Super Stardust: HD is one of the five games that Playstation Store is offering for free due to the recent downtime of the network. SSHD (Super Stardust: HD) is not a big game, so this won't be a big review.
Story: SSHD is a top down, arcade style game with no story at all. However SSHD is perfectly fine without a story.
Gameplay: Very similar to Dead Nation, you move with the left trigger and aim with the right analog. You do not have to press a button to fire, instead you simply aim the right analog in the desired direction. Easy to learn, yet hard to master. Co-Op is something that is fun and adds to the variety of the game, yet it can be very annoying due to the limited movement and angle of the camera.
Graphics: SSHD is beautiful, its filled with vibrant colors and exciting effects. This is definitely worth it if you have 1080p HD. There is virtually no lag or screen tearing of any sort, so expect a very fluid experience.
Difficulty: SSHD is a very difficult shooter if your not a seasoned player. Hundreds of free floating asteroids, and single-minded enemies will surround you from all angles. It will take you a few tries to get past the first planet.
Fun Factor: SSHD will deliver a lot of fun in a brief amount of time. SSHD is an arcade game, and a repetitive one at that. Your likely to play for 20-30 minutes at the most before you get bored. But you'll probably come back to it a few hours later.
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Do it! It’s a seriously addictive experience. Housemarque is the master of modern arcade classic gameplay. Curious to see how Returnal turns out tbh.
Thanks. Downloaded it and will be playing it shortly.
Pre-ordered Returnal too.
Yep, had a lot of fun playing it with my kids. Although they always fight over the drops.
Finland’s longest standing game development studio, Housemarque, today announced that it is licensing Unreal Engine 4 and moving away from its own in-house technology for future projects, including a soon-to-be-announced title.
Agreed, I found d their games to be fun and enjoyable... To bad I seem to be the minority.
Well, I haven't played all of their games, but "Nex Machina" is pretty darn cool imo.
I didn't read that. I've read that while they are planning to expand into multiplayer, the only thing they've decided to give up on is the top-down arcade shooter style of games because the last couple have sold in decreasing amounts.
Too bad for me as I've enjoyed most of their games. Now I feel bad that I didn't buy Matterfall but I just didn't like the addition of platforming into the mix.
I haven't read anywhere that those MP games wouldn't include SP.
"I didn't read that. I've read that while they are planning to expand into multiplayer, the only thing they've decided to give up on is the top-down arcade shooter style of games because the last couple have sold in decreasing amounts."
- Ah, now I got what @TheOttomatic91 meant with "Damn it sucks they won't be doing any SP games anymore.". Well, to be fair, "Matterfall" isn't exactly one of their better titles...
IDK what to expect. Me and my GF love HM hopefully they keep making couch coop games.
PS Blog:
This month saw the epic return of Vote to Play that gave power to you, the players, to choose the game you wanted to join the monthly games roster. You voted in your masses to support your bros in what could very well be called a MMBRO (massively multi-player bromance).
Nothing for me. I still have Super Stardust HD when Sony gave it away after the 2011 hack.
I actually wanted both of these games but wanted Assault Android Cactus even more. Guess I got to buy it now. So for me its two games I don't have to pay for now. Thats my logic. I'm satisfied.
Both Galak-Z and Broforce are solid titles that I considered purchasing but never really came to it. From my point of view March has a good PS+ lineup.
Loved Skulls of the Shogun by the 17-BIT developer team, which was part of ps+ last year, bet Galak-Z is similar fun.
Dunno about Broforce but seems many people like it
There is a huge sale on ps+; I believe there is no way of satisfying some. I.e. You.
Excited about Broforce.
Galak-Z is phenomenal, one of the best games of 2015, better than Skulls of the Shogun. It's a rogue-lite with real time ship and mech combat. It has a gorgeous Saturday morning cartoon/anime aesthetic with cutscenes and reactive dialogue. The combat is stellar, its has a beautiful hand drawn art style, and the difficulty is addictively challenging.
Super Stardust HD is a win
I'm glad to try Flame Over
I'll play Reality Fighters, as fighters are generally very enjoyable on the VITA.
I'm pleased with this month, Broforce, Galak-Z, and Super Stardust HD are all fantastic games. This can not be denied, even by the most shallow of AAA-heads.
BroForce for sure, maybe Galak-Z.
Vita titles are seriously lacking this month though. Reality Fighters might just be one of the dumbest titles I have seen on that system. And Flame Over looks a little bland for my tastes.
Didn't they say something like "We only add games with 60+ score on metacritic to ps+ library" ? What happened ?
Why is Reality Fighters dumb? Bc it has AR? Isn't ms designing a headset around AR? This is an average fighting game with loads of character customization and a platinum trophy. It doesn't redefine the genre, it's not a tight master crafted experience the likes of SFV, but it's a fighter on VITA that you can probably have a few hrs of fun with.
average fighting game? I think that is a stretch Tyler.
While Metacritic is only a small sample of a game's true potential it still gives us a pretty good idea if the game is any good or not.
Games that are proven good like MGS V, TLOU, Mario Galaxy, Zelda, GTA etc all have pretty high Metacritic scores. That is no coincidence, they scored high because they are great games.
Reality Fighters clocks in at 54. That is barely passable. Now if you want to tell me that it's a good fighting game outside of the AR elements, I would love to hear why. Maybe even share a link to a review that said that the controls were tight or it was a solid fighting game.
There are a TON of better games they could have given us on Vita. DOA 5+, SF x Tekken (which may have already been a PS+ game), King of Fighters, Mortal Kombat, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom, the list goes on.
And a headset that is built around the ideas of AR vs a fighting game that uses it are terrible comparisons. The world of AR stretches way beyond gaming, in fact gaming would represent a smaller component of what can be accomplished with Hololens. Medicine, Science, Construction, Home Decorating... all huge markets for Hololens to be applied to.
I honestly can't remember a worse month. Reality fighters on Vita? That terrible launch game that got critically panned? You spoil me Sony
If you think this...
September 2014 - 6 Games
Hoard - PS3 - 9/2/14
Joe Danger - Vita - 9/2/14
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - PS3/Vita - 9/2/14
Sportsfriends - PS4/PS3 - 9/2/14
TxK - Vita - 9/2/14
Velocity 2X - PS4/Vita - 9/2/14
PS4: 2 - PS3: 3 - PS1: 0 - Minis: 0 - PSP: 0 - Vita: 4
is worse than this month, then you're simply out of your mind.
It's seem there lesser games every month we usually have like 3 games now it down to two.
What!? The was a good month... Velocity is a good fun game, PS all stars which was cross buy and another good game... Joe Danger another fun game.
Nah, you just have casual taste. Broforce and Galak-Z are phenomenal games, it's undeniable. Super Stardust HD is fantastic, Flame Over is a fun rogue-lite, and The Last Guy was well received by critics. Tbh, Reality Fighters is probably pretty fun to mess around with for a couple hrs on VITA.
I'm sure u panned Nom Nom Galaxy last month, but did you play it? Fun games come in all shapes, my friend.
Boring garbage not worth the time and energy I put into those f****** Nintendo games
Not many know the history of the stardust games. I still have my original Amiga version. On the PC it had a version called stardust 96.
This version is just as fun to play if not more so. Unfortunately I paid for mine but to all those who got it free...you will not be disappointed.
Great game and I hear they are working on a sequel.
I got this and Dead Nation as my free games. It's really fun but you're right, it does get boring quickly. Housemarque is one of my favorite PSN devs now.