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From [...] review:
Q-Games returns with another unique gameplay experience in its PixelJunk series with PixelJunk Shooter ("The Depths of Disaster"). In PixelJunk Shooter, you descend into the depths of Apoxus Prime. Several miners have become trapped and it is up to you and your little subterranean ship to pull them out alive. Avoid various hazards, both alien and the elements of Apoxus Prime, and learn the ways of your ship's special abilities to rescue survivors.
In PixelJunk Shooter, you control your ship using the thumbsticks. There's a temperature gauge you'll have to watch as you navigate through a stage, which acts as a regenerating health meter. Get too close to some elements or get hit by enemy projectiles and your ship will be the dust of Apoxus Prime. Once you find a survivor, you can eject a chained pod to capture them. Sometimes you'll have to act quick to rescue a miner, as environmental hazards and enemies can kill them. Lose five miners during a stage and it's Game Over.
Gameplay starts out simple and never gets boring. There's a lot of variation spread throughout the game, all the way through the end. This comes through the use of ship upgrades and new elements you'll come across. Enter a dock and get a ship upgrade to help you make your way through some dynamic elements which include magma, water, earth, ice, gas and magnetic fluid. Animation of the fluids look great and feel very dynamic. Pulling ice chunks with your grappling hook, manipulating magnetic fluid and spraying water with sponges all animate beautifully. Don't be deceived by the simple "Shooter" name in the game's title.
Replay value comes in finding treasures, rescuing all the miners and scoring. An online scoreboard gauges your ranking against other players across the globe. There is also a two-player option if you want to descend the depths with a friend. PixelJunk Shooter has a total of 3 main stages, which have 15 levels. At the end of each stage is a boss encounter. I felt the gameplay length and variety was balanced. PixelJunk Shooter also incorporates PlayStation Home item rewards for completing various tasks. You'll unlock parts of a survivor uniform that you can gear up with when you visit the PixelJunk Museum in PlayStation Home. You can also play PixelJunk Shooter via Remote Play on your PlayStation Portable or PSPgo. All of these are nice bonuses that extend the gameplay beyond the first playthrough of the game.
The soundtrack in PixelJunk Shooter is excellent. It is sometimes ambient, featuring some trance beats, but is never the typical fast techno you'd expect in a shooter. High Frequency Bandwidth provides the tunes, which features two seasoned electronic musicians, Dom Beken and Dr. Alex Paterson (The Orb). During a boss battle, I found myself calmed by the soundtrack. That helped in pulling off some carefully calculated moves. The soundtrack provides a trance-like experience and compliments the unique graphical style of PixelJunk Shooter.
PixelJunk Shooter is another great game to join the PixelJunk series by Q-Games, and is my favorite PixelJunk game to date. It will keep you coming back through at least your first playthrough and is well worth the $9.99 price from the PlayStation Store. PixelJunk Shooter is very different from your traditional side-scrolling shooter in many ways, all the way through the soundtrack. Don't miss out on experiencing PixelJunk Shooter, a refreshing game experience not to be missed.
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