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Retro/Grade Does It Backwards

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Shooting, rhythm, and the magic of time travel collide in this new PSN shooter.

Sony's official blog posted up a trailer for this slick-looking shooter, Retro/Grade.

  
 So... it's a space shooter, but you play it in reverse. This turns it into more of a rhythm game, since you need match up your ship's location with the shots that you've fired... or that you will fire... uh... in the future. OK, it's a little touch to describe, but it sort of reminds me of Bit.Trip Beat, since you're sort of moving up and down to "catch" shots that are heading in your direction. According to the game's developer--24 Caret Games--you'll be able to play Retro/Grade with a guitar controller, if that's your thing. That sounds like a pretty cool touch.

No release date for the PSN versions has been mentioned yet, but the game was a finalist at the Independent Games Festival, and the PC demo used at IGF is available from Steam.
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@C_Rakestraw said:
" @Pie said:
" Only 10 songs... "
Hey, ten songs are better than three -- the amount the Bit.Trip games have per installment. And for all we know, there could be plans to release more songs via download. "
Oh, i dont really play games like this so thought that was a low number. Thanks
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Cool looking game, with a nice modern take.

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looks cool

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Made sense after watching video.

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i would be way more intrested if they werent calling it a shooter because all it looks like is a simple rhythm game , which is fine but they seem to be relying on the fact that its the "first shooter you play in reverse"
 edit :10 songs?

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yeah, its a rhythm game

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Disney needs to get that supposedly super elite (guitar) tone recognition software they've been showing a few E3's ago and make it where you can play these plastic guitar controllable games with a real guitar. Just assign a chord or note to a colored button function and get some experience in a skill you might be able to actually use.

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Well it looks like a desparate PSN gimmick if it wasn't also coming out to the PC, think I'll stick with the 360 where the exclusive live arcade games look 100x more fun than this.

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@fox01313 said:
Well it looks like a desparate PSN gimmick if it wasn't also coming out to the PC, think I'll stick with the 360 where the exclusive live arcade games look 100x more fun than this.
The guys making this are independent, not Sony, so calling it a PSN gimmick makes no sense. Also, bringing up XBLA for no reason and saying it's "100x more fun" makes you look immature and sound like a fanboy.