EndSights: PAX 09 Hands-On: PixelJunk Shooter

EndSights:

"In many ways, PixelJunk Shooter appears to be what Q-Game’s previous PixelJunk game–Eden–should have been. Yes, the games couldn’t be more different in terms of gameplay, but they share similar stylistic themes.

In Eden, the music and graphical style seemed to point to a calm, soothing experience as you hopped from seed to seed, gathering Spectra. Instead, a timer and frequent falling added unneeded pressure to the game. In the one level of PixelJunk Shooter that I got my hands on, however, the style was similar, but the pacing felt more measured and didn’t suffer from the urgency that plagued Eden."