Hi all,

Whilst I’m on holiday at home, I’m trying to get more gaming time in (my youngest hogs the living room all day long).

I finished The Last of Us: Part 2 for the second time and couldn’t decide what to start next as I have two long games sitting in the wings. Those titles are Cyberpunk 2077 and Death Stranding.

Instead, I browsed the sale to if anything caught my eye and discovered Cloudpunk was only £4. I did have thoughts a few months ago of buying this for my Switch Lite but apparently, it has issues such as draw distance and low frame rates.

A quick Google on my phone revealed Cloudpunk has a specific PS5 version which enhances the graphics much like the PC original and what a beautiful game it is too.

It’s a voxel-based game which means the world is built from tiny cubes, like Minecraft but allows for greater detail.

Cloudpunk is best described as a cross between BladeRunner and The Fifth Element. It’s always night, raining and you’re driving a flying taxi amongst the buildings that are impossibly high.

I’ve only just started and basically taking packages from A to B and there is a narrative that’s building up between missions. You fly the taxi between locations, park at dedicated landing pads and then go by foot to the final destination.

The buildings are the general environment are covered in neon signs and lights and it looks beautiful via HDR on my 4K television.

The controls are a little clunky as the right stick control ascends/descends while the triggers (which use haptic feedback) are accelerate/brake. I don’t know which game is controlling my subconscious but the triggers would feel more natural to change height while the stick is for direction and speed.

I’ll report back once I’ve finished.