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{{Short description|2024 video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Crow Country
| image = Crow Country Cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = SFB Games
| publisher =
| series =
| engine =
| platforms = {{ubl|[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Xbox Series]]}}
| released = 9 May 2024
| genre = [[Survival horror game|Survival horror]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}
'''''Crow Country''''' is a 2024 [[survival horror game]] developed and published by SFB Games for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Xbox Series]]. Set in a visual style and design similar to [[PlayStation 1]] horror titles including ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'', the player is an investigator exploring an abandoned theme park. Upon release, ''Crow Country'' received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed to the game's design evocation of earlier horror games, and writing and narrative, and mixed views on the implementation of combat and puzzles.
==Gameplay==
''Crow Country'' is a [[survival horror game]], similar to ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'',<ref name=DS/> in which players explore Crow Country to find objects, solve puzzles, and defeat monsters.<ref name=GR/> Gameplay features two modes: 'Survival', which features combat and enemies, and 'Exploration', which dispenses with enemies.<ref name=TG/> Combat requires the player to aim and shoot at monsters encountered throughout areas using various weapons, including a handguns, a shotgun, and flamethrower, some of which are unlocked by the completion of optional puzzles.<ref name=GR/> To shoot at enemies, players can run and shoot, or lock into position to focus their aim.<ref name=GR/> Players have limited health depleted by hits from enemies and environmental hazards, which can be replenished using bandages, medkits and antidotes.<ref name=RPS/> Items and ammunition are collected by players through interacting with vending machines and containers.<ref name=DS/><ref name=RPS/> Players explore the game's environment and slowly expand their access to new areas by locating keys or solving puzzles, such as by combining items found in different locations.<ref name=GR/><ref name=KT>{{cite web|website=Kotaku|title=Crow Country: The Kotaku Review|last=Rowe|first=Willa|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://kotaku.com/crow-country-indie-survival-horror-review-1851462202}}</ref>
== Plot ==
Set in the year 1990, the player is Mara Forest, a special agent investigating Crow Country, an abandoned amusement park shut down two years prior in search of its missing founder, Edward Crow, and answers about the circumstances of the closure of the park.
==Reception==
{{ video game reviews
| MC = 84%<ref name=MC>{{cite web|website=Metacritic|title=Crow Country|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/crow-country/}}</ref>
| Destruct = 9/10<ref name=DS>{{cite web|website=Destructoid|title=Review: Crow Country|last=Handley|first=Zoey|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-crow-country/}}</ref>
| GRadar = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=GR>{{cite web|website=GamesRadar+|title=Crow Country review: "a lovingly built greatest hits mix of retro horror ideas"|last=Hurley|first=Leon|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/adventure/crow-country-review}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 77%<ref name=PCG>{{cite web|website=PC Gamer|title=Crow Country Review|last=Fenlon|first=Wes|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
| TG = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=TG>{{cite web|website=The Guardian|title=Crow Country review – breathtaking survival horror game that harks back to Silent Hill|last=Griffin|first=Sarah Maria|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/a...untry-review-survival-horror-game-silent-hill}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Game Rant''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=GRant>{{cite web|website=Game Rant|last=Cooper|first=Dalton|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|title=Crow Country Review|url=https://gamerant.com/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Press Start''
| rev2Score = 7.5/10<ref name=PS>{{cite web|website=Press Start|title=Crow Country Review - Fright Night's at Eddies|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://press-start.com.au/reviews/pc-reviews/2024/05/08/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Screen Rant''
| rev3Score = 9/10<ref name=SR>{{cite web|website=Screen Rant|last=Brosofsky|first=Ben|date=8 May 2024|title=Crow Country Review: "An Atmospheric Throwback To Genre Classics"|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://screenrant.com/crow-country-pc-review/}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=SM>{{cite web|website=Slant Magazine|last=Scaife|first=Steven|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|title=Crow Country Review: A Retro Survival Horror Game That Pleasantly Coasts on Nostalgia|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/games/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
}}
