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.

Skate City is, as you can probably guess, a skating game which comes to us from Canadian mobile game specialists Snowman. Originally released as an Apple Arcade exclusive in 2019, it is a 2D skating game that has some initial similarities with OlliOlli. We love Roll7’s iconic games and so we had […]

Skate City – PS4 Review

May 11, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / minimalist / skate / skate city / skating by Richie

It’s hard to think of a fanbase that has had it rougher than those of us who like Terminator. With Salvation, Genisys and Dark Fate all disappointing in their own ways, it’s been a series that we’d quite happily leave in past. But there have been some brief moments where […]

Terminator: Resistance Enhanced – PS5 Review

May 9, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fps / prequel / remaster / Resistance / sci fi / Terminator by Richie

We’ve been quite excited about R-Type Final 2 ever since it was announced a couple of years ago (as a Kickstarter project) and it’s finally arrived. If you don’t know, R-Type is shoot ’em up royalty. A series that goes back to the golden age of the arcades with the first game hitting […]

R-Type Final 2 – PS4 Review

May 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / difficult difficult lemon difficult / horizontally-scrolling / r-type / r-type final 2 / shoot em up / space by Richie

Terra Trilogy is a compilation of three games: Terra Lander DX, Terra Lander II: Rock Slide Rescue and Terra Bomber. This is a series of old-school, arcade-inspired shoot ’em ups that share a minimalist design, a penchant for classical music and an uncompromising level of difficulty and all three games […]

Terra Trilogy – PS4 Review

April 27, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / lunar lander / physics / shoot em up / terra bomber / terra lander / terra trilogy / thrust by Richie

Papa’s Quiz is, as you can probably guess, a quiz game that supports 1-8 players and comes to us from Swedish developers, Old Apes. It uses web-based technology much like the very popular Jackbox Party Pack titles so essentially you’ll have one player one their joypad and the others joining on […]

Papa’s Quiz – PS4 Review

April 25, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged jackbox / mobile / papa's quiz / quiz / quiz show / tv by Richie

Fantasy Friends is a child-friendly title from Spanish developer Xaloc Studios which is best described as a mobile-esque Viva Piñata-lite kind of affair. It’s bright, colourful, easy to get into and very much aimed at younger children (if you can pry them off their iPads, Minecraft or Fortnite). The premise behind the game […]

Fantasy Friends – PS4 Review

April 25, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged children / fantasy friends / kids / simple / viva pinata by Richie

Heal is a 2D puzzle game from Jesse Makkonen, the solo developer behind our two favourite Ratalaika Games titles, Distraint 1&2. His distinctive characteristics are fully on display here too with Heal being immediately recognisable as his work. That means you get a slow-paced, thoughtful puzzle game laced with hidden meaning, dark atmospherics and a […]

Heal: Console Edition – PS4 Review

April 23, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged atmospheric / distraint / heal / indie / jesse makkonen / moody / ratalaika by Richie

We reviewed Stellatum back in October 2019. This mix of the vertical-scrolling and twin-stick shooting sub-genres was a stylish and addictive shoot ’em up which felt different to the usual arcade-inspired titles on PSN. The developer, Sometimes You, went on to make I, AI a year later but now Stellatum is back sporting a […]

Stellatum – PS5 Review

April 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / shoot em up / stellatum / twin-stick shooter / vertically scrolling by Richie

Outbuddies DX is an old-school Metroidvania-esque explorer/platformer/shooter from one-man developer Julian Laufer that tells the story of Nikolay Bernstein, a maritime archaeologist who unwittingly becomes trapped in Bahlam, an underwater fortress (not the South London town on the Northern Line) that was home to the Old Gods, but now harbours […]

Outbuddies DX – PS4 Review

April 8, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / 8 bit / indie / metroidvania / outbuddies dx / platforming / retro by Richie

SturmFront is a top down, twin-stick shooter from German developers Andrade Games and while this genre is heavily represented on PSN, this game more so than many others feels like a direct homage to some of the ’80s arcade titles that popularised this style of game. You play as Siegfried […]

SturmFront: The Mutant War – PS4 Review

April 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alien syndrome / arcade / retro / smash tv / sturmfront / total carnage / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Tennis World Tour 2 is the sequel to Big Ben Interactive’s poorly received tennis game Tennis World Tour. We actually reviewed the PS4 version of this sequel last September, giving it 4 out of 10, a score that was in range of its Metacritic rating but Nacon have given the game […]

Tennis World Tour 2 – PS5 Review

March 26, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged nacon / simulation / sport / tennis / tennis world tour 2 by Richie

Chess Knights: Viking Lands is the latest chess-adjacent puzzle game from Minimol Games. We reviewed their previous game, Knight’s Retreat, earlier in the year and while we liked the idea, we weren’t a big fan of the execution or the general puzzle design. So hopefully Chess Knights can do a better […]

Chess Knights: Viking Lands – PS4 Review

March 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged chess / chess knights / knight's retreat / minimol / puzzle by Richie