With the PlayStation Move a little over a month old, there have been few games to take advantage of the motion controller so far. As purchasers of PlayStation Move will know, The Shoot demo came bundled with the hardware but did have a number of problems due to it being unfinished. The good news is that most of the problems have been ironed out and the game is a lot of fun to play.
- Experience an all-action shooter that challenges you to aim, fire and take down uniquely themed enemies using the PlayStation Move motion controller.
- Impress the Director and the critics to land more roles and have a shot at becoming the ultimate action movie star.
- Put yourself at the heart of the action on five themed sets using the PlayStation Move shooting attachment
- Team up with a friend, or go head to head to find out who's the biggest action hero star
The game takes place on various movie sets with you as the lead in each of them. The premise of the game is to shoot the enemies, thus the name of the game! You control the game with just the PlayStation Move controller, no need for the additional navigation controls here. Calibration is very simple to do just like it has been in most PlayStation Move titles so far; you just point the move at the PlayStation Eye camera and press down the move button.
Once you have calibrated the game you are ready to go. First up is the tutorial called Studio 101, this leads you through the controls which are pretty simple to get the hang of. To shoot, you point the move at the screen and a crosshair appears, you point at the enemies and shoot, yes it is that simple.
There are additional special moves in the game, which appