Richie

About Richie

Rich is the editor of PlayStation Country. He likes his games lemony and low-budget with a lot of charm. This isn't his photo. That'll be Rik Mayall.

Super Woden GP is an isometric racing game from Spanish software studio ViJuDa that landed on Windows last year but has now found its way across to PSN courtesy of publishers EastAsiaSoft. The developer describes the game as being very much influenced by console games from the ’90s back when top-down […]

Super Woden GP – PS5 Review

October 31, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged driving / isometric / racing / super woden gp by Richie

Sophstar is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up in the classic ’90s style and it was put together by Brazilian studio Banana Bytes. It’s kind of old school, as evidenced by the 2D sprites and simple backdrops but comes with a lot of options and ways to play that give it maybe […]

Sophstar – PS5 Review

October 25, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / never 'shmup' / shoot em up / sophstar / vertically scrolling by Richie

Missile Command: Recharged is an updated remake of Atari’s classic 1980 arcade game. Essentially a shoot ’em up of sorts, Missile Command was a single screen blaster where you defended your city from incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles using missiles of your own. It was a brilliant game, probably Atari’s best in […]

Missile Command: Recharged (2022) – PS5 Review

October 22, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / atari / coin-op / missile command / recharged / shoot em up / single screen by Richie

A Plague Tale: Requiem is a stealth-based adventure game from Bordeaux-based coders, Asobo Studio and is the sequel to the original 2019 title A Plague Tale: Innocence. This is a direct follow-on so it’s worth recapping what the original game was all about. In Innocence you played as Amicia de Rune, a […]

A Plague Tale: Requiem – PS5 Review

October 18, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged a plague tale: requiem / adventure / asobo studio / plague / rats they don't compare / stealth / third-person by Richie

Let’s Build A Zoo is a zoo management title by Singapore-based software specialists, Springloaded. The game launched on PC, to good reviews, back in 2021. The thing is, this genre works great on a PC with its mouse and keys set up but how does it fare on consoles? And specifically […]

Let’s Build A Zoo – PS5 Review

October 9, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / addictive / let's build a zoo / management / tycoon by Richie

Super Jagger Bomb is an arcade action title from Spanish software soloist CheapeeSoft Games. However, anyone who ever frequented an arcade in the ’80s will definitely recognise where this game gets its inspiration from. With its jumping, floating and bomb-collecting action, this game is very much a clone of Tehkan’s […]

Super Jagger Bomb – PS5 Country

October 5, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / arcade / bomb jack / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / super jagger bomb by Richie

Casual Challenge Players’ Club is a top-down pool game from Yume Game Studio and is part of a larger series of anime-based casual titles. The top-down view is how most pool/snooker games were presented back in the ’80s and ’90s until the now typical 3D view became the way to do […]

Casual Challenge Players’ Club

October 5, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged apooling / casual challenge players' club / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / pool by Richie

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is the latest title from Vancouver natives Blackbird Interactive and it’s genuinely got a different concept to really any game we’ve reviewed or played. It’s pretty much as the name suggests. You’re a spaceship salvager and you float around in space cutting up giant space ships before flinging their […]

Hardspace: Shipbreaker – PS5 Review

October 3, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hardspace shipbreaker / in space no one can make you put out the green bin / recycling / simulator / space / work by Richie

Midnight Fight Express is a 3D beat ’em up single-handedly programmed by one-man Polish powerhouse Jacob Dzwinel (albeit with a little help in the writing and music department). It takes the classic brawler type of game and gives it a fairly unique perspective as it tells the story of a man, […]

Midnight Fight Express – PS4 Review

September 28, 2022 in PS4 tagged brawler / fighting / fighting force / final fight / gangs / isometric / midnight fight express by Richie

It’s all right there in the title but Session: Skate Sim is, unsurprisingly, a skateboarding simulation. However, that doesn’t mean that Montreal-based Crea-ture Studios haven’t surprised the hell out of us with this game. Like every other right-minded gamer, we grew up on the Tony Hawk games and while they taught us a lot […]

Session: Skate Sim – PS5 Review

September 25, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged difficult difficult lemon difficult / session / sim / simulation / skate by Richie

Akane is a top-down assassinate ’em up from Brazil coders Ludic Studio. It actually came out for Windows back in 2018 and had a Switch release a year later but now it’s here on PSN and ready to break some skulls. You play as the titular heroine who begins the game […]

Akane – PS4 Review

September 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged akane / anime / assassin / difficult / hack and slash by Richie

XIII is a first-person spy shooter which has had something of an interesting history that we really have to talk about before we get into the merits of the game itself. Based on the Belgian comic of the same name, XIII was originally released in 2003. We played, finished and liked […]

XIII (Remake) – PS5 Review

September 19, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged first-person shooter / remake / spy / thriller / xiii by Richie