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’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

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

If you’re not familiar with the Jackbox Party Pack series from Chicago-based devs Jackbox Games, they are packs of mini-games that are started up and hosted on your PS4 but then players join in via their mobile phones or tablets. Typically the packs are comprised of five or so mini-games, […]

Jackbox Party Pack 5 – PS4 Review

October 26, 2018 in PS4 tagged jackbox / mobile / party by Richie

When it comes to real pinball, not the virtual stuff that Zen have been pumping out with their popular Pinball FX series, the original kings of it were probably Williams, the American company behind such well received tables as The Addams Family, Twilight Zone and Pin*Bot. This compilation of tables […]

Pinball FX3: Williams Pinball (Volume One) – PS4 Review

October 19, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / fx3 / pinball / retro / williams / zen by Richie

We get to review quite a lot of shoot ’em ups here as the genre is still popular with indie developers on the PS4 but for it’s history alone Fast Striker stands out from the rest. Sure, on the face of it this is just another vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up […]

Fast Striker – PS4/Vita Review

October 16, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged cross buy / fast striker / neo geo / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

Letting you guys behind the curtain, if you ever end up running a review site like this the trick is to find a few writers with different tastes. We’ve got Mike who mainly covers driving games and survival horror. Gareth does ultra hard platforming games, J-RPGs and visual novels (thank […]

Dark Eclipse – PSVR Review

October 9, 2018 in PSVR tagged 1v1 / board game / dark eclipse / MOBA / RTS / strategy by Richie

Jack N’ Jill DX is a 2D platformer from solo developer Rohan Narang and is a console port of his 2013 mobile game. It comes to us from Ratalaika Games and as ever the Finnish publishers have stuck to their usual formula of making this a cross-buy title with two […]

Jack N’ Jill DX – PS4/Vita Review

October 3, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged cross buy / easy platinum / gameboy / jack n jill / platformer / ratalaika / retro by Richie

It’s September and that can only mean one thing. PES has had a few weeks to shine, and shine it did, but now FIFA is back, ready to suck all of the oxygen out of the genre and to try to establish its place at the top of the pile […]

FIFA 19 – PS4 Review

September 30, 2018 in PS4 tagged fifa / football / simulation / soccer (whatever) / sports by Richie

Salary Man Escape is a physics-based puzzler from Red Accent Games and one that can be played in or out of the VR headset. The blurb on it describes it as edgy and satirical and for those of you who have to do the 9-5 grind, you’ll relate to the […]

Salary Man Escape – PS4/PSVR Review

September 26, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged physics / puzzle / salary man / satire / vr by Richie

We don’t know what it is about Survios Games but they seem intent on getting us out of our seat with their VR games. Their previous games were Sprint Vector, which was an exhausting parkour game that made you run by pumping your arms, and Electronauts which had hitting a […]

Creed: Rise to Glory – PSVR Review

September 26, 2018 in PSVR tagged boxing / creed / fitness / PSVR / rocky / sports by Richie

Super Mutant Alien Assault is a 2D platform shooter from one man dev team Cybernate and is a welcome late addition to the Vita’s roster of shoot ’em ups despite being released on PS4 back in 2016. Fans of the game’s previous outing will be disappointed to learn that this […]

Super Mutant Alien Assault – Vita Review

September 23, 2018 in Vita tagged 2d / gunslugs / shoot em up / super mutant alien assault by Richie

Stay is an adventure game that is out now for PS4 and PS Vita and was developed by two-hombre Spanish dev crew Appnormals. Despite being on the two current PlayStation systems, the game is not cross-buy or cross-save. The PS4 version is published by PQube and the Vita version, which is […]

Stay – Vita Review

September 23, 2018 in Vita tagged feelings / horror / mental health / ratalaika / stay / survival by Richie

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is a VR-optional title from Finnish VR specialists 3rd Eye Studios and is described as a “mysterious and atmospheric zero gravity thriller.” You start off in the titular Horus Station, floating around aimlessly with the station clearly operating on emergency power only. There’s no pre-game cutscene […]

Downward Spiral: Horus Station – PSVR Review

September 20, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged dead space / downward spiral / floating sim / horus station / space / survival / Walking sim by Richie