PixelJunk Shooter

Fun game with a decent variety of gameplay and some unique physics-based gameplay. Decent amount of gameplay that stays fresh due to timely addition of new elements.

Unfortunately this will no longer run on recent macs. Gives the error in Mac Console: "Application requires i386 and cannot be launched, uk.co.double11.pjshooter node= status=-10386"

When I first pre-ordered this game I thought it was going to be a cave flyer like AUTS, Turboraketti or Wings 1-2 (if you never heard about any of those games, chances are you didn't play DOS games in Finland in the early 90s). While you do fly in caves in PJS too, the controls are a bit different; more responsive. The default ones allow you to move in cardinal directions with WASD and aim/use your weapon/grappling hook with the mouse. In multiplayer at least one of the players uses a gamepad and at least on my gamepads this means also the shooting's limited to the four cardinal directions. But you help each other out so handicapped aid is better than nothing, I suppose. MP over LAN or the internet is not supported. Your goal is to rescue people while flying about shooting monsters and collecting stuff. The main impressive feature of the game has to be the water and the way it flows. Like in games such as the latest 2D Worms game, you can make it flow your way by blowing holes in the landscape. The same applies to lava and when both liquids come into contact which each other, they solidify into destructable terrain. What the game in my opionion lacks are varied multiplayer options. As I said, 2P on the same computer's the only way of playing PJS in MP, and there is no DM, CTF or anything but coop either. Too bad, if you ask me, as I really can imagine a 16P PJS coop match being fun. The minimalistic electronic music doesn't strike a chord on my heartstrings either.