An interesting trailer came through our inbox last week and its stylish look caught my eye. It’s for a game called Krashlander, the first iOS release from Farseer Games, and as strange as it sounds the best comparison I can come up with is it looks like Ski Safari ($0.99) meets Line Rider ($1.99) meets Angry Birds (Free). Or something like that. Evil robots have invaded your world and, for some reason, the only way to fight back is to ski into them. It sounds odd but check out the trailer and it should make some more sense.
I really like the visual style of Krashlander, and though the whole silhouetted thing has been done in other games I still think it looks quite striking, and makes the game pop. There seems to be some deeper mechanics beyond just hurtling yourself into enemies, and I’m anxious to get my hands on the game to check it out for myself. That time will be coming soon too, as Krashlander is set to launch this week. Check out the forum thread for some discussion, and keep your eyes out for Krashlander to hit with this week’s batch of new releases on Wednesday night.
Why does everybody like these kinds of games where there is so much shit going on, on screen, you can barely move without getting hit.
I'm getting totally pumped for this.
A vertical scroller in landscape orientation? Fail.
Nope, it looks awesome.
Lots of classical Shmups works the same way.
Aero Fighters and Strikers: 1945 Plus is just the first that comes to my mind. Loads of others.
Just wanted to mention Radiant Silvergun and Mars Matrix too as other examples of vertically-scrolling horizontal shooters. Neither of which is to be scoffed at!
wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!! download GRIDLEE,find and download the rom GIGA WING from CAPCOM it's like playing SELA THE SPACE PIRATE WITH STEROIDS.
AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR DAT!!!
Why do you keep posting the exact same thing? Is it supposed to be funny? I don't get it.
$3 for something that's been done a zillion times before...?
There is a market for everything. Obviously you are not their target demo.
Oh, so you may rather have another endless runner?
Perhaps an Angry Birds game.
Hey, what about a Tower Defence game?
We never see many of these, right?
Personally, I wish there were many more quality Shmups on the AppStore. There's loads of very bad ones, but only a handful really good ones.
It's me or the game seems incredibly slow ?
Or i am too much used to cave shooters
Coins? Did I see coin collecting in the write-up??? Not sure how I feel about that...
When is Cave releasing a new iPhone Bullet Hell game?
YOU WANT SOME BULLET HELL GAMES TRY THIS!!!!!!!! download GRIDLEE.find and download this roms ULTRA X WEAPONS, TENGAI, R-TYPE LEO, PROGEAR, PREHISTORIC ISLAND 2, IN THE HUNT, GUWANGE (CAVE), GIGA WING, ECO FIGHTERS, ESP.RA.DE (CAVE), EIGHT FORCES, DIMAHOO, DARIUS GAIDEN-SILVER HAWK, after you play this GEMS you gonna love me ha,ha,ha,ha
Any word if it will support iCade? I love these kind of games when I can play them with an arcade stick, one of the main reasons I keep an arcade stick for just about every one of my game systems. Anyway, it looks good.