THREE TO PLAY
PSN games you might have missed
Every month, loads of games come to the PS Store. You’d be hard-pressed to play them all. We take a look at some that didn’t quite make the cut this month to give our impressions. This issue I take on an indie sleeper hit, a classic reborn, and, erm, myself…
Thought you’d seen the last of FMV? No chance! D’avekki Studios’ latest game, Dark Nights With Poe And Munro,
is now on PlayStation. The two titular radio DJs appeared in The Shapeshifting Detective and now they’re striking out together to solve some supernatural mysteries of their own. Full disclosure: yours truly makes a brief appearance as one of the radio show’s listeners, so keep your ears peeled for some familiar dulcet tones. Over the course of six to-the-point episodes, can you keep the intrepid radio hosts not only alive but together?
From dire straits to time running out, you’ve heard about the PS3 and the PS Vita storefronts closing down (you haven’t? Flip to p6, where we explore it in depth). Our deputy editor is already mourning the loss but other Vita fans have until 27 August to pick up any last few games they may have missed. We’ve got a few suggestions in our article, but also on your list of PS Vita purchases should be ScourgeBringer, a frantic roguelite platformer that will be the final official release for the handheld. Between its 22 April release and the shuttering of the Vita storefront, this little bit of history will be available to buy on the handheld for only 128 days. A PS4 version is being released the same day, so it’s at least one title that won’t be permanently lost after the store closure.
From impending history to something that’s a bit more of a throwback, 1998 JRPG Saga Frontier is releasing in Europe for the first time as a remaster. Pick one of eight different protagonists (including Fuse, who is new to this rerelease), and cut your own path through the story. Fuse isn’t the only cut content reimplemented into the remaster, with Asellus’ story gaining new cutscenes and finally becoming fully fleshed out. Unfortunately, the original version’s pixel visuals have been swapped out for new art that looks more than a little reminiscent of the much-maligned rounded edges of Final Fantasy V and
VI’s PC ports. Perhaps that’s an unfair comparison, as this is clearly a very different JRPG beast, but you can investigate for yourself right now.