The final nindies@home demo I want to talk about is RIVE. Two Tribes, the developer, previously did the Toki Tori games. Those were pretty good games but vastly different from Rive. Can Two Tribes pull off a frantic shoot 'em up/hack 'em space shooter/platformer.....
If the demo is any indication then YES. Yes, they can.
The Rive demo starts you off in space and you'll think the game is just another outer space shooter at first. And then you go into a spaceship and the ship lands on the ground. You have to push the right Wii U gamepad trigger to jump and the left trigger to shoot. It works really well once you get use to it. You're still shooting stuff, so it just seems like a shooting/platformer at this point right? Nothing different there....wait...what?! You hack stuff?! Yes, you get the ability in the demo to hack control panels to open doors at first and then you get the ability to hack robots later on. Its really fun to hack stuff and there's a healing robot later on that is super helpful! This game is so much fun.
The Rive demo isn't huge but its not short either. It gives you a good look at the various things you'll be doing in the game, including a couple of boss fights!
As you can see from the screenshots, Rive is a beautiful game. The outer space stuff at the beginning is amazing look and the spaceship is incredible. There are many different types of environments in the ship and they all look great. I especially dug the underwater stuff and how bullets and missiles realistically slowed down as they hit the water. Two Tribes put a lot of attention to detail in this game.
It looks like Rive will be Two Tribes best game yet. The gameplay is solid and the graphics are very impressive. I had a lot of fun with this demo.
That said, the experience wasn't completely perfect. There were some framerate issues in the demo, especially when things got a bit frantic and that slowed things down a little. I hope that the developer fixes this for the full game.
Otherwise, I have nothing else to complain about. The Rive demo is fantastic. This game was barely on my radar before the demo and now I'm looking forward to seeing what the finished product looks like! You should keep your eye on Rive too!
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All of the above pictures were taken from the official Two Tribes website.
I'll be taking Friday off. I'm going to see Antman! I'll try to have a game blog entry up on the weekend.
If the demo is any indication then YES. Yes, they can.
The Rive demo starts you off in space and you'll think the game is just another outer space shooter at first. And then you go into a spaceship and the ship lands on the ground. You have to push the right Wii U gamepad trigger to jump and the left trigger to shoot. It works really well once you get use to it. You're still shooting stuff, so it just seems like a shooting/platformer at this point right? Nothing different there....wait...what?! You hack stuff?! Yes, you get the ability in the demo to hack control panels to open doors at first and then you get the ability to hack robots later on. Its really fun to hack stuff and there's a healing robot later on that is super helpful! This game is so much fun.
The Rive demo isn't huge but its not short either. It gives you a good look at the various things you'll be doing in the game, including a couple of boss fights!
As you can see from the screenshots, Rive is a beautiful game. The outer space stuff at the beginning is amazing look and the spaceship is incredible. There are many different types of environments in the ship and they all look great. I especially dug the underwater stuff and how bullets and missiles realistically slowed down as they hit the water. Two Tribes put a lot of attention to detail in this game.
It looks like Rive will be Two Tribes best game yet. The gameplay is solid and the graphics are very impressive. I had a lot of fun with this demo.
That said, the experience wasn't completely perfect. There were some framerate issues in the demo, especially when things got a bit frantic and that slowed things down a little. I hope that the developer fixes this for the full game.
Otherwise, I have nothing else to complain about. The Rive demo is fantastic. This game was barely on my radar before the demo and now I'm looking forward to seeing what the finished product looks like! You should keep your eye on Rive too!
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All of the above pictures were taken from the official Two Tribes website.
I'll be taking Friday off. I'm going to see Antman! I'll try to have a game blog entry up on the weekend.
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