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Super Weekend Mode by London based solo developer Pixel Teriyaki is the latest from Ratalaika Games. It’s a retro styled pixel art shoot-em-up and fun with it, although in typical Ratalaika fashion the trophies are straightforward to unlock. A complete rinse with a mere thirty one minutes elapsing from our […]

Super Weekend Mode – PS4 Review

13 Apr, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged indie / ratalaika / rinse / shooter by Ian

We said it last time but you don’t just review an EDF game lightly. Sure there will always be some rushed ones that you can but these games reveal their true natures over time. You need to live with these for a while and thankfully Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain‘s embargo […]

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain – PS4 Review

11 Apr, 2019 in PS4 tagged aliens / bugs / earth defense force / edf / insects / iron rain / shooter by Richie

Dick Wilde 2 is an on-rails lightgun-style shooter for PSVR. When London-based coders Playstack released the original Dick Wilde onto PSN back in 2017 the general concensus was that it had the makings of being a fun shooter but was derailed somewhat by its punishing level of difficulty and so […]

Dick Wilde 2 – PSVR Review

1 Mar, 2019 in PS4 / PSVR tagged country / dick wilde 2 / on rails / PSVR / shooter by Richie

We’re two years into the life-cycle of Sony’s PSVR system and here at PlayStation Country we’ve reviewed a lot of games for it which makes us feel as though the hardware is being supported. However, the big knock on PSVR is that the games aren’t as fully fleshed-out as they […]

Drone Striker – PSVR Review

28 Oct, 2018 in PSVR tagged drone striker / on rails / PSVR / robots / shooter by Richie

This sequel to 2015’s Guns, Gore & Cannoli is four man Belgian dev crew Crazy Monkey Studios’ latest PSN release and follows on from its predecessor by offering up some fun and frantic run and gun shooting action. Mobster Vinnie Cannoli returns once again as the lone survivor of the […]

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 – PS4 Review

22 Aug, 2018 in PS4 tagged forgeddaboutit / gangsters / guns gore cannoli / run and gun / shooter by Richie

Atomine from Broken Arms Games is a twin stick shooter. Something that we’re quite used to seeing on PSN these days. Especially as it also has procedurally generated levels with rogue-lite mechanics. However, there is also a storyline of sorts, which is about the real-life Stuxnet internet worm. This is largely […]

Atomine – PS4 Review

7 Jul, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged shooter / twinstick / virus by Ian

I Hate Running Backwards is an endless runner/shoot ’em up from Croatian coders Binx Interactive and was formed around an idea or rather just a quote. “I hate running backwards” was uttered by Serious Sam in the game of the same name. Now I played Serious Sam back on the PC when […]

I Hate Running Backwards – PS4 Review

1 Jun, 2018 in PS4 tagged i hate running backwards / serious sam / shoot em up / shooter / top down by Richie

We reviewed Bleed just under half a year ago on its PS4 release and enjoyed it a great deal. Although on the short side the controls were tight and the boss fights required your full attention to best. Bleed 2 has now landed with the same one man team behind […]

Bleed 2 – PS4 Review

7 Feb, 2018 in PS4 tagged 2d / action / arcade / bleed 2 / contra / gunstar heroes / indie / shooter by Gareth

Son of Scoregasm is a twin-stick shooter from one-man developer Charlie’s Games and is very much a love letter to the genre. Not in any poetic sense, but rather in the way that the game distills the genre down to its roots and focuses on all the best aspects while […]

Son of Scoregasm – PS Vita Review

10 Dec, 2017 in Vita tagged arcade / geometry wars / shooter / son of scoregasm / twin-stick shooter by Richie

End Space is a PSVR-only space shooter from Canadian VR specialists, Orange Bridge, and it has plenty in common with other space-based titles for the headset such as Space Rift and the Eve games. It all has reminds us of the VR mission in Star Wars: Battlefront. It’ll be no […]

End Space – PSVR Review

25 Sep, 2017 in PSVR tagged end space / PSVR / shooter / space / vr by Richie

Time Recoil is the latest joint for 10TonsLtd, a developer that we’ve been following for a while here and it follows the template set by one of their earlier games, Neon Chrome, which you might know as a recent PS+ freebie. After cutting their teeth on basic physics puzzle/arcade games […]

Time Recoil – PS4 Review

13 Sep, 2017 in PS4 tagged 10tons ltd / neon chrome / shooter / time recoil / twin stick by Richie

Bleed was released over four years ago on the PC and now it has made its way to the PS4. It checks all the boxes for an indie game, but does its simplicity work in its favour? The world has shown its gratitude to its heroes with a Hall of […]

Bleed – PS4 Review

10 Sep, 2017 in PS4 tagged bleed / hard / indie / no more heroes / platformer / shooter / slow motion by Gareth