shooter

Orbital Bullet is a run and gun shooter/platformer that comes to us from German games dev SmokeStab. And while we get plenty of run and gunners to review here at PlayStation Country, this one has a very cool mechanic that elevates it above many of its contemporaries. The gimmick here is […]

Orbital Bullet – PS4 Review

June 19, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged loop / orbital bullet / rogue-lite / run and gun / shooter by Richie

I do enjoy some side-scrolling platforming and a dystopian future of science gone amok is fantastic trope to mine. Combining the two is Titanium Hound from Red Spot Sylphina. With a visual style very much within the 16-bit era, this indie effort starts to stumble with controls and pacing. There […]

Titanium Hound – PS4 Review

March 21, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d sidescroller / cops / crafting / dystopia / future bacteria / mech plot / platforming / red spot sylphina / shooter / titanium hound by Mike

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix is a vertically-scrolling shoot-’em-up from famed Japanese arcade developer MOSS. As with most series from Japan, there’s a degree of… non-linearity to their releases and that’s definitely the case here as Raiden V already exists (we reviewed it five years ago). But a lot of people […]

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix – PS5 Review

January 27, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / japan / raiden / shooter / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Wildcat Gun Machine is a twin-stick shooter and is the debut title from Australian coders Chunkybox Games. The game uses an isometric viewpoint and cartoony art style (similar to Hades or Bastion) but has a direct, action-packed gameplay focus that honestly isn’t a million miles away from something like Doom. Well, with a little imagination. […]

Wildcat Gun Machine – PS4 Review

May 16, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / chunkybox games / isometric / shooter / twin-stick shooter / wildcat gun machine by Richie

Gunborg: Dark Matters is a 2D run and gun shooter-platformer from Swedish software specialists Ricpau Studios which is really just Rickard Paulsson, an animator who decided to learn how to make games, and some friends he’s made along the way. This is his first release and one that has quadrupled its […]

Gunborg: Dark Matters – PS5 Review

April 7, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / gunborg / matterfall / platformer / run and gun / shooter by Richie

Virtuous Western is a 2D puzzle game that’s dressed up like a run and gun shooter but is far from being one of those. It comes to us from Nibb Games via the ever-prolific publishers, Ratalaika Games. As such you should know what to expect from this one in terms […]

Virtuous Western – PS4 Review

September 7, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / cowboys / easy platinum / puzzle / ratalaika / retro / shooter by Richie

Gravity’s a sure-fire fact of life but, in terms of games, mechanics around the force seem to becoming more commonplace. It’s a relatively quick way to reconsider how a level and encounters are designed but not everybody seems to get it right. The latest to attempt it is Brazil’s Studica […]

Gravity Heroes – PS4 Review

May 2, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2D Platformer / brazil / bullet-hell / gravity heroes / local co-op / robots / shooter / studica solution by Mike

Speed Limit is a very varied arcade-style title from Croatian coding crew Gamechunk. It’s a game that draws heavily from several sources of inspiration. So much so that it’s central theme is variety. Sure, it’s a 2D run and gunner initially but the game takes you on some incredible twists […]

Speed Limit – PS4 Review

February 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / mixed / retro / shooter / speed limit / variety by Richie

Neptune and company are back with a new title, Neptunia Virtual Stars on PS4. Neptunia titles come in two flavours: JRPGs and spin offs which can be of any genre, from hack and slash to idol manager. This is a spin off, with the goddesses of Gamindustri now wielding guns […]

Neptunia Virtual Stars – PS4 Review

February 25, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged neptunia / shooter / virtual stars / vtuber / youtube by Gareth

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

I haven’t played Enter the Gungeon, Richie reviewed it for us. I’ve not played much anyway, I did play a tiny amount just to get a feel before this review but apart from the obvious change in perspective I can’t comment on differences. I have played quite a bit of […]

Exit the Gungeon – PS4 Review

December 7, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / enter / exit / roguelite / shooter / the gungeon / unlocks by Gareth

The source code for all three Panzer Dragoon titles is lost to time supposedly, but that hasn’t stopped the original Panzer Dragoon getting the remake treatment and now it’s landed on the PS4. There aren’t many Saturn games that get the credit they deserve nor do we generally see them […]

Panzer Dragoon: Remake – PS4 Review

October 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged on rails / Panzer Dragoon / remake / Saga / Sega Saturn / shooter / short / Zwei by Gareth