''Crow Country'' received "generally favorable" reviews, according to [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC/> Reviewers generally praised the game's visual presentation and design as evocative of [[PlayStation 1|PS1]] horror games. Zoey Handley of ''Destructoid'' commended the "detailed" pre-rendered environments and "clever lighting" to replicate the "awkward 3D of the era".<ref name=DS/> However, Leon Hurley of ''GamesRadar'' critiqued the player character's "blocky toy shape" and "cartoonish" enemies.<ref name=GR/> Alice Bell of ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' highlighted the game's "fantastic" and "sinister" setting.<ref name=RPS/> Wes Fenlon of ''PC Gamer'' highlighted the game's effective [[jump scare|jump scares]] and variety of "demented monster designs".<ref name=PCG/>
Critics praised the game's narrative and writing. Sarah Maria Griffin of ''The Guardian'' described the game's narrative as complete and richer than anticipated, highlighting the "levity and playfulness" of the game's tone and "bold" ending.<ref name=TG/> Similarly, Wes Fenlon of ''PC Gamer'' praised the "wry" writing for its "cheeky nods to game and horror tropes".<ref name=PCG/> Leon Hurley of ''GamesRadar'' noted the "rewarding" and "refreshingly unfamiliar" story and commended its "feeling of surprise and uncertainty".<ref name=GR/> Zoey Handley of ''Destructoid'' praised the game's narrative twists and satisfying conclusion, although finding it lacked more distinctive psychological themes.<ref name=DS/>
Reviewers expressed mixed views on the implementation of puzzles and gameplay mechanics. Leon Hurley of ''GamesRadar'' considered the game's puzzles to be effective as they were self-contained and balanced in difficulty, although found themselves stuck with some puzzles.<ref name=GR/> Alice Bell of ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' praised the design of the puzzles in relying on player observation and intuition, but expressed that the game's combat and survival horror aspects lacked a sense of threat and were easy to manage.<ref name=RPS>{{cite web|website=Rock Paper Shotgun|title=Crow Country review: my first Resident Evil (complimentary)|last=Bell|first=Alice|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/crow-country-review}}</ref> Describing the game as "too easy", Wes Fenlon of ''PC Gamer'' felt the game's combat was simple and did not view the puzzles as memorable.<ref name=PCG/> Willa Rowe of ''Kotaku'' considered that the enemies, resource management combat felt "lackluster" and "unimportant", and critiqued the "inconsistent" design of simple and in-depth puzzles.<ref name=KT/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|https://crowcountrygame.com/}}
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[[Category:Indie games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
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{{Short description|2024 video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Crow Country
| image = Crow Country Cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = SFB Games
| publisher =
| series =
| engine =
| platforms = {{ubl|[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Xbox Series]]}}
| released = 9 May 2024
| genre = [[Survival horror game|Survival horror]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}
'''''Crow Country''''' is a 2024 [[survival horror game]] developed and published by SFB Games for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Xbox Series]]. Set in a visual style and design similar to [[PlayStation 1]] horror titles including ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'', the player is an investigator exploring an abandoned theme park. Upon release, ''Crow Country'' received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed to the game's design evocation of earlier horror games, and writing and narrative, and mixed views on the implementation of combat and puzzles.
==Gameplay==
''Crow Country'' is a [[survival horror game]], similar to ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' and ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'',<ref name=DS/> in which players explore Crow Country to find objects, solve puzzles, and defeat monsters.<ref name=GR/> Gameplay features two modes: 'Survival', which features combat and enemies, and 'Exploration', which dispenses with enemies.<ref name=TG/> Combat requires the player to aim and shoot at monsters encountered throughout areas using various weapons, including a handguns, a shotgun, and flamethrower, some of which are unlocked by the completion of optional puzzles.<ref name=GR/> To shoot at enemies, players can run and shoot, or lock into position to focus their aim.<ref name=GR/> Players have limited health depleted by hits from enemies and environmental hazards, which can be replenished using bandages, medkits and antidotes.<ref name=RPS/> Items and ammunition are collected by players through interacting with vending machines and containers.<ref name=DS/><ref name=RPS/> Players explore the game's environment and slowly expand their access to new areas by locating keys or solving puzzles, such as by combining items found in different locations.<ref name=GR/><ref name=KT>{{cite web|website=Kotaku|title=Crow Country: The Kotaku Review|last=Rowe|first=Willa|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://kotaku.com/crow-country-indie-survival-horror-review-1851462202}}</ref>
== Plot ==
Set in the year 1990, the player is Mara Forest, a special agent investigating Crow Country, an abandoned amusement park shut down two years prior in search of its missing founder, Edward Crow, and answers about the circumstances of the closure of the park.
