Gravity Crash
{{Short description|2009 video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox video game
|title = Gravity Crash
|image = GravityCrash.png
|developer = Just Add Water
|publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment
|platforms = PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita
|engine =
|designer =
|released = PlayStation 3
{{vgrelease|EU|24 November 2009{{cite web |url=http://uk.playstation.com/psn/games/detail/item156702/Gravity-Crash%E2%84%A2/ |title=Gravity Crash – PlayStation Network, PSN game |publisher=Uk.playstation.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-05 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195307/http://uk.playstation.com/psn/games/detail/item156702/Gravity-Crash%E2%84%A2/ |url-status=dead }}}}{{vgrelease|NA|24 November 2009}}{{vgrelease|JP|24 December 2009}}PlayStation Portable
{{vgrelease|JP|26 August 2010|NA|20 July 2010|EU|21 July 2010{{cite web |url=http://uk.playstation.com/psn/games/detail/item229567/Gravity-Crash%E2%84%A2/ |title=Gravity Crash – PlayStation Network, PSN game |publisher=Uk.playstation.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-05 |archive-date=2016-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527044555/http://uk.playstation.com/psn/games/detail/item229567/Gravity-Crash%E2%84%A2/ |url-status=dead }}}}PlayStation Vita
{{vgrelease|NA|12 August 2014|EU|13 August 2014}}
|genre = Multidirectional shooter
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Gravity Crash is a 2009 multidirectional shooter video game developed by Just Add Water and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. Released on the PlayStation Network, a port for the PlayStation Portable was released in 2010. Its visual style pays homage to arcade games of the 1980s. A PlayStation Vita port was released in August 2014 under the title Gravity Crash Ultra.{{Cite web|url = http://www.jawltd.com/2013/08/gravity-crash-ultra-coming-to-playstation-vita/|title = "Gravity Crash Ultra" Coming to PlayStation VITA|date = 20 August 2013|access-date = 22 March 2014|archive-date = 26 March 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230326022257/http://www.jawltd.com/2013/08/gravity-crash-ultra-coming-to-playstation-vita/|url-status = dead}} The PlayStation Portable version was released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on July 12, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=Matt |date=2023-07-12 |title=July's PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium line-up includes It Takes Two, Undertale |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/julys-playstation-plus-extra-and-premium-line-up-includes-it-takes-two-undertale |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}
Gameplay
The player chooses a planet to visit from a top-level menu, and explores that planet in a two-dimensional side view. The planetary surfaces tend to be riddled with systems of caverns: manoeuvring through them while taking gravity into account is one of the game's principal challenges. Gravity Crash was inspired by three games in particular, Gravitar, Thrust and Oids.{{cite web|url=http://www.jawltd.com/?p=317|title=Gravity Crash Launch story|date=2009-11-20|last=Gilray|first=Stewart}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gravity-crash-review|title=Gravity Crash Review|date=2009-12-02|last=Welsh|first=Oli|publisher=Eurogamer|accessdate=2010-02-01}}
The player can choose one of two control modes: in the first, the player's craft can fire only in the direction it is currently facing. In the second, the direction of fire is independent of the craft's orientation, controlled by the second joystick on the controller.
As an extra the game includes a shooting mini-game titled Gold Grabber, which is similar to the arcade game Robotron: 2084.
Soundtrack
The game features music by video game musician Tim Wright, who composed a 16-track remix album and double 'A'-side single to complement the game.
Reception
Gravity Crash received mostly positive reviews. Play
References
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External links
- [http://www.jawltd.com/ Just Add Water website]
Category:Multidirectional shooters
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation Network games
Category:PlayStation Portable games
Category:PlayStation Vita games
Category:Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Category:Video games scored by Tim Wright (Welsh musician)
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom