[XBLIG / Xbox 360] Solar Struggle

[Sined]

A new shmup is coming on XBLIG : Solar Struggle

Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X8PyUbGTjE

by Z-Software & redspotgames - game site : http://www.solarstruggle.com/

400 MSP / Release : 18th of August (to be confirmed)

[Plasmo]

Sorry wrong genre, it's not a shmup. Better luck next time.

[lgb]

uh, yes it is

[Plasmo]

And so is Star Fox?

Let's have this discussion!

[RHE]

Nope, Star Fox makes use of the z-axis so its 3D, but that Solar Struggle looks like it doesn't make use of the z-axis so it's 2D. I have trouble calling this a shmup though.

[Kollision]

It looks like a free roaming arena shmup to me.

[sirmax]

Looks like the average dogfight from Freelancer.

[Plasmo]

Nope, Star Fox makes use of the z-axis so its 3D, but that Solar Struggle looks like it doesn't make use of the z-axis so it's 2D. I have trouble calling this a shmup though.

Not every game using two axes is a shmup.
This game more looks like an arena shooter to me.

But whatever it is, it doesn't look appealing at all.

[RHE]

But whatever it is, it doesn't look appealing at all.

[brokenhalo]

But whatever it is, it doesn't look appealing at all.

[lgb]

Star Fox and into-the-horizons like such are pretty much shmups and are counted for the lists unless they suddenly changed that (poo on yoo)

aside from that, I use the Japanese definition, which includes FPSes and run 'n guns

so uh, have fun with that

[Plasmo]

[...] which includes FPSes and run 'n guns

Have fun with that!

[Shatterhand]

aside from that, I use the Japanese definition, which includes FPSes and run 'n guns

Except japanese people call them "Shooting Games" and not "Shmups".

So you fail.

Moving this to off-topic anyway.

[Kollision]

guess I will not follow this thread anymore because I don't go to the off-topic section


this is not off-topic

[njiska]

guess I will not follow this thread anymore because I don't go to the off-topic section


this is not off-topic

I'm not sure what this is, but i'd be inclined to agree that it is not off topic. The trailer is very vague but it does look like an arena shmup with a weird angle of view. Not unlike Zaxxon and it's isometeric presentation.

[Shatterhand]

Zaxxon is usually regarded as non shmup because it's 3D.

Well, wanna make a poll to see if this belongs into off topic or not? I don't want to enforce anything.

[Ghegs]

Looks to me more like a mission-based shooter rather than a shmup. Maybe when we have more footage (20 seconds of actual gameplay in a video lasting 1:41, wtf) we can see for what it truly is, but for now I'd keep it in Off Topic.

[Sined]

Hello,

Sorry If you consider that Solar Struggle is not really a shmup...

But of course, as you said, we will have soon more information about the game...

Shmup or not Shmup that is the question

[lgb]

[...] which includes FPSes and run 'n guns

Have fun with that!

I'm telling you man fpses are the NATURAL EVOLUTION of them shoot 'em ups

[njiska]

Zaxxon is usually regarded as non shmup because it's 3D.

Well, wanna make a poll to see if this belongs into off topic or not? I don't want to enforce anything.

Ok if Zaxxon is not a shmup then what exactly is it? You fly around in a spacecraft shooting revival ships and dodging their bullets. I don't look at it any differently than i look at R-Type or Gradius, except that you have another direction of movement. It's even still fixed path linear flight. If we can have vertical and horizontal perspective, why not isometric?

[Sined]

Hello,

Following redspotgames, Solar Struggle isn't a typical shmup, it's 3D Arcade Action Shooter...

So Solar Struggle is atypical shmup

[JoshF]

2.5D shooting from a high angle (Raystorm) = SHUMP
2.5D shooting from a low angle (this) = AINT A SHUUUUMP

Does this mean Time Pilot is bumped as a Shump?

ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO GET ME TO BELIEVE SHUMP B'UMP TUMPA TUMP? SHUMP B'UMP TUMPA TUMP?

[Sined]

Solar Struggle has been released!

Marketplace link : http://bit.ly/8YHQi0

Price : 400 MSP

Enjoy or not... shmup or not shmup !!!

[Alfred]

It's a action adventure space shooting game and it's German. Very well made. It's like No Gravity - The Plague of Mind on the Sony PSP.