![]() ![]() In turn, your character cannot see anyone else in the world apart from Didi, but she can hear them talking, and see their shadows cast on the walls. She is supposedly an acrobat, but nobody can see her except for one troubled little girl named Didi. The central idea of Contrast is that you play a mysterious woman named Dawn, a willowy creature in striped stockings and a short Phryne Fisher hairdo, who can pass in and out of shadows. It's particularly frustrating because, with better execution and perhaps a bit more time and care, it would have been a memorable classic. Two players can even join forces and destroy aliens together, though only online sadly, there is no split-screen mode for two players to sit side-by-side on the couch, playing on the same TV.Ĭontrast is something very different entirely, and I am disappointed to report that while it is a remarkably original concept, it is let down very badly by sloppy execution, perhaps because it was being rushed out to make the PS4 launch date. Resogun is a very pretty game indeed, some of the most beautiful destruction you will ever see.Ī small degree of customisation is available, in that there are three types of ship to fly, each with slightly different strengths and weaknesses. Bombs look incredible, smashing through enemies and sending hundreds of voxels flying in all directions. Ships explode into scintillating metallic cubes, and explosions damage the level's scenery, until by the end of the level there is barely anything left standing. Rather than square 2D pixels that make up traditional graphics, voxels are 3D cubes, and everything in Resogun is built out of them. The fun part is that boost is maintained as long as you keep ramming through enemies, so if you're very skilful you can sweep through long rows of enemies with a single boost.Īll of this destruction is beautifully rendered in what are called "voxels". With the press of a button, you can zoom quickly across the level, becoming momentarily invulnerable and destroying everything in your path. Perhaps the most interesting element is the boost, which will be familiar to anyone who played Housemarque's previous game Super Stardust HD on PS3 and PS Vita. ![]() You also a overdrive, which super-powers your gun for a few seconds but takes a long time to recharge, and a small number of bombs, which sweep around the whole level and kill every enemy in sight. This growing threat is balanced out by the various upgrades you can pick up, including temporary shields and increases in your ship's firepower. Things get progressively harder as the level progresses, with more ships appearing that have more dangerous attacks and require more shots to kill, and in true arcade style, each level is capped off with a big boss battle. However, if you are too slow a special golden alien craft may grab the wayward human and fly away, giving you only a brief opportunity to shoot it down and save your hapless charge. You need to swoop down and collect them, then deposit them at one of safe spaces. Things get more complicated when you destroy the keepers, as one of the humans will be dropped out of their cell and onto the ground. If these ships are not destroyed promptly, then one of the humans you are defending will die - each level begins with ten of them, sitting in transparent cases around the level. Periodically you will be alerted that "keepers" have appeared, special enemy ships that are highlighted green. You fly around this circular space firing left and right, destroying the myriad alien ships that teleport in to attack you. ![]() The playing space is a looped ribbon, like playing on the curved side of a large cylinder. While its roots lie in the core game mechanics of Defender - you control a spacecraft flying and firing side-to-side, destroying alien ships and preventing the abduction of the last surviving humans - this is a somewhat more involved gameplay experience. ![]() Resogun is a simple concept executed to perfection. They could hardly be more different, and in fact in many key ways they are perfect opposites. Resogun is a fast-paced arcade shoot-em-up based on the classic, and notoriously difficult, arcade machine Defender, while Contrast is a slow-paced and story-heavy game of puzzle solving and exploration. The two of them make an interesting pair. ![]()
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