Everspace 2 Review (PS5)
No the title isn’t a typo. Tusock is now on PS5. And loving all the PlayStation exclusives I have never played.
Anywho, Everspace 2 is the reason we are here.
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Gaming
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart PC
Ratchet & Clank are one of PlayStation’s most endearing duos, first appearing on the PlayStation 2 in 2002 from developer Insomniac Games.
The pair were a resounding success on Sony’s games console, and over the years appeared in such classics as Tools of Destruction, Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal.
Now we have Rift Apart PC.
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Logitech MX Keys S keyboard & MX Anywhere 3S mouse
I’ve always been a fan of Logitech’s hardware and have owned a fair few keyboards, mice and other peripherals over the years.
Currently sitting in my desk shelf is a Logitech Performance MX mouse.
So I was looking forward to testing out the company’s new MX Keys S keyboard and MX Anywhere 3S mouse.
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Aliens: Dark Descent, Review
Set 20 years after the Aliens 3 movie, Dark Descent focusses on Tantalus Base, where a Xenomorph outbreak has occurred.
I controlled a squad of Marines, akin to “The Commander” in XCOM from the crashed command ship, The Otago.
It has some loose similarities to XCOM, except its combat which is a Real-Time Strategy game, not turn based.
It is however a Newt free zone.
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JBL Quantum 910 Wireless
The JBL Range continues to impress with the Quantum 910 Wireless. Having swapped out my 810 Wireless Headset for the much new and improved Quantum 910 Wireless Headset I find it hard to go back.
It’s not even a year since I wrote about the 810 Wireless, and everything I said then still stands today for the 910 Wireless. Albeit with a few extra Bells, Whistles and Quality.
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Company of Heroes 3, PS5 review
PC Real Time Strategy (RTS) games live and die by their control system when ported to Console.
Company of Heroes 3 (CoH3) has had the gamepad or controller conversion treatment, and pleasingly I can report the experience on PS5 is excellent.
Surprisingly though, it’s actually some of Relic’s single-player design choices that has caused me concern.
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System Shock remake (reviewed on PC)
In 1994, Looking Glass Technologies introduced rogue AI Shodan to the world in the original System Shock.
Set aboard a space station in 2072, the player assumed the role of a hacker who must thwart the evil plans of Shodan, a genuinely unsettling AI who was quite terrifying.
The game was universally praised for its gameplay by critics but was only a moderate commercial success.
Fast forward to 2023 and we’ve seen the release of a remade System Shock from retro game specialist studio Nightdive Studios (Only available on PC at the moment but is coming to consoles later this year).
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Replikator, review
Replikator had me at “Top Down Sci-Fi Shooter”. I mean what’s not to love, being a huge Alienation fan and having grown up on the likes of Alien Syndrome, and Alien Breed.
Choose a rag-tag character from a bunch of rag-tag characters, including a Space Racoon. Board some crusty Space Stations and fight your way to the Boss. Yes, we’ve been here before.
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Stasis Bone Totem (reviewed on PC)
A sequel to 2015 game Stasis, which I never played.
Stasis Bone Totem sees husband and wife oceanic salvagers Mac and Charlie O’Bannon (and robotic bear Moses) stumble across a derelict oil rig run by the Cayne Corporation.
What follows is a Lovecraftian tale that takes the main characters all the way down to an undersea complex and melds themes of an ancient alien civilisation, unnatural human experimentation and Gieger-esque visuals.
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Miasma Chronicles, Review
Unfortunately, as a console gamer my platforms of choice don’t equate to a plethora of games in the tactical genre space. So, when I caught wind of the upcoming Miasma Chronicles, I was a happy little tactical camper.
As soon as I started playing, I fell in love with Miasma Chronicles’ unique spin on the post-apocalypse.
25 hours later…we’re still together.
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Advance Wars 1+2 : Re-Boot Camp
Advance Wars is a poster-child franchises for Nintendo. After tough turn-based campaigns on Gameboy Advance, it’s rebuilt now for the Switch. There is no mistaking the franchise has the Hearts and Minds of older gamers.
So now would be a good time to get it into the hands of today’s Nintendo faithful. Wouldn’t it?
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