Max Taylor, Author at Pure PlayStation

Preview: Gestalt: Steam & Cinder – PS4

As the opening notes of Gestalt: Steam & Cinders sweeping, grandiose score welcomed me to its steampunk-inspired world, I felt an odd...

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Review: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated – PS4

Since his TV debut in the late 90s, SpongeBob SquarePants has remained an enduring and endearing character, soaking up royalties from movies,...

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Pure Opinion: Sony is Spearheading Representation in Gaming

Sony’s recent PS5 reveal event left me with a lot to think about and discuss. While the pacey presentation delivered a range...

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Review: Those Who Remain – PS4

Good horror is hard to find. For every P.T. or Resident Evil, there are a dozen well-intentioned yet ultimately ill-fated imitators. While...

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Review: Coffee Crisis – PS4

Coffee Crisis is thoroughly retro. So much so that developer Mega Cat Studios has even released the game on Sega Genesis and...

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Review: Maneater – PS4

For a game in which you can tear a baby seal in half before guzzling its gizzards and transform a human into...

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Review: The Inner Friend – PS4

Surrealist dreamscapes have become familiar territory for games in recent years. Whether finely crafted or clumsily cobbled together, they almost always offer...

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Revealed In Debut Cinematic Trailer Following Yesterday’s Announcement Livestream

After yesterday’s livestream event which confirmed the setting and title of the next Assassin’s Creed game, Ubisoft has today shared the debut...

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Review: Deliver Us The Moon – PS4

Good sci-fi centres around human stories. Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This juxtaposition between the familiar and fantastical is what makes the...

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Preview: Holmgang: Memories of the Forgotten

Creating a distinct yet relatable fictional world seems like a difficult and daunting task. Crafting one that blends sci-fi, fantasy, mythology and...

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Review: A Room Where Art Conceals – PS4/PSVR

The concept behind A Room Where Art Conceals is an enticing one; a unique VR experience that promises to immerse you in...

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Sony Reveals The PlayStation 5’s DualSense Controller

After last month’s rather anticlimactic Mark Cerny-led deep dive event PlayStation fans have been left wanting for more news on the PS5....

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Review: Biped – PS4

Biped is finicky fun. Best experienced in co-op, NExT Studios’ latest often captures the absurd, bumbling playfulness of games like Gang Beasts...

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Review: Paper Beast – PS4/PSVR

Paper Beast is a unique experience, a surreal journey through a beautiful, bizarre and often deeply unsettling dreamscape. This latest experiment from...

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Review: Operencia: The Stolen Sun – PS4

Emerging at the height of Dungeons & Dragon’s popularity, pioneering first-person dungeon-crawlers of the 80s like Wizardry and Might and Magic sought...

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Review: Freedom Finger – PS4

As the inaugural hum of feedback grows and launches into the fuzz-laden first riff of Red Fang’s “Prehistoric Dog”, a fleet of...

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Review: Dead or School – PS4

If there’s one thing Japan loves more than hyper-sexualised school girls it’s hyper-sexualised school girls massacring grotesque monsters with a massive katana....