There is little Blast Factor can do to escape comparisons to Geometry Wars. This gaudy neon dual-stick shooter sees you battling rapidly spawning hordes in an enclosed area, and is a key release for the new PlayStation Network service. On a surface level at least, everything about it sounds like Sony's answer to the irresistible Xbox LIVE shooter.
In a plot not far removed from the basis of Rez, you must pilot your microscopic G18 Nanite Interceptor deep into biological material. Dwarfed even by the tiny craft of Inner Space, you are injected into increasingly complicated cells which make up the seven worlds of this chaotic shooter, each ending with a boss battle.
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Sony's PSN shooter Blast Factor has finally got a Trophy Patch in Europe - start up the game and you'll be prompted to update the title to 2.01, and there you go - Trophies!
About time we in Europe got this patch! We've had to wait long enough for it, but it's nice to see it's finally here.
It'll give me a reason to go back to Blast Factor as it was a quality game, and with this update it might entice some new buyers to it.
It was one of the very first games I downloaded on the PSN. The expansion pack made it that much better, too! I think the problem is that it got overshadowed by Super Stardust HD, even though the two games aren't really very similar except in game type.
It's nice to know that they're still supporting it!
Gotta love the tilting and slow-mo. I think that's what really makes it different, sometimes you really have to have a strategy how to finish a stage. Especially with the jelly-fish type with the shields and starting explosive chain reactions by tilting Sixaxis and shooting.
I thought it would have sucked but was actually pretty fun much like Geo Wars.
However I still give it to Geo Wars because that game was insane at the higher numbers...
This game may be similar to GW (same genre) but it's almost the same as a lesser known XBLA title called Mutant Storm. For example, this game has actual levels. Comparing this game to GW is like comparing Call of Duty to Quake. Yeah, they're the same genre, but I'd rather compare COD to Medal of Honor.