Similarly, when eldritch visions affect your sanity, the speaker could have been used with otherworldly voices emanating from it.įrogwares should be lauded on the one hand for ploughing ahead and releasing this on PS5, yet similarly The Sinking City PS5 feels very much like a missed opportunity.
For example, health and sanity consumables use a syringe function to administer and could well have used the adaptive triggers in the same manner as the capsule game in Astro’s Playroom. There are several gameplay conceits within the game that could well have taken advantage of the DualSense controller functions. Heck, even Yakuza: Like A Dragon on PS4 did more with mobile phone rings being heard via your pad speaker. Sometimes you’ll find yourself in a fight with a human NPC for no particular discernible reason, other than they decide to start shooting you.Īs you’d expect from a PS5 remake, the visuals are all lovely and uprated to 4k, but sadly beyond that and the improved loading times, there’s no use of haptics. Especially when you get cute as we did and try to complete a secondary objective too soon. Combat remains a weak point, though running away is just as valid a tactic as engaging in a fight. These are pretty much instantaneous now due to the PS5’s SSD, so fast travel is genuinely worth using.
Though in the event you die, you’re not massively penalised, more thrown back to your nearest fast travel point.Ī major bugbear Mike had was loading times. You’ll never feel outright terrified by a monster bearing down on you, more outgunned. There’s still a lack of polish here and a rather hit and miss look to the game. Many of the points that Mike made in his review still hold true. OK, you’re all filled in? You play as Charles Reed, a gumshoe private investigator drawn, as many others with similar haunting visions, to the prohibition-era city of Oakmont, Massachusetts. The opening splash screens indicate that “This version of the game has been developed exclusively for PlayStation 5.” Let’s just say that Frogwares and their erstwhile publisher aren’t on each other’s Christmas card lists anymore, but rather than get into it here, you won’t have much trouble finding out with a quick web search. OK, perhaps we weren’t, but this is a welcome addition to the burgeoning indie catalogue on Sony’s newest console. Main PS5 / Reviews tagged cthulhu / frogwares / Massachusetts / more than a woman / stayin' alive by IanĪs luck would have it, we were clamouring for a PS5 redux of The Sinking City as previously reviewed by our man Mike in 2019.
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