Posts in "Rock, Paper, Shotgun" channel about:

Waves

Show posts for all products, not just Waves
Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)

When I retire, I'm going to train become the world's greatest shmup player. Or maybe grow some vegetables.

I’ve not put anywhere near as much time as I’d have liked into Rob ‘Squid in a Box’ Hale’s graceful-but-frantic twin-stick shooter Waves, which has built up quite a following in recent weeks – as well as snagging the coveted RPS ‘best use of the Unreal engine’ award at Indievisibility the other week. I did, however, discover the other day that it runs rather well on my laptop’s integrated Intel graphics thinger, so I expect to spend a fair bit of time shooting shapes while hiding in the bathroom from my girlfriend’s extended family over Christmas. (That’s ‘shooting shapes’, not ‘shooting up’, heroin fans).

It’s just had a healthy free update, adding a sixth mode known as Chase, known variously as ‘the hardest mode yet’ and ‘the speed metal of shmups’, so masochistic nutters will be delighted. (more…)

...

Search
Archive
2013
Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
Archives By Year
2013   2012   2011   2010   2009  
2008   2007   2006   2005   2004  
2003   2002