This is not a review, but a brief rundown on a game. Today's impressions are for the PS3 dual-stick shooter, Pixeljunk Shooter.
The goal for this game is to guide your spaceship through caverns to rescue... erm, people needing rescue. You are doing this while dodging things like rocket turrets and lava flows.
Controls for this game are easy to learn. The left stick guides the ship, with the right stick used for aiming. R1 is to shoot (hold R1 for homing rockets), and L1 deploys the grappling hook (used to pick up rescuees, and treasures).
Not just being content with being a shooter, Pixeljunk Shooter also throws puzzle elements your way. The way that lava interacts with water and ice (lava turns to rock when combined with water, lava melts ice, and ice freezes water) means that a bit of creativity and brain power are needed sometimes to get to people needing rescue.
Here is a short trailer for this game:
I am very impressed with this game, and recommend it to fans of shooters and puzzle games. Pixeljunk Shooter is available for download from PSN and costs around $13. Due to PSN being shit (and inferior to XBL), there is no demo unfortunately.
What was that chopper game that looked just like this, but without the lava and ice? Choplifter? or something underground picking up soldiers etc etc?
ReplyDeleteHmm it looks good, love the graphics style. Im sold!
ReplyDelete@ Kenji - yeah mate I think choplifter was the one.
ReplyDelete@ Pinbot Fembot (LOL!) - I get $1 for every purchase via this site - tell your friends!