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This week’s Ratalaika joint comes by way of one-man dev Thinice Games and is quite the treat for puzzle game fans. Cross•Krush (to give it its full, oddly-punctuated name) is a wholly original take on the genre and brings with it some good game mechanics and a heap of charm. […]

CrossKrush – PS4 Review

October 21, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged crosskrush / easy platinum / puzzle / ratalaika / traffic by Richie

Birthday of Midnight is a follow up to Petite Games’ previous title Midnight Deluxe and like that game this is a mix of Limbo-esque presentation and golf. You play as a square little fairy called Midnight and the aim of the game is to get them from each level’s start point to […]

Birthday of Midnight – PS4 Review

October 5, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 36 fragments of midnight / birthday of midnight / easy platinum / feelings / golf / indie / midnight deluxe / ratalaika by Richie

If you’re going to put ‘Jet Set’ at the start of your game’s title, you’d better come correct given the proud history of that prefix (we’re thinking Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Willy) but here we are with Jet Set Knights, the latest Ratalaika release. The game is a curious mix of hack and […]

Jet Set Knights – PS4 Review

September 28, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / easy platinum / jet set knights / one screen / platformer / ratalaika / retro by Richie

Tamiku is the latest Ratalaika title and is a familiar mix of retro visuals and gameplay and easy to achieve trophies. It comes by way of Josyan Games, the solo developer who also brought us Zeroptian Invasion which was a very basic Space Invaders clone that did its best to feel like an […]

Tamiku – PS4 Review

September 17, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / easy platinum / ratalaika / retro / tamiku by Richie

Oh dear. So, here’s the thing about us at PlayStation Country. We do champion the indies a bit here. If you want day one reviews of the latest triple-As, we’re not always your go-to site. But if you look on Metacritic we’re often the only site who have reviewed certain […]

Road Bustle – PS4 Review

August 28, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged basically a grift / dogshit / easy platinum / not as bad as mastercube though / road bustle by Richie

And so continues Eastasiasoft’s prolific run of shoot ’em ups! Zero Strain is their latest offering and while it has similarities with their recent releases, it also feels like something of a step up. In recent months they’ve put out a series of vertically-scrolling shooters but this one is different. It […]

Zero Strain – PS4 Review

August 14, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy platinum / neon / retro / shoot em up by Richie

Continuing their recent, lengthy streak of retro-inspired shoot ’em ups, Eastasiasoft have released Octonaut which is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up featuring the titutar Octonaut, a floating octopus who is tasked with saving the Earth from an alien invasion. Set across eight stages, the game plays out in typical fashion with […]

Octonaut – PS4 Review

June 27, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy platinum / horizontal / retro / shoot em up by Richie

Many Faces is a single-screen platform shoot ’em up from the recently prolific Eastasiasoft and continues their recent trend for basic shoot ’em ups with very easily obtained platinum trophies. In this game you play as an egg-shaped being (very reminiscent of the ZX Spectrum character Dizzy) who can walk […]

Many Faces – PS4 Review

June 1, 2020 in PS4 tagged dizzy / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / many faces / platformer by Richie

We’re not sure where Eastasiasoft are finding all these games but they’ve managed to continue their recent run of quirky shoot ’em ups. Task Force Kampas is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up which has plenty in common with those recent Eastasiasoft releases (Null Drifter, Red Death and Rainbows, Toilets and […]

Task Force Kampas – PS4 Review

May 6, 2020 in PS4 tagged arcade / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / retro / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

Gun Crazy is a run and gun, side scrolling shooter that comes our way from Ratalaika Games, cheap and easy platinum trophy specialists. Gun Crazy ticks all those boxes but there is no Vita version, at least for now although there seems to be one in the works, so you […]

Gun Crazy – PS4 Review

April 29, 2020 in PS4 tagged bleed / bosses / easy platinum / ratalaika / run and gun / shooter / short / side scrolling by Gareth

Ratalaika are back and after last month’s Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet they’ve ported another visual novel in the form of Blind Men. Ian quite liked that one so have they sourced another decent one or will this just be for those looking for a simple PS4 and Vita platinum? […]

Blind Men – PS4/Vita Review

April 15, 2020 in PS4 / Vita tagged blind men / boys' love / easy platinum / ratalaika / super villain / visual novel by Gareth

Rush Rover is a top-down, twin-stick shoot ’em up from Radio, the studio of one-man developer Chengjin Wu. The coding, graphics and music were all done by him via Game Maker Studio. This might make it all sound a little bit unexciting, especially as we’re awash with twin-stick shooters on […]

Rush Rover – PS4 Review

April 14, 2020 in PS4 / Vita tagged easy platinum / indie / rush rover / shoot em up / twin-stick shooter by Richie