Game Focus writes: "Gyrostarr is a rare game with many common gameplay features we have seen time and time again in many games for a very long time. Sci-fi racing with weapons on a twisty race track are fairly common features in some form or another, but to have them all together and work so well is rare and all of that with a sense of ever increasing speeds.
A budget priced Wii-ware title which feels almost like a full game you would buy in a store instead of downloading to your Wii. Gyrostarr is one of the most impressive games I have seen on the Wii in a long time and gives me hope Wii-Ware will not be a waste of time and money in the long run for dedicated gamers."
Pros:
- Graphics are good
- Audio is good, but a bit generic
- Sense of speed is excellent
- Controls are fantastic
- Game is fun, pure addicting fast paced action crack fun
Cons:
- motion controls are bad
Thunderbolt writes: "You can't let yourself get distracted. Not now. You're too close. The end of the wormhole is coming; the dimensional gateway is looming ever larger. It's still closed, too. You screwed up one too many times during your little interstellar joyride, and now it's coming back to haunt you. If you don't get that last sliver of power, your ship will go careening into the gateway and get splattered all over outer space. It's not a pretty way to go."
NGamer UK writes: "This is the second WiiWare effort from High Voltage, the outfit behind much-hyped shooter The Conduit. The first one was total cack, but happily this old-school space shooter has a good deal more going for it than giant floaty man hands. It's simple enough stuff – you hop in a little ship and fly down the pathways, blasting away at enemies and picking up sufficient energy blobs to open a warp gate to the next level. And that's about your lot, aside from bonus levels where there are no enemies, just points to beef up your high score while travelling at barfneck speeds."
You'll love
* Nice spacey backgrounds
* Multiple control options
* Four player split-screen
You'll hate
* Goes by a little too fast
* Half-baked motion controls
* Not much depth
From WiiRincontrol:
"Space Invaders, Galaga, Darius Twin, Gradius, etc.; these are some of the classic shooter games that countless gamers grew up on. Some of us played them in the arcade, some on our home consoles, but most of them had one thing in common, they were relatively quick, addictive, and awesome fun. Now, recent WiiWare release Gyrostarr, by High Voltage software revisits this old and classic genre, and makes it feel rather fresh again."
