Ok, back to work here…

The latest Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet trailer might be old news now, as it’s had lots of attention in the last few weeks. I’d like to comment on it anyway, though.

The game looks fantastic, and appears to be an “all-azimuth” shooter. It doesn’t seem to have forced scrolling, and in this sense merges some platforming mechanics in with the shmup stuff. Hope this all works out, it should (at least on paper). There’s also an implied back story (alien explorer, all alone…) that I hope remains a subtle theme rather than something forced upon us through cut scenes. No need to spoil the mythos!

My main concern right now is the platforms the game will release for. It looks like the XBox 360 is the front-runner. That should mean a PC release. After all, a 360 is just a hobbled PC, right? And I already have one of those…

Anyway, this is a highly anticipated release in my household. Can’t wait to play this.