One map looks like a space station cosplaying as a donut, offering ramps to slide onto its underbelly.įorewarning: if you are prone to motion sickness, consider adjusting the camera settings before hopping into gameplay. Escher-like loop that drunkenly curves in on itself. Players can float around inside the hole or on top of the floating rock or simply move to the underside of the asteroid. One map features an asteroid with a massive hole in its center with a piece of rock jutting up from the hole. Players pilot a small spaceship and move it around various three dimensional maps that all have curved surfaces. So Curved Space isn’t really a twin-stick shooter?Ĭurved Space is chaotic and built to be somewhat disorienting. Players need to hold down or press the R2 trigger to shoot a weapon and pointing their ship in a direction with the camera will indicate where the a beam or bullet will fire. But one of the sticks moves you along its curved, gravity-defying maps while the other moves the camera around. It was a strange, disappointing contrast.Ĭurved Space is marketed as a twin-stick shooter, along the likes of beloved games like Geometry Wars or Super Stardust HD. But I felt a little bored, like I was going through the motions. At the same time a track from Scandroid or 3FORCE or Fury Weekend was playing, the music darting around in my ears to a furious, energetic beat. Maybe it was “Kill 3 Radiant Spiders” or “Drain the Energy Conduits” or “Survive!” I can’t really remember. Obviously Curved Space would be the same right?ĭuring one of the later campaign missions of Curved Space, I was repeating an objective I had done in nearly every previous mission before it. It’s a hell of a way to get a person pumped for an action game. I attribute Hotline Miami‘s thrashing lawnmower of violence and action for getting me into the obviously 80s inspired music. I noticed the ability to look at the game’s soundtrack–stuffed with synthwave tracks (a favorite genre of mine)–and listen to it in its entirety. Failed to make the leaderboard today? There’s always a new challenge tomorrow.There’s a strange disconnect amongst Curved Space‘s many parts.īefore starting up the game I decided to peruse the options menu as I tend to do, looking for subtitle settings and making sure the sound is turned up. Survival: Fight through waves of invaders with each wave presenting a new, more difficult challenge.Įndless: Tackle waves of randomized challenges from the campaign as well as additional objectives as you adapt to what the game decides to throw your way.ĭaily Run: You get one shot each day to complete this daily run and achieve the highest score possible. Each unique version takes the story in a different direction.Īrena: Take on over 60 randomized challenges from the game’s campaign for a chance to get your name on the local leaderboard. Your choices will lead you to take on one of three potential versions of the game’s protagonist to fight back the invasion on asteroids, space stations, and other intergalactic stages. Weapons are varied (from lasers to flamethrowers to weed wackers!) and equipped with their own overdrive states!Ĭampaign: Take on the role of an energy harvester in the midst of a galactic spider invasion. Upgrade & Take Them Down: Collect a plethora of ability and weapon upgrades.Ride the Synthwave: Get in the zone with a high-energy synthwave soundtrack in partnership with FiXT Neon, featuring artists like Scandroid, 3Force, and Fury Weekend.Take on new challenges, test your skills, and chase your place on the leaderboards in Daily Runs, Arena, Play Your Style & Top the Leaderboards: Experience your space pilot’s harrowing journey in Campaign,. Climb walls, flip over to the other side of your environment, and experience breathtaking vistas. Old School Shmup Reimagined: Enjoy the high-energy action of traditional 2D shoot ‘em ups in a warped 3D space.Simple to learn as you fight your way through the branching story-driven campaign, but tough to master as you chase the glory of the leaderboards. "Inspired by arcade classics, players will have to hunt for weapon power-ups and upgrades while dodging enemy fire, blasting interdimensional bugs, and wrangling some enormous boss monsters.
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