PlayStation Reviews

22Oct

By StuartNo Comments

FIFA 21 – Well..Kind Of

Another year and another FIFA review over on Thumb Culture, this time we are looking at FIFA 21...obviously. So what does this years iteration bring to the game that meant the previous years just felt empty and stale? Well in all honesty not a lot. Jeez this is going to be a hard review to write. Gameplay FIFA 21 returns with the standard kind of thing you would expect from a football video game, updated team line ups, slightly improved graphics, a couple of new additions to old standing modes. Lets touch on them briefly. Pro Clubs (the game mode I tend to play most) has been given a small overhaul, you can now create tactics for the different defensive and attacking options. This is great if it wasn't for the sometimes god awful AI team mates that you play along side. The game...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – Something Old, Something New

20Oct

By Brian1 Comment

PlayStation Reviews

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – Something Old, Something New

Imagine a world where The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Twinsanity and Crash of the Titans doesn't exist. Are you there? Good! For the purpose of this review, we will remain in this ideal world. It isn't that they are bad games, it's just they are not good either. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is first and foremost, the long-awaited sequel to the 1998 PlayStation game Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Since the days of being in the hands of developer Naughty Dog, it has moved about a bit but is now firmly in the grip of Toys For Bob. Toys For Bob have had recent successes with the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, so it seems only fitting that they take the reigns again for this original entry into the franchise. Once again published by veterans Activision, C...

15Oct

By AaronNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Cake Bash – Sweet Victory

Cake bash is an all-out fun game where you play as a cake on their way to becoming the tastiest cake around and make sure the customer picks you. You’ll battle your way through some candy-filled mini-games to become the tastiest treat. Earn chocolate coins as you play through each mini-game to buy yourself some delicious toppings. Smash fortune cookies, throw strawberries and dodge cutlery to become the chosen one. Complete cake madness! Gameplay You have the choice of playing with up to 4 friends online, spending time with the family playing split screen at home on the couch or facing off with 3 bots as you play each mini-game. At the start you get to choose whether you want to play the tutorial to learn the controls and get the hang of game play. Although not very in-depth, it’s...

Street Power Football – Not Quite Golden Balls

29Sep

By MattNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Street Power Football – Not Quite Golden Balls

Are you missing the original FIFA Street game? Then this could be the game for you! Street Power Football is a new game from producers’ Maximum games and developed by SFL Interactive and Gamajun. Street Power Football is currently available on PC, PlayStation, XBOX and last but not least the Nintendo Switch. Gameplay Street Power Football plays smoothly giving you control of skill moves you need to use to get past your opponent. It really lets you play how you want to play. There are multiple game modes that you can play, all the modes you can access through the story or even if you want to just hop on for a few games. You have the Become A King mode, which the campaign of Street Power Football, started from the bottom and worked my way up to conquer the world. Panna Cage...

Tennis World Tour 2 – Grand Slam Or Double Fault?

23Sep

By BrianNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Tennis World Tour 2 – Grand Slam Or Double Fault?

Tennis and video games haven't had the greatest relationship over the years. In fact, the only good ones seem to have 'Mario' or 'Virtua' in the title. The last tennis game I played was Virtual Open Tennis 24 years ago on the Sega Saturn. It wasn't great. Tennis World Tour 2 is the follow-up to the tragic Tennis World Tour released in 2018. Tennis World Tour 2 will release on PC, PS4, Xbox One on 24th September, and on Switch at a later date. Developed by Big Ant Studios who bring experience to the court having worked on the AO Tennis series. Once again, published by Nacon, will they serve up an ace or will it be a double fault? Gameplay With a new developer at the helm, this brings a new game engine as well. This means improved animations, more of them and an overall better ...

eFootball PES 2021 Season Update – And Breathe

22Sep

By StuartNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

eFootball PES 2021 Season Update – And Breathe

Welcome to another football game from Konami, right off the bat we know that this version of PES is purely an update from the 2020 version of the game, just with updated player data and player rosters. Now while people will be screaming saying that it's just an update of the previous years game blah blah blah. Isn't that what people have been asking for though? Rather than a full-price new game each year, give us an update to the previous year and roll on a 2 yearly cycle for new games. Konami has done just that, granted the next generation of consoles and PC hardware being released may have made them make this decision and concentrate on dropping the mother of all football game in 2021 on the new systems, only time will tell I guess. For now, let's concentrate on what you can expect when ...

Necromunda: Underhive Wars – Necromundane

21Sep

By CraigNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Necromunda: Underhive Wars – Necromundane

There have been many games released set in the Warhammer 40k universe. There have been some particularly outstanding titles, but not all of them were winners. From RTS to shooters, and just about everything in between, Warhammer 40K has a huge library of games. Most recently released was Necromunda: Underhive Wars. Developed by Rogue Factor, and published by Focus Home Interactive for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. For this review, I'll be taking a look at the Playstation 4 version of the game. So let's roll up our sleeves and take a look. Deep below the nightmarish, polluted hive cities of Necromunda, in the twisted, vertiginous, dark tunnels of the Underhive, rival gangs fight to the bitter end for personal power, wealth, survival and the honour of their Houses. Only the stron...

Hotshot Racing – Drifting All The Way To The Podium!

9Sep

By BrianNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Hotshot Racing – Drifting All The Way To The Podium!

Somebody hit the turbo button on the indie scene a few years ago now and kicked it into high gear. It has flourished wheel to wheel along with retro gaming, so naturally, new retro-inspired games are a big thing. Hotshot Racing is a nostalgic love letter to the 90s arcade racing games. Developed by Lucky Mountain Games and Sumo Digital, who have a fine racing pedigree including Outrun 2, TOCA 3, DiRT 2, F1 2011, and Forza Horizon 2 to name a few. Published by Curve Digital who specialise in indie games, Hotshot Racing is a very British affair and will be power sliding onto consoles and PC on September 10th. Now its time to reminisce about skipping school to go to the arcade and pumping 50p coins into Daytona USA. Disclaimer: Thumb Culture does not in any way condone skipping school...

Manifold Garden – Up Is Down And Down Is Up?

7Sep

By CraigNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Manifold Garden – Up Is Down And Down Is Up?

Created as a debut title for William Chyr Studios by a small team of programmers, Manifold Garden is an interesting take on the puzzle-platformer adventure. Take what you know about physics and toss it out the window. That knowledge is no good here. Up is not necessarily up, and down isn't always down. Created by William Chyr, who wanted to create a puzzle game that he felt, as a player, he could finish. Manifold Garden was initially revealed with the name Relativity, referring to the M.C. Escher work that inspired it. There are a few behind-the-scenes type videos available on YouTube if you're curious about how this games impossible geometry was pulled off. Currently Manifold Garden is available on Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. PC and Mobile ports are being worked on. ...

3Sep

By BrianNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

WRC 9 – It’s Dirty!

WRC 9 is the latest game to be developed by Kylotonn (KT Racing) and published by its parent company Nacon (previously Bigben Interactive) and is the official game of the 2020 World Rally Championship. Kylotonn and Nacon have been working together successfully since WRC 5 to produce these games so it is fair to say they are very much qualified to continue the series, with WRC 10 and WRC 11 confirmed. WRC 9 will be available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC and Epic Games Store from September 3rd, with a released scheduled for a later date on Nintendo Switch. WRC 9 is also being developed for the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X with more details to follow in the coming months. With WRC 8 being a big hit, what can we expect from the latest instalment? Let's find out! Gameplay With...