App Review: Chernobyl: VR Project for PSVR.
Chernobyl: VR Project for PSVR is not a video game. Let me say it again: Chernobyl: VR Project is not a video game. Please don’t labor under the delusion that when you fire it up, you’ll be getting trophies, solving puzzles or killing enormous irradiated two-headed bears. Nope. Fortunately, Chernobyl offers an altogether different experience for your headset. Here’s the dea...[Read More]
Review: Xenon Valkyrie+ for PS Vita.
So there are some genres of games I’m just not good at. Have you ever seen me play the NBA games by 2k? I set it on Very Easy and I still manage to lose. And it’s not a close game. Now, this is entirely my fault – there’s some kind of interface or fundamental gameplay mechanic that I’m just not getting, even though basketball is great (go Bulls!). The other genre ...[Read More]
Review: Fallen: A2P Protocol for ps4.
Happy New Year’s, AIR readers! I didn’t want to send 2017 off without one more review, and technically it’s still December 31st here on the East Coast of the USA so I’m just squeaking by. Today I want to talk to you about Fallen: A2P Protocol for the ps4, released just two weeks ago (although a Steam/PC version predates it). With Fallen, indie developer Red Katana seeks ...[Read More]
Review: Son of Scoregasm for PS Vita.
Ever since the original Geometry Wars came packaged with Project Gotham Racing 2 in 2003, twin-stick shooters – branching out of classic arcade shooter games – has gained a lot of steam. Housemarque continued to break boundaries in the arcade/twin-stick genre with their PlayStation 3 debut Super Stardust, wrapping the level around a planet, before experimenting more with level design ...[Read More]
Review: Slayaway Camp – Butcher's Cut for PS4.
Blue Wizard Digital has just released the console version of their indie puzzle title Slayaway Camp on PlayStation 4. Launched last October on Steam, the title has also been ported to iOS (February) and Android (June), but it now comes to Sony’s console in an expanded and very pretty edition as Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut. AIR Entertainment was given a review code for the title and ...[Read More]
Review: Spiral Splatter for PS4.
On October 20th, the mobile puzzler Spiral Splatter will be released for PS4 and PSVita. Originally developed by Luc Versleijen and Neonchimp Games, this port is handled by Neonchimp Games and Sometimes You. Let’s get straight to it. Spiral Splatter is a straightforward puzzle title in which you must guide a white circle through each level to its goal, a gray-and-w...[Read More]
Review: White Noise 2 (ps4).
Asymmetrical action and horror games have been on the rise in recent years, with titles like Evolve, Friday the 13th and Dead by Daylight released on Sony’s and Microsoft’s consoles and several games on the Wii U offering asymmetrical action as well, such as Bowser Party mode in Mario Party 10. With any emerging subgenre there are bound to be bumps o...[Read More]
PlayStation VR – The Best of Year One.
A year ago today, Sony released PlayStation VR, a major gamble for a console publisher commonly known for giving up on its hardware peripherals – in fact if it weren’t for PSVR, my PlayStation Move controller would still be collecting dust with its nunchuck counterpart and my Wonderbook (remember that?). Since then, over 100 games have been released for the virtual reality system...[Read More]
Review: The Solus Project for PSVR.
Last year’s The Solus Project has come to ps4 – and PSVR. The game is a first-person exploration and survival title set on an alien planet; your character has crash-landed on the world he’d been scouting to be a new home for humans. The story goes some really wild places I won’t spoil for you, but at times it feels as ethereal as the Myst series while maintaining its own ...[Read More]
Review: Archangel for PSVR.
We all know how on-rails shooters go, right? They’re those noisy coin thieves in the arcade whose dialogue you can never quite hear because of the other games blasting at top volume all around them. You know you look like an idiot pointing the big plastic machine gun at the screen but you hope that maybe this time, just this once, you won’t be annoyed at the cheap deaths and impossib...[Read More]
Review: Obduction.
Cyan, Inc., was started by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller in 1987. Four years later they began working on the groundbreaking title Myst, which, together with its first sequel Riven, sold more than 12 million copies – making them the best-selling computer games of the 20th century. It was a monumental achievement in gameplay and style, inspiring countless titles that followed in its footste...[Read More]
Review: Sparc for PSVR.
Sony’s PlayStation VR has had some real hits (Resident Evil 7) and misses (Rise of the Tomb Raider) so I had no clue what to expect when I booted up CCP’s Sparc for the first time, despite their excellent EVE Online. I have this habit of looking at a game’s options, settings and customization menus before anything else, and the moment I opened the character menu on Sparc, I knew...[Read More]