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.

We Were Here Together is the third game in a series of puzzle games from Dutch coding crew Total Mayhem. The first in the series, We Were Here, was released for free on PSN as an introduction to the series. We’ve not seen We Were Here Too yet but these games aren’t hugely loaded […]

We Were Here Together – PS4 Review

February 22, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged online co-op / PC port / puzzle / we were here / we were here together by Richie

Void Gore is the latest in the ever-growing line of retro-inspired shoot ’em ups from the prolific stable of Eastasiasoft. Their relationship with Panda Indie Studio has produced several games so far such as Null Drifter, Red Space and two Project Starship games and this one shares plenty of DNA […]

Void Gore – PS4 Review

February 19, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy / panda indie studio / platinum / retro / shoot em up / vertically-scrolling shoot em up / void gore by Richie

We only just reviewed Ginga Force, a shoot ’em up from genre specialists Qute Corporation and now here is the sequel. Natsuki Chronicles shares much of the same DNA as its prequel. It’s a shoot ’em up, it features a cast of Anime-inspired characters (some of which are returning from the previous game) […]

Natsuki Chronicles – PS4 Review

February 17, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / arcade / ginga force / horizontal / natsuki chronicles / shoot em up by Richie

We Were Here is a first-person, online co-op puzzle game from Dutch coders Total Mayhem. Released back in 2017 on PC, the game is now on PSN and free for a limited time as we wait for the game’s two follow-ups, We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together to hit […]

We Were Here – PS4 Review

February 14, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged basic / co-op / first person / free / puzzle / we were here by Richie

Ginga Force is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that has quite an interesting pedigree. It comes from genre-specialists Qute Corporation and they’re responsible for some fairly unique releases. They initially started out making shoot ’em ups for the WonderSwan handheld before porting them to the Xbox 360 and continuing to make […]

Ginga Force – PS4 Review

February 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / arcade / ginga force / japan / qute corporation / verically-scrolling shoot 'em up by Richie

It isn’t often that a series will fundamentally change from one game to the next but when Italian coding crew 34BigThings revisited Redout, their super-fast, futuristic racer, they decided to turn it into a space-based shoot ’em up. Redout: Space Assault is a third-person, into-the-screen shooter that has very little in common […]

Redout: Space Assault – PS4 Review

January 28, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / redout / shoot em up / shooter / space / space assault by Richie

It was almost a year ago when we reviewed Project Starship, a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up from Panda Indie Studio and the prolific publishing house Eastasiasoft, our take away was that it was fun, unusual and quite mad but was let down by being too easy and far too short. We […]

Project Starship X – PS4 Review

January 24, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / eastasiasoft / panda indie studio / project starship x / retro / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Loot Hero DX is the latest Ratalaika offering and a game that comes by way of Swedish indie casual gaming specialists Varagtp. Now with Ratalaika you generally know what to expect – easy trophies, casual gameplay, retro presentation – but this game is somewhat unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Sure, […]

Loot Hero DX – PS4 Review

January 20, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / easy platinum / loot hero dx / Pixel art / ratalaika / retro by Richie

PlayStation gamers were never able to play the original 2013 Hammerwatch, a hack and slasher from Swedish (not Danish!) coding squad, Crackshell. They have however just dropped 2018’s Heroes of Hammerwatch on us, a game that takes the original hacking and slashing but builds quite a complex upgrading system behind the action. […]

Heroes of Hammerwatch – PS4 Review

January 16, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged classes / hack and slash / heroes of hammerwatch / Pixel art / retro / rogue-like / rogue-lite / upgrade by Richie

Rigid Force Redux is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from confusingly named German indie coders ‘com8com1’ and is a console port of their earlier PC release Rigid Force Alpha. As you can see from the screenshots this is an arcade style title which evokes memories of shoot ’em ups from […]

Rigid Force Redux – PS4 Review

January 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / horizontal / r-type / rigid force redux / shoot em up by Richie

We’re self-confessed fans of 10Tons Ltd and their range of twin-stick shoot ’em ups and have been covering their reappearance as PS5 titles happily. It started with Jydge which got a surprising re-release as a PS5 launch title and since then we’ve given positive reviews to Undead Horde and their new joint Tesla […]

Tesla vs Lovecraft – PS5 Review

December 30, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd. tesla vs lovecraft / action / arcade / retro / twin-stick shooter / upgrades by Richie

10Tons Ltd released the PS4 version of Undead Horde back in January this year (2020). While presenting like a standard hack and slashing dungeon crawler, it was actually a very original game with an excellent core mechanic that allowed you to resurrect your dead enemies and make them fight for you. We […]

Undead Horde – PS5 Review

December 19, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd / dungeon crawler / game of thrones / hack and slash / night king / RTS / undead horde by Richie