Celestial1

Release Date: November 4th
Price: $19.99
Distribution: Steam
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/

I was intrigued when Steam's update "News" box popped up, and I saw an advertisement for this game. I looked further, and was surprised a bit; it is a Zero Gravity FPS.

The game is set in the near future, in near-Earth space, and the moon has been destroyed. Players can use jetpacks to traverse around the game area, and matches are 32-player sized.

I'm unsure of whether there are more weapons, but the main/only primary weapon available is a rifle, semi-futuristic, with a 'generous' magazine, a high rate of fire, and a scope that can be used with a 10-round burst that is 'lethal at long range'. It can fire 'ICE' grenades from the underslung grenade launcher, and you can also use EMP grenades to disable equipment or MPRs to blast enemies out of their cover.

A pivotal point of the gameplay is zero gravity; with no gravity, jetpacks, and many open areas to traverse, it is important to be wary of any enemies that might approach from unexpected angles. Stealth seems to play a bit of a large role in this, making sure to get to your enemies flanks rather than trying to use brute force.





I wish I had some sort of impression of the game itself, but it seems very 'out there' in a good way. According to reviews the jetpack movement is fluent using FPS controls, and the game supposedly looks fantastic.

Preorder is currently available on Steam ($17.99), and there is a single 'gameplay' video out (there's a lot of showy angles, and just a bit of firstperson glory, but nonetheless it's pretty darn cool lookin') that shows off a bit of the stealthy gameplay aspect.

I might preorder the game, since it's cheap and looks like a bit of fun.

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kevlarorc

I just saw this game as well. Looks pretty cool and I think I'll pass on Borderlands and get this instead. The graphics look simply amazing and it certainly has quite the system requirements. It's from Futuremark, makers of 3DMark so I get the feeling this game is going to be good!
From looking at the website it says there will be dedicated servers and free DLC after the launch which is awesome.

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Gill

Remember that it requires DX10. There is no DX9 compatibility. You must have Vista or Win7.

talkingBEERmug

Wow game is great, I get flash backs of decent, zero g fighting takes some time to get use to but you can always plant your self anywhere walk around and snipe. Head shotting a guy and hearing his glass helmet explode and see him float off is great. Also there is this key that turns you to the suface your looking at and locks you down, feels alot like gears of war sliding into cover to get out of fire(one of the better features in gears of war). The one thing this game is missing is voice comms, it can be so tatical if we had some comms, also there is only 1 weapon even for the other team same weapon but it gets the job done. I have heard that the dev team are adding more content soon and they are looking into VOIP. If you buy it and give it a chance you will not be upset, its only 20 bucks.

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