''Gravity Crash'' is a

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released on the

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. Its visual style pays homage to arcade games of the 1980s. A

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port was released in August 2014 under the title ''Gravity Crash Ultra''.

Gameplay

The player chooses a planet to visit from a top-level menu, and explores that planet in a two-dimensional side view. The planetary surfaces tend to be riddled with systems of caverns: manoeuvring through them while taking gravity into account is one of the game's principal challenges. ''Gravity Crash'' was inspired by three games in particular, ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. The player can choose one of two control modes: in the first, the player's craft can fire only in the direction it is currently facing. In the second, the direction of fire is independent of the craft's orientation, controlled by the second joystick on the controller. As an extra the game includes a shooting mini-game titled ''Gold Grabber'', which is similar to the arcade game '' Robotron: 2084''.

Soundtrack

The game features music by video game musician Tim Wright, who composed a 16-track remix album and double 'A'-side single to complement the game.

Reception

''Gravity Crash'' received mostly positive reviews. ''

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'''s reviewer stated that the only bad thing was the "insane difficulty level." ''

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'''s reviewer also mentioned the difficulty, calling ''Gravity Crash'' "A stern, if unspectacular, challenge."Edge magazine, Jan 2010, p.94

References

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External links

Just Add Water website
2009 video games Multidirectional shooters Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 3 games PlayStation Network games PlayStation Portable games PlayStation Vita games Sony Interactive Entertainment games Video games scored by Tim Wright (Welsh musician) Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set on fictional planets