PS4 on 22nd April 2021, we've heard very good things about this one following its release on other platforms last year. In...
