Sunday, February 16, 2014

News::Pixelitis Preview: My narrow escape from death in GALAK-Z: The Dimensional

"Roguelikes may be somewhat commonplace as indie game developers continue to grow in numbers, but whens the last time you saw one that played like a space shoot-em-up? GALAK-Z: The Dimensional looks to fill that void. Conceived by an eight-man team behind indie developer 17-BIT, GALAK-Z is a PC/PlayStation 4 space shooter that has you in complete control of the physics of your ship in order to dodge asteroids, fire your blasters and shoot homing missiles at enemy combatants. And in the style of most roguelikes, levels are procedurally generated and death is permanent. The permanent death wont be so bad if players uncover a bunch of secret weapon upgrade blueprints throughout the game, however. These unlockables can carry over to subsequent playthroughs that will give players new approaches when replaying levels. While my time with GALAK-Z was brief it also happened to be very intense. Did I succeed?" -- Patrick Kulikowski



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