shoot em up

Back in 2015, we reviewed Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours, which was the latest entry in the famed Darius series of horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em ups from Taito that dates back to 1987. That game earned a solid 7 from us with our take away being that it was decently polished shoot ’em up but one […]

Dariusburst: Another Chronicle EX+ – PS4 Review

July 29, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / dariusburst / horizontally-scrolling / shoot em up by Richie

Cotton Reboot! is, as the name suggests, a reboot of the popular cult shoot ’em up, Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. The original was a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up, developed by Japanese developers Success. This reboot however comes by way of a dev team called Beep and they’ve done quite a lot with […]

Cotton Reboot! – PS4 Review

July 19, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Classic / cotton reboot! / horizontally-scrolling / retro / shoot em up / witches by Richie

Curved Space is a very polished shoot ’em up from Canadian coders Only By Midnight and it’s a little different to its peers on PSN and beyond. Instead of the usual 2D vertical/horizontal style or the absolute glut of seen-from-above twin-stick shooters out there, this one is seen from behind your […]

Curved Space – PS5 Review

July 1, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / curved space / geometry / power ups / shoot em up by Richie

If you’re a regular here, you’ll know all about Ratalaika, the Finnish publishers who put out at least one game a week and keep trophy whores across the world busy with a series of short but easy games with which to increase their Platinum tallies with. Well, Super Destronaut DX […]

Super Destronaut DX-2 – PS4/PS5 Review

July 1, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged ratalaika / shoot em up / space invaders / super destronaut dx 2 by Richie

We’ve been quite excited about R-Type Final 2 ever since it was announced a couple of years ago (as a Kickstarter project) and it’s finally arrived. If you don’t know, R-Type is shoot ’em up royalty. A series that goes back to the golden age of the arcades with the first game hitting […]

R-Type Final 2 – PS4 Review

May 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / difficult difficult lemon difficult / horizontally-scrolling / r-type / r-type final 2 / shoot em up / space by Richie

Terra Trilogy is a compilation of three games: Terra Lander DX, Terra Lander II: Rock Slide Rescue and Terra Bomber. This is a series of old-school, arcade-inspired shoot ’em ups that share a minimalist design, a penchant for classical music and an uncompromising level of difficulty and all three games […]

Terra Trilogy – PS4 Review

April 27, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / lunar lander / physics / shoot em up / terra bomber / terra lander / terra trilogy / thrust by Richie

We reviewed Stellatum back in October 2019. This mix of the vertical-scrolling and twin-stick shooting sub-genres was a stylish and addictive shoot ’em up which felt different to the usual arcade-inspired titles on PSN. The developer, Sometimes You, went on to make I, AI a year later but now Stellatum is back sporting a […]

Stellatum – PS5 Review

April 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / shoot em up / stellatum / twin-stick shooter / vertically scrolling by Richie

Bullet Beat is a confident little shoot ’em up is from Ternox Games and is best described as a mix of Space Invaders Infinity Gene and Rez. It’s a cheap and cheerful addition to PSN’s ever-growing library of shoot ’em ups and is aimed at arcade fans and anyone who still remembers dubstep. […]

Bullet Beat – PS4 Review

February 25, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / bullet beat / retro / shoot em up / space invaders by Richie

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

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

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