PS5

When it stops fighting you and making you engage with its jaw-droppingly bad UI, there’s a pretty compelling adventure here.

… aesthetically bold, thematically rich and uncompromisingly challenging experience that won’t be for everyone, but will absolutely thrill the cybernetic trousers off those attuned to its prickly rhythms.

… a perfectly inoffensive, enjoyable enough distraction that may help you through the long wait until the latest announced remasters become available.

Requiem feels less like a cohesive narrative and more a nostalgic victory lap strung together with bravura set pieces and the classic puzzle solving under duress that makes this series

… comes up short in terms of a compelling narrative.

Fast-paced combat, rewarding exploration and genuinely tense moments abound …

… slow, methodical and oddly Zen-like …

… an inventive, visually distinct and highly original wrinkle to the skate genre.

… a generous, expansive offering with plenty to recommend it, flaws and all.

… an absolute cracker of a game.