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While many of our contemporaries like to focus on the big triple-A titles, our roots here at PlayStation Country are in playing the indie stuff and it didn’t get more indie than the now-defunct Xbox Live Indie Games service on the Xbox 360. While that service was plagued with some […]

Shoot 1UP DX – PS4 Review

February 24, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged indie / remaster / rerelease / shoot 1up dx / shoot em up / vertically-scrolling shoot em up / xbox live indie games by Richie

Pumpkin Jack has been out since October 2020 on Xbox One and Switch, only just releasing on PS4 which is why we’re reviewing it now. Obvious timing for Halloween there, but we got blessed with Costume Kingdom instead. Yeah. The less said of that the better. Developed by solo developer […]

Pumpkin Jack – PS4 Review

February 23, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged classic platformer / halloween / indie / pumpkin by Ian

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

Can I level with you guys? I don’t think I like the way visual novels play out. I don’t like the stereotypes they conform to, the fact they seem so reluctant to play a straight story. How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered is another one of those. Developed by […]

How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered – PS4 Review

February 20, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / cat girls / creepy japanese / how to take off your mask remastered / narratively-driven / ratalaika / romance / roseverta / visual novel by Mike

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

UltraGoodness 2 is the latest from Ratalaika, the first UltraGoodness still remaining a Steam only joint. It shares the same developer in Rasul Mono with music from Sergey Mozharovskiy. Whereas UltraGoodness was resolutely pixel art, Rasul has uprated the graphical style in the sequel to be a bit more console […]

UltraGoodness 2 – PS4 Review

February 17, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged rasul mono / ratalaika / rinse / ultragoodness 2 by Ian

Whist I may still be a relative newcomer to the Ys franchise each game I play impresses me immensely as does Falcom’s output as a whole. I’ve played Ys Origins and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA and now the trend continues with Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. Again you play as […]

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox – PS4 Review

February 16, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adol / jrpg / lacrimosa of dana / monstrum nox / origin / prison / survival / ys by Gareth

Here at PlayStation Country, we love Indie games. Without tooting our own horns too much, a vast amount of our review content is derived from these lesser ventured games, from lesser known developers. There is usually a lot to love about these titles as Indie game developers can venture into […]

Waves Out! – PS4 Review

February 14, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Bomberman / Net Yaroze / PlayStation Talents / Spain / Waves out by Grizz

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

Gods Will Fall is a new Rogue-like title with some interesting ideas. The titular gods have started to get greedy, asking for more and more sacrifices and man has had enough. An army sails towards the island that the gods inhabit but the majority don’t make it, the gods destroying […]

Gods Will Fall – PS4 Review

February 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bloodlust / dark souls / gods will fall / Mega Man / rewards / rogue-like / stories by Gareth