Monday, September 16, 2013

Sphere

*groans* I just don't have the energy for this one...

Sphere is a 3rd person shooter wherein you shoot other spheres.  It plays exactly like you'd expect it would.  There's literally nothing interesting to talk about.

The game is designed...er...simplistically, to say the least.  You're a sphere in an arena and that's about all there is to see.  The weapons are all different combinations of a few polygons, and the death animation is just your sphere expanding and disappearing.  It has its charm, I guess...

The only thing really worth saying is that the momentum mechanics, while appropriate for a sphere, are infuriating.  These kinds of movement mechanics would work well in a large, open arena where momentum can be manipulated to your advantage, but here, doing anything but being painstakingly careful not to hold the "w" key for more than a half a second is just going to send you bouncing along walls uncontrollably.

The weapons are fun to use, I guess, but there's not much creativity.  I've already thrown enough lasers at people; give me something interesting!  Remember Slug 'em Up? That game had tons of creative weapons that made the game unique and fun to play.

Eh....yeah, that's all I got for today.  Until next time, stay marbellous (ooh, portmanteaus!).

Links
Sphurr: https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&proj=515