'Radio Flare' to Bring Rez-Like Musical Shooter to iPhone
posted December 15th, 2008 3:21 AM EST by arn in Upcoming Games
Studio Radiolaris sent us information about their upcoming game Radio Flare. Their first iPhone game is described as a "musical shooter" that will certainly draw comparisons to Rez. Rez was originally a Dreamcast/PS2 shooter that provided a somewhat hypnotic shooter experience with beats and musical effects triggered by your shots and actions. While the game was critically well received, it wasn't a huge commercial success. The game, however, has since been reborn as Rez HD for Xbox Live Arcade earlier this year.
This brings us to Studio Radiolaris' release called Radio Flare which is described similarly by the developer:
“Radio Flare immerses the player in music. It’s not about reproducing a song but about turning music into an interactive experience” explains Fares Kayali. “Our focus was on devising intuitive controls for a traditional genre on a platform with unique capabilities. Everything you do in this shooter is part of the soundtrack, every shot and every maneuver is in rhythm.” adds Martin Pichlmair.
The game places you in a side-scrolling shooter in which you target enemies with your sonification beam. Play goes across 5 stages with over 100 enemy formations.
The developers have provided this teaser video:
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Nice, REZ is still my best and most unique PS2 experience I've ever had. And this game's music sounds quite good. Even if I miss some shooting animation from the players ship and the fact, that this is a side scroller and no 3D will minimize the intoxicating experiences I had with REZ. But still something fresh!
agreed. side-scrolling removes some of the trippy feeling of Rez, but still, if the music/sounds work well, I could see just playing this being immersive.
Reminds me a lot of the free Space Deadbeef but with cuter graphics and music…the latter part I need to turn of the mute…
This should be interesting. I'm all for good implementation of proper iPhone control schemes.
I'm not sure if the cartoony look of the ship and enemies works though.
I don't care so much for the graphics either. It just doesn't have the cool effects and environments that Rez does. It still looks like a blast to play.
Yes, Radio Flare looks promising. It's a must buy if it has a couple of hours of not too repetitive playing time.
I don't see how you can draw any comparisons. Rez had beautiful graphics (beatiful doesn't necessarily mean 3d, look at Illuminati) and amazing, hi-fi music. A cool semi-poetic story. It hypnotized you. Play the 5th stage and try not to die of happiness.
Looks boring. Would be cool if it was in 3D like the original Rez for Dreamcast