Where Blast Factor lacks style it makes up for with dynamic gameplay elements, including the most effective usage of Sixaxis's motion capabilities to date. While deceptively simple, the act of jerking the controller left or right to slosh around the liquid within each stage (corralling the enemies) typifies a clear advantage PS3 could have over Xbox 360 -- though the lack of rumble certainly damages the game's 'blast' factor. Other noteworthy devices include Blast Factor's auto-adjusting difficulty and enemy variation (players must discover how each class of baddie is defeated)...
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Sony's PSN shooter Blast Factor has finally got a Trophy Patch in Europe - start up the game and you'll be prompted to update the title to 2.01, and there you go - Trophies!
About time we in Europe got this patch! We've had to wait long enough for it, but it's nice to see it's finally here.
It'll give me a reason to go back to Blast Factor as it was a quality game, and with this update it might entice some new buyers to it.
It was one of the very first games I downloaded on the PSN. The expansion pack made it that much better, too! I think the problem is that it got overshadowed by Super Stardust HD, even though the two games aren't really very similar except in game type.
It's nice to know that they're still supporting it!
Gotta love the tilting and slow-mo. I think that's what really makes it different, sometimes you really have to have a strategy how to finish a stage. Especially with the jelly-fish type with the shields and starting explosive chain reactions by tilting Sixaxis and shooting.
they are taking the wii approach...pretty soon people will realize simple games work fine as well
Meh, I was hoping this one would be a bit better as a quick pick-up, but after playing the demo I'm not impressed. I had (am having) more fun with Cash Guns & Chaos.
Flow's the one I'm looking forward to.