Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - Bafta Winning Space Shooter ( INDIE )

Neil79 · 10 Apr 2012 at 23:52

AWPC said:
Yes lets hope its not £7.49 down the Indie drain

About the same price as Indie Grimrock

orderoftheflame · 11 Apr 2012 at 07:27

AWPC said:
Neil79 do not think this is an indie game anymore as Microsoft Game Studios are the publisher now !!

I think you've missed the point of what makes an Indie game an Indie game.

Cutshaw · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:31

The game unlocks and the deal ends in 21 hours. I'm really looking forward to this.

AWPC · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:12

Buy before the deal ends in under 20 hours now otherwise it goes back up to full price!!

AWPC · 17 Apr 2012 at 16:23

http://www.shacknews.com/article/73092/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet-pc-release-includes-all-dlc/

PC version apparently includes all the DLC you only have until just before 6pm today to get the 25% preorder discount now!

Cutshaw · 17 Apr 2012 at 18:54

Downloading now. I had to restart steam to get it to switch from ITSP -Preorder to just ITSP and let me start the process though.

m4cc45 · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:11

Certainly been inspired by Thrust from the Spectrum / C64. Looks quite interesting - definitely worth a look I think.

M.

bhavv · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:20

Bah, missed the 25% off on this game, I'll pick it up if I ever find it in a future sale.

FrenchTart · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:25

So..any more feedback on how awesome this is?

Neil79 · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:27

I read this game has GFWL so I'm going to avoid, I might try a errr demo with it removed at some point later. Can't stand games that have both steam and GFWL together it's like double the drm and it's only an indie title!

Cutshaw · 17 Apr 2012 at 21:31

After you put the key into GFWL you are done, you start it from your steam library as normal, it automatically logs in and the only time you'll be reminded it's GFWL is if you get an achievement.

So far it's excellent. The sound and art direction are brilliant and it's so far plays like a silent sci-fi film. No dialogue at all. You start off with a scanner and you use that to discover upgrades and work out friend from foe and it's all done through imagery. It's quite beautiful.

Lowe · 17 Apr 2012 at 21:40

Reminds me of Oids on the Atari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhmMGLVjQ4

orderoftheflame · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:03

Doh! Wish I'd got in on this before the discount ended.

Got enough on my plate to play at the moment, I can wait until the summer sales at least.

Cutshaw · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:13

Lowe said:
Reminds me of Oids on the Atari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhmMGLVjQ4

Looking at that, I would have been bananas about that back in the day. It's like a cross between Thrust and Choplifter.

I've found 2 upgrades so far and they are brilliantly implemented, everything just feels like it belongs. I've only done a few basic physics puzzles so far, but they were enjoyable. The looks and sound though... totally captivating, even down to how your ship looks when it takes damage. Back to it!

j6m · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:17

Neil79 said:
I read this game has GFWL so I'm going to avoid, I might try a errr demo with it removed at some point later.

You could give Aquaria a go - same sort of thing for less money.

AWPC · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:30

Brilliant game. GFWL works perfectly sits in the background out of the way unless you earn an achievement (you can disable those notifications though). 2D cell shaded gfx very retro style but plenty of gameplay as well as local & GFWL co-op modes.

IvanDobskey · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:54

Lowe said:
Reminds me of Oids on the Atari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhmMGLVjQ4

One of my all time favourite games that

Would love a remake of oids.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet does look very good though. A bit pricey for this type of game, but I think i'll snap it up all the same

Cutshaw · 18 Apr 2012 at 00:30

IvanDobskey said:
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet does look very good though. A bit pricey for this type of game, but I think i'll snap it up all the same

If it's any consolation, the polish, graphics and sound are probably the best I have seen from an indie game of it's kind.

Speaking of indie, as far as I am aware it was developed completely independently and MS only handled the publishing. If that is the case, then it's all the more impressive.

orderoftheflame · 18 Apr 2012 at 07:34

j6m said:
You could give Aquaria a go - same sort of thing for less money.

Aquaria is a superb game if you like this kind of thing. Although I think Neil's point wasn't that he wants something for less... he wants something for free......

Neil79 · 18 Apr 2012 at 09:43

orderoftheflame said:
Aquaria is a superb game if you like this kind of thing. Although I think Neil's point wasn't that he wants something for less... he wants something for free......

Incorrect

Neil's point was he doesn't want GFWL, if people like it so be it I still don't want it as it's a pointless addition