Crow Country is an excellently assembled survival horror game that would be perfect for newcomers to the genre, while still providing some excellent touches for oldheads to enjoy.

The gameplay itself is very streamlined, focusing on making the tank controls and limited firearm combat as smooth as they can. I'd even go as far as to say the game is easy, even on its hardcore difficulty mode, due in part to how forgiving the map's layout is and how simple the gameplay can be. This isn't a point against it though, since it's focusing on providing an atmospheric experience instead, something it EXCELS at.

Everything about this art direction is gorgeous, from your highly-stylized psx character model to the lavishly detailed environments that somehow manage to feel like resident evil pre-renders despite maintaining full camera control.

The storyline is sensible, the characters are memorable despite limited appearances, and there's plenty of reward for poking around and exploring these detailed environments. At times too much reward even, haha, for a survival horror game I never really felt at risk of running out of supplies and ammunition. That may just be my familiarity with the genre though, since I was naturally gravitating towards min-maxing my resource spending in a way I don't think the game wanted to demand of me.

Overall, highly reccomend this game!

Crow Country is an excellently assembled survival horror game that would be perfect for newcomers to the genre, while still providing some excellent touches for oldheads to enjoy. The gameplay itself is very streamlined, focusing on making the tank controls and limited firearm combat as smooth as they can. I'd even go as far as to say the game is easy, even on its hardcore difficulty mode, due in part to how forgiving the map's layout is and how simple the gameplay can be. This isn't a point against it though, since it's focusing on providing an atmospheric experience instead, something it EXCELS at. Everything about this art direction is gorgeous, from your highly-stylized psx character model to the lavishly detailed environments that somehow manage to feel like resident evil pre-renders despite maintaining full camera control. The storyline is sensible, the characters are memorable despite limited appearances, and there's plenty of reward for poking around and exploring these detailed environments. At times too much reward even, haha, for a survival horror game I never really felt at risk of running out of supplies and ammunition. That may just be my familiarity with the genre though, since I was naturally gravitating towards min-maxing my resource spending in a way I don't think the game wanted to demand of me. Overall, highly reccomend this game!