''ShootMania Storm'' is a
first-person shooter
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre, video game centered on gun fighting and other weapon-based combat seen from a First person (video games), first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through t ...
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 '' Anno'', '' Assassin's Creed'', ' ...
and
Ubisoft Nadeo as a spin-off title of the ''
TrackMania'' series.
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
A rocket launcher is a weapon that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile.
History
The earliest rocket launchers documented in imperial China consisted of arrows modified by the attachment of a rocket motor to the shaft a few i ...
-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.
In 2019 there were rumors of various vehicles being developed for a new installment in the TrackMania franchise, but it is unclear whether they were for TrackMania, ShootMania Storm, or another TrackMania spin-off. Rumored vehicles included sports cars, SUVs, power boats, helicopters, airplanes, and trains. There has been no official news as of 2025.
Reception
''ShootMania Storm'' received "generally favourable reviews" according to the
review aggregation website
Metacritic
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2013 video games
First-person shooters
Multiplayer video games
TrackMania
Ubisoft games
Video game spinoffs
Video games developed in France
Video games scored by Mick Gordon
Video games with Steam Workshop support
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