Have you ever played Pac-Man and thought to yourself, “this would totally be better if it were set in space”? Well the folks at BadgerPunch Games did when setting out to create the game Ubergridder. The game asks players to take on the role of a defenseless robot on a mission to repair a spaceship and its wires while avoiding menacing monsters chasing it around a wiring grid. Is Ubergridder worth the trip out into the vacuum of space?
The first game out of Badger Punch Studios, Ubergridder is a title that can directly trace it's roots back to Pacman. Pnosker.com takes a look at whether this metal grid tracer adds something new to the genre or if it just feels like a stale Pacman clone.
CFD!'s Rob Rich returns with the third offering for the Indie Games Winter Uprising on Xbox Live:
"Game three of the Indie Games Winter Uprising: Ubergridder. What exactly is an “Ubergridder” anyway? Well, it seems to be some form of maintenance robot that constructs grids to repair damaged spaceships. Apparently."
It's worth mentioning that you can trap yourself with some badly places Monster Chew, so be mindful of where you drop that stuff.
I like how the hero in no way resembles Wall-E. Seriously, though, this looks like something I should check out.
Pac-ladies, cute. This game looks hella boring though even if you like Pac-Man. Unless I'm just a jerk...
That's not an unlikely possibility ;P
Actually, the concept reminds me a bit of the old arcade game Qix - I need to download the trial and see if it plays like I hope it does.
Never played Qix, before my time I suppose. Funny talking about the "possibility" of someone on N4G being a jerk though.. ha..
Diehard GameFAN: "Oh, Ubergridder… sweet little Pac-Man clone. Only this little Johnnie 5 looking Pac-Man clone doesn’t have the ghosts… the wacky mazes… the cute sound effects… or, well, most of what makes Pac-Man so timeless."
I never thought Pac-Man in Space... I'm not a big fan of that game, so I'll probably have to give this one a pass.
I like the concept of Pac-Man in space actually. But not so much this game...
Still haven't gotten to play any of the Uprising games yet - hopefully soon...
sounds interesting
Hmm... I dunno if I'm sold or not. Just the fact that you can't stop moving seems like it would drive me insane! I love hiding in my corners on pacman =/