Luftrausers

Josey Wales

Is anyone playing Luftrausers here? It was released last week on PSN. I'm not normally a fan of this type of game but I thought I would give it a try. It is pretty fun. Difficult but still fun.

For anyone that has played it, have you destroyed the blimp yet? I've only gotten it to spawn once and I have no idea how to get it back.

Otacon

Play it every day going into work. Got a blimp to spawn a few times but I've not been able to destroy it.

What config are you running with?

Josey Wales

Otacon wrote: »

Play it every day going into work. Got a blimp to spawn a few times but I've not been able to destroy it.

What config are you running with?

I generally stick with the original guns, the armor body so I can take more damage and switch between the original or superboost engine.

The nuke body is fun but doesn't offer much assistance while you are alive. I'd like to have it though if I ever get the blimp to respawn.

pixelburp

I was initially skeptical about the intentional, GameBoy'esque graphics, but ultimately they work with the game rather than against it, and it's a joy to play once you get used to the controls. Very tricky game but in a rewarding rather than punishing or frustrating way. I like the little touches such as how the soundtrack changes slightly depending on what loadout you're flying with.

My own preference is the default body, engine, but with the laser beam; I find it makes it easier to take out the ships ...

Otacon

I love the 'Scientist' - gungine (an engine that fires projectiles), the cannon (ridiculously powerful but slow rate of fire) and the armor body.

johnny_ultimate

Lost an entire afternoon to this game today. Fantastic stuff, as is perhaps to be expected from those crazy geniuses behind Ridiculous Fishing. There's something very special about simple mechanics hiding this amount of depth. It's clearly a game that has been revised and revised 'til it plays like a dream.

I tried the game on Vita and PS3, although thought the latter was by far the preferable option - neither the sticks nor the D-Pad on the former can match up to a proper controller for twitchy gameplay like this.

Josey Wales

I had to give up on this game. I only got the airship to appear three times but never managed to take it down.

johnny_ultimate

Josey Wales wrote: »

I had to give up on this game. I only got the airship to appear three times but never managed to take it down.

The Hellrauser does the job - fast boost, homing missiles and melee body. Stay in a straight line up high slowly taking down planes until the blimp spawns, and then a few fly throughs should do the job. Just need to be careful as your ship can only take three or four bullet hits. It was actually surprisingly easy with that strategy, given it can be a nightmare even taking down a battleship.

Now the real challenge is going to be managing it during an actual high score run :eek: