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.

Go Mecha Ball is a twin-stick shooter from Swedish studio Whale Peak Games. But, unlike the glut of twin-stick shooters on PSN, that description only tells part of the story as this game combines some pinball style mechanics to really craft something unique in a genre that doesn’t usually offer […]

Go Mecha Ball – PS5 Review

September 24, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged go mecha ball / isometric / pinball / twin-stick shooter / whale peak games by Richie

Road Defense: Outsiders is a hybrid twin-stick shooter/tower defense game from Brazilian-based studio Minicactus Games. It’s set in a futuristic wild west where you’ve got to safely escort vehicles across ten waves of action while an absolute horde of enemy cowboys try to destroy the cars and you. You’ve got five […]

Road Defense: Outsiders – PS4 Review

September 16, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged minicactus / road defense: outsiders / tower defense / twin-stick shooter / western by Richie

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn is a scrolling beat ’em up from Tengo Project, best known for recently revamping old games like Wild Guns, The Ninja Warriors and Pocky & Rocky. We also fondly remember their work on the Xbox 360 shoot ’em up Omega Five, which is one of the greatest games ever made (and […]

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn – PS5 Review

September 12, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / natsume / NES / retro / shadow of the ninja reborn by Richie

SUNSOFT is Back! is a retro compilation featuring three games from the kind-of-legendary-ish Japanese arcade and console developer. Okay, we’re not heaping a ton of praise on them but, they were never up there with Capcom, Namco and others but they did have some moments. Now, while their work might not […]

SUNSOFT is Back! – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / compilation / retro / sunsoft by Richie

Antstream Arcade is a retro game streaming service that launched in 2019 as a PC application but has finally landed on PSN. The idea is simple. It takes well over a thousand retro games, from multiple formats, and lets you play them via streaming. But given the failures of services like […]

Antstream Arcade – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 tagged antstream / arcade / community / emulation / streaming / the speccy is king by Richie

Mining Mechs is an exploration/mining game from developer Delayed Victory and it comes to us from eastasiasoft. The game sees you digging down into the Earth searching for valuable minerals much like the Steamworld games or even Terraria. Presented in the same 2D style as those games, Mining Mech offers a simplified experience. You […]

Mining Mechs – PS5 Review

September 4, 2024 in PS5 tagged 2d / digging / exploring / mining / mining mechs by Richie

Valfaris: Mecha Therion is the latest effort from Texan studio Steel Mantis and it follows on from their work with the heavy metal inspired Slain and Valfaris, the former being a hack and slasher while the latter was a run and gunners. Both of which had an emphasis on chunky pixels, blood, […]

Valfaris: Mecha Therion – PS5 Review

August 26, 2024 in PS5 tagged mecha / ps1 / retro / shoot em up / steel mantis / therion / Valfaris by Richie

Arranger is an adventuring puzzle game from Californian/Argentinian studio Furniture and Mattress, a coding super group with credits on games like Guacamelee, Celeste and Braid. And, unlike a lot of games that we review, this one genuinely has a fairly original core mechanic. You play as Jemma who, after being abandoned as a […]

Arranger – PS5 Review

August 13, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arranger / denki blocks / indie / puzzle by Richie

Tiny Pixels Vol 1 – Ninpo Blast is a ninja-themed vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from the ever-prolific budget publisher eastasiasoft. As with the vast majority of their shoot ’em ups, this utilises a 16-bit style of presentation to offer up a retro-styled experience. That’s well within eastasiasoft’s wheelhouse. We’ve reviewed […]

Tiny Pixels Vol 1 – Ninpo Blast

August 13, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / Ninpo Blast / Tiny Pixels Vol 1 / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

CYGNI is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes to us by way of Scottish studio KeelWorks and famed publisher Konami who have surprised us somewhat by putting out an original IP. The game has had quite the media push over the last few months with it landing on the […]

CYGNI: All Guns Blazing – PS5 Review

August 6, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / arcade / cygni / keelworks / twin stick / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Earth Defense Force 6 is a third-person action shooter and is developed by Japanese coders Sandlot. It’s the latest in a long series of games that have a true cult following and we count ourselves as fully paid up members of that cult. But now that the series is two […]

Earth Defense Force 6 – PS5 Review

August 3, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ants / earth defense force / edf / grind / sandlot by Richie

RPM – Road Punk Mayhem is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Panda Indie Studio who, along with publisher eastasiasoft, have been responsible for a few shoot ’em ups in recent times. They’ve had mixed results though with Z-Warp and the Project Starship games being okay but with Feeble Light and Excessive […]

RPM – Road Punk Mayhem – PS5 Review

July 21, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged road punk mayhem / RPM / shoot em up / vehicle / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie