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.

Cotton Fantasy is a shoot ’em up that is part of the celebrated Cotton series which is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary. We’ve already seen a few ports of some of the other games with Cotton Reboot!, Panorama Cotton and various others all making it to PSN in the last year or so. This […]

Cotton Fantasy – PS4 Review

May 19, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / cotton fantasy / japanese / rainbow cotton / shoot em up by Richie

Endzone is a city building strategy game from German gamesmiths Gentlymad Studios. It debuted as a PC game in 2021 but is now here as a complete package, scooping up a couple of DLCs, on the PS5. In this game you are tasked with the not insignificant task of restarting […]

Endzone: A World Apart – Survivor Edition – PS5 Review

May 19, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged city builder / endzone / gentlymad / post apocalyptic / resource management / RTS by Richie

Wildcat Gun Machine is a twin-stick shooter and is the debut title from Australian coders Chunkybox Games. The game uses an isometric viewpoint and cartoony art style (similar to Hades or Bastion) but has a direct, action-packed gameplay focus that honestly isn’t a million miles away from something like Doom. Well, with a little imagination. […]

Wildcat Gun Machine – PS4 Review

May 16, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / chunkybox games / isometric / shooter / twin-stick shooter / wildcat gun machine by Richie

Metal Tales: Overkill is a heavy metal themed twin-stick shooter with roguelite elements and it comes to us from Madrid-based coders/publishers Zerouno Games. As the name suggests, this game puts the music front and centre, placing you (and some offline co-op buddies) as a guitarist looking to reclaim the world […]

Metal Tales: Overkill – PS4 Review

May 9, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged guitar / Metal / music / roguelite / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Something strange is going in the world of Neo Geo games. Having just reviewed Andro Dunos 2, the sequel to a little known Neo Geo shoot ’em up from the ’90s, we now find ourselves reviewing another Neo Geo sequel. This time we’re returning to Ganryu, a 2D slash ’em up platformer. […]

Ganryu 2 Hakuma Kojiro – PS4 Review

April 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / ganryu 2 / neo geo / retro / shinobi by Richie

Agent Intercept is a spy action vehicular combat game from coding Kiwis PikPok who are best known for their many mobile titles. Indeed, this game first showed up on iOS back in 2019 as an Apple Arcade exclusive but don’t let that fool you as this isn’t just a lazy […]

Agent Intercept – PS5 Review

April 7, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged agent intercept / james bond / spy / spy hunter / vehicle combat by Richie

Gunborg: Dark Matters is a 2D run and gun shooter-platformer from Swedish software specialists Ricpau Studios which is really just Rickard Paulsson, an animator who decided to learn how to make games, and some friends he’s made along the way. This is his first release and one that has quadrupled its […]

Gunborg: Dark Matters – PS5 Review

April 7, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / gunborg / matterfall / platformer / run and gun / shooter by Richie

Slipstream is a racing game from Brazilian-based coder Sandro Luis de Paula, otherwise known as Ansdor. Set somewhere in the 1990s, this arcade-style driving game is a love letter to the Out Run games, ’80s neon visuals, ’90s arcades and synth music and it certainly turned heads when it was released on […]

Slipstream – PS5 Review

April 6, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 80's / 90s / arcade / driving / out run / racing / slipstream / synth by Richie

Z-Warp is the latest shoot ’em up from Panda Indie Studio, the one-man shoot ’em up specialist behind most of Eastasiasoft’s impressive array of shooters. As ever, this is a vertically-scrolling, arcade style bullet-hell game and it has plenty of Panda Indie’s trademark characteristics. So, if you want to know […]

Z-Warp – PS5 Review

April 6, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews by Richie

Flat Kingdom is a 2D-ish puzzle platformer that comes to us by way of Mexican coders Fat Panda. It first emerged over in PC Country back in 2016 but has now found its way to PSN thanks to prolific porters Ratalaika Games. The game is set in the titular Flat […]

Flat Kingdom Paper’s Cut Edition – PS5 Review

April 6, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2.5d / flat kingdom / paper / puzzle platformer / ratalaika by Richie

Andro Dunos II is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Picorinne Soft and it really highlights what an usual time this is for the indie games market. You see, the original Andro Dunos, itself also a shoot ’em up, came out in 1992 as a Neo Geo game. It’s not particularly well-known and […]

Andro Dunos II – PS4 Review

March 30, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged andro dunos 2 / andros townsend though / arcade / coin-op / horizontally-scrolling / shoot em up by Richie

The Ascent is a top-down, twin-stick action RPG from Swedish software house Neon Giant. It’s their first game but members of Neon Giant were involved in Gears of War, Doom, Wolfenstein and PSC favourite Bulletstorm. With its top-down perspective and ‘dungeon-crawling’ mission structure, a lot of people seem to think of The Ascent as […]

The Ascent – PS5 Review

March 28, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cyberpunk / the ascent / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie