Retro/Grade, an Independent Games Festival nominee for best game design, is making its way off of PSN ... we mean, onto PSN. See, the thing that makes this shmup different is that all the action happens backwards -- like a classic space shooter meets Memento. Comparison can also be made between this game and WiiWare's Bit.Trip.
There's a long writeup of the game over at the PlayStation Blog. One of the cooler things implemented in the title is the use of a guitar controller to control the ship. The fret buttons will allow the player to move, while the strum bar is used as the "shoot" button. You can get an idea of what it'll look like in the video after the break.
However I wish more would release demos so I could get a feel for the game before I buy. Most recent example is Droplitz, no demo. If there was a demo I would probably have bought it by now.
I agree. "Shmup" isn't very appealing at all. I still call first-person shooters FPS and third-person shooters third-person shooters. It's been a common thing to call them 'shooters".
I was keen for a good Shmup but this looks a little obscure. I will give the demo on PC a whirl. Speaking of Shmups, any good ones on Steam or other PC formats. Anything as good as the old-school Raiden games or Ikaruga would be nice.
I just bought the $20 Raiden three pack for xbox 360 from amazon. It is awesome! And then I had to break out the old PS1 version of Raiden and play it on my Ps3, It is also still awesome!
It's not really a shooter apart from the graphics... It's essentially Guitar Hero with a new twist (Rewind the time). It's not bad (I've tried the demo) but I'm not very impressed for now. I also had trouble recognizing the music, for sure they were played in reverse, but when I can't hear the Rick Astley song even a little on the rick roll level... :/ For one I wish they would add reactiveness to the music, kind of like in Audiosurf where the game accelerates when the music gets faster.
Ill pass, backwards, please. Sounds different and exciting but after watching this video, ill pass. Still waiting for a top notch shooter, there has to be someone out there that is tapping the cell power of the ps3 to give us a next gen retro style shooter.
wow, I was a bit skeptical when I saw the art style, but the huge amount of originality has got me thoroughly interested. I'm totally. looking forward to this game!
