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.

If you’ve ever wanted to be inside a Saturday morning cartoon, DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles has you covered. This VR title puts you in the cockpit of Blue Lion, playing as Lance, its pilot. Blue Lion is a fairly capable war machine in its own right but it also serves […]

DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles – PSVR Review

October 10, 2017 in PSVR tagged cartoon / lions / PSVR / space / voltron by Richie

Pinball FX 3 is Zen Studios latest foray into the world of pinball simulation, something they’ve been expertly doing for ten years now. The first Pinball FX was a revelation, the best pinball game since the 16-bit era and it led to some furious leaderboard competition for me back on […]

Pinball FX 3 – PS4 Review

October 8, 2017 in PS4 tagged hub / pinball / pinball fx 3 / simulation / zen by Richie

JYDGE is the latest in the unofficial trilogy of distopian twin-stick shooters from 10TonsLtd and comes hot on the heels of their previous one, Time Recoil. Borrowing heavily from both that game and Neon Chrome (which we really learned to love after we reviewed it), JYDGE follows is a mixture […]

JYDGE – PS4 Review

October 5, 2017 in PS4 tagged 10tonsltd / jydge / neon chrome / shoot em up / top down / twin stick by Richie

Ninja Shodown is the latest effort from Bitmap Bureau, the Southampton-based devs who brought us the enjoyable 88 Heroes. Much like that game, Ninja Shodown is an arcade/action platformer of sorts with a better-than-retro aesthetic and it sees up to four ninjas tearing around single screen levels slashing their way […]

Ninja Shodown – PS4 Review

October 3, 2017 in PS4 tagged arcade / local co-op / nina shodown / ninjas / party game by Richie

It’s not easy reviewing FIFA games. The subtle changes between iterations often leaves reviewers clutching at straws looking for something different to say from last year’s reviews. And anyway, everyone already knows if it is a good game. Of course it’s good. They’ve been simulating the sport of football accurately […]

FIFA 18 – PS4 Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 by Richie

RUINER is the debut title by Polish dev squad Reikon Games and it combines twin-stick shooting with a cyberpunk aesthetic, which is a combination that PS4 gamers, and reviewers, are more than familiar with. The game stands out though thanks to developers’ commitment to the Blade Runner-esque style of the […]

RUINER – PS4 Review

September 29, 2017 in PS4 tagged cyberpunk / isometric / ruiner / twin-stick shooter by Richie

End Space is a PSVR-only space shooter from Canadian VR specialists, Orange Bridge, and it has plenty in common with other space-based titles for the headset such as Space Rift and the Eve games. It all has reminds us of the VR mission in Star Wars: Battlefront. It’ll be no […]

End Space – PSVR Review

September 25, 2017 in PSVR tagged end space / PSVR / shooter / space / vr by Richie

In this modern age of 16-bit action platformers, it’s quite nice to see a game with modern-ish production values and Hidden Dragon Legend: Shadow Trace (an early contender for worst title of the year) is something of a rarity in that it has actual polygons in it. Using a 2.5D […]

Hidden Dragon Legend: Shadow Trace – PS4 Review

September 24, 2017 in PS4 tagged hack and slasher / hidden dragon by Richie

The humble top-down racer is a genre that gets revisited quite often these days and even the much-loved Micro Machines received a recent remastering this year (albeit not a very good one). For us though, Mantis Burn Racing represents the best modern example of this type of game and it […]

Mantis Burn Racing – Heavy Weapons DLC

September 23, 2017 in Reviews tagged dlc / mantis burn racing by Richie

Time Recoil is the latest joint for 10TonsLtd, a developer that we’ve been following for a while here and it follows the template set by one of their earlier games, Neon Chrome, which you might know as a recent PS+ freebie. After cutting their teeth on basic physics puzzle/arcade games […]

Time Recoil – PS4 Review

September 13, 2017 in PS4 tagged 10tons ltd / neon chrome / shooter / time recoil / twin stick by Richie

Sneaky Bears represents Irish VR coders Warducks’ first foray into the world of PSVR and while it’s not the first game to ever use the ‘teddy bears gone bad’ plot device and it’s far from being the first static shooting gallery type game on this platform, there is definitely something […]

Sneaky Bears – PSVR Review

September 7, 2017 in PS4 / PSVR tagged light gun / naughty bear / PSVR / shooting / sneaky bears by Richie

With its tagline of “Race Faster Than Ever”, 34BigThings’ Redout promises some super-speedy racing action for those players who have exhausted Wipeout Omega Collection, a game that is clearly an inspiration for this futuristic racer. As with the Wipeout titles, this game involves anti-gravity ships racing along weaving, looping tracks […]

Redout – PS4 Review

September 5, 2017 in PS4 tagged driving / racer / racing / redout / wipeout by Richie