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Shatter (PSN): Geometry Wars meets Breakout
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A promising reinvention of Breakout, coming exclusively to the PSN
At the risk of perceived lunacy, I'm going to utter forth a confident statement: Sony's PS3 is worth the price of admission for the downloadable games alone.
Flower, Super Stardust HD, The Last Guy, Wipeout HD, PixelJunk Eden, Noby Noby Boy, Fat Princess. These are titles full of flair and originality, with endless replayability and a fun factor that challenges most retail Blu-Ray releases.
Say what you want about the multiple missteps Sony has taken with the PS3; they've done the PSN right (providing we pretend HOME never happened.)
Introducing what could be your next PSN addiction: Shatter. Sidhe (creators of GripShift), New Zealand's largest little development studio, describes the game like so:
Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with a modern-crafted production approach.
Allow me to add some sexiness to that description: Imagine the nostalgia and simplicity of Breakout with the originality, challenge and stylish graphics of Geometry Wars and Super Stardust HD with particle effects you can almost taste.
Mario Wynands, Managing Director at Sidhe, offers this:
“We stripped brick-breaking back to the base elements, and rebuilt it from the ground up. The result is a much more connected and visceral experience.”
My eyes were fairly impressed when I gazed at the screenshots (click the gallery below), but a game this fluid and dazzling can only be done justice in 60fps HD video, which the below embed isn't. Still looks stunning for a presumably $10 download, doesn't it? Exactly.
Sidhe hasn't promised a release date yet outside of "later in 2009," but they do promise innovative controls, physics effects, special attcks, multiple game modes with leaderboards and trophies, and a fully scored soundtrack with over 90 minutes of original music. Oh, and those buttery smooth 4xAA 60fps HD visuals.
Enjoy the eye candy, and be on the lookout for Shatter, coming soon to the PSN.
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