''ShootMania Storm'' is a
first-person shooter
First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the p ...
video game by
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', ...
and
Nadeo.
Just like its sister games ''
TrackMania 2'' and the yet-unreleased ''QuestMania'', it features 3 different environments, of which two have so far been revealed; a snow-based environment called Cryo, and another called Storm. Storm was released first, with Cryo to be released later.
Nadeo have stated they intend to make ShootMania stand out from other
FPS games through design features such as using a
rocket launcher-style weapon as the game's primary weapon. Florent Castelnérac (the game's project leader) has stated there will be relatively few different weapons, the idea being to minimize game time spent not in gameplay.
The game still uses the map editor introduced in ''
TrackMania''. Character editing is restricted, with only a shield on the player's back customizable.
The game was set to be released on 23 January 2013,
but was delayed to 10 April 2013 with an open beta started on 12 February.
Reception
''ShootMania Storm'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics upon release. On
Metacritic
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, the game holds a score of 76/100 based on 47 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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2013 video games
First-person shooters
Multiplayer video games
Ubisoft games
Video games developed in France
Video games scored by Mick Gordon
Windows games
Windows-only games
Video games with Steam Workshop support
Video games with user-generated gameplay content
TrackMania
Video game spin-offs
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