==Reception==
{{ video game reviews
| MC = 84%<ref name=MC>{{cite web|website=Metacritic|title=Crow Country|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/crow-country/}}</ref>
| Destruct = 9/10<ref name=DS>{{cite web|website=Destructoid|title=Review: Crow Country|last=Handley|first=Zoey|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-crow-country/}}</ref>
| GRadar = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=GR>{{cite web|website=GamesRadar+|title=Crow Country review: "a lovingly built greatest hits mix of retro horror ideas"|last=Hurley|first=Leon|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/adventure/crow-country-review}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 77%<ref name=PCG>{{cite web|website=PC Gamer|title=Crow Country Review|last=Fenlon|first=Wes|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
| TG = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=TG>{{cite web|website=The Guardian|title=Crow Country review – breathtaking survival horror game that harks back to Silent Hill|last=Griffin|first=Sarah Maria|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/a...untry-review-survival-horror-game-silent-hill}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Game Rant''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=GRant>{{cite web|website=Game Rant|last=Cooper|first=Dalton|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|title=Crow Country Review|url=https://gamerant.com/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Press Start''
| rev2Score = 7.5/10<ref name=PS>{{cite web|website=Press Start|title=Crow Country Review - Fright Night's at Eddies|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://press-start.com.au/reviews/pc-reviews/2024/05/08/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Screen Rant''
| rev3Score = 9/10<ref name=SR>{{cite web|website=Screen Rant|last=Brosofsky|first=Ben|date=8 May 2024|title=Crow Country Review: "An Atmospheric Throwback To Genre Classics"|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://screenrant.com/crow-country-pc-review/}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=SM>{{cite web|website=Slant Magazine|last=Scaife|first=Steven|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|title=Crow Country Review: A Retro Survival Horror Game That Pleasantly Coasts on Nostalgia|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/games/crow-country-review/}}</ref>
}}
''Crow Country'' received "generally favorable" reviews, according to [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC/> Reviewers generally praised the game's visual presentation and design as evocative of [[PlayStation 1|PS1]] horror games. Zoey Handley of ''Destructoid'' commended the "detailed" pre-rendered environments and "clever lighting" to replicate the "awkward 3D of the era".<ref name=DS/> However, Leon Hurley of ''GamesRadar'' critiqued the player character's "blocky toy shape" and "cartoonish" enemies.<ref name=GR/> Alice Bell of ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' highlighted the game's "fantastic" and "sinister" setting.<ref name=RPS/> Wes Fenlon of ''PC Gamer'' highlighted the game's effective [[jump scare|jump scares]] and variety of "demented monster designs".<ref name=PCG/>
Critics praised the game's narrative and writing. Sarah Maria Griffin of ''The Guardian'' described the game's narrative as complete and richer than anticipated, highlighting the "levity and playfulness" of the game's tone and "bold" ending.<ref name=TG/> Similarly, Wes Fenlon of ''PC Gamer'' praised the "wry" writing for its "cheeky nods to game and horror tropes".<ref name=PCG/> Leon Hurley of ''GamesRadar'' noted the "rewarding" and "refreshingly unfamiliar" story and commended its "feeling of surprise and uncertainty".<ref name=GR/> Zoey Handley of ''Destructoid'' praised the game's narrative twists and satisfying conclusion, although finding it lacked more distinctive psychological themes.<ref name=DS/>
Reviewers expressed mixed views on the implementation of puzzles and gameplay mechanics. Leon Hurley of ''GamesRadar'' considered the game's puzzles to be effective as they were self-contained and balanced in difficulty, although found themselves stuck with some puzzles.<ref name=GR/> Alice Bell of ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' praised the design of the puzzles in relying on player observation and intuition, but expressed that the game's combat and survival horror aspects lacked a sense of threat and were easy to manage.<ref name=RPS>{{cite web|website=Rock Paper Shotgun|title=Crow Country review: my first Resident Evil (complimentary)|last=Bell|first=Alice|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/crow-country-review}}</ref> Describing the game as "too easy", Wes Fenlon of ''PC Gamer'' felt the game's combat was simple and did not view the puzzles as memorable.<ref name=PCG/> Willa Rowe of ''Kotaku'' considered that the enemies, resource management combat felt "lackluster" and "unimportant", and critiqued the "inconsistent" design of simple and in-depth puzzles.<ref name=KT/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|https://crowcountrygame.com/}}
[[Category:2024 video games]]
[[Category:Indie games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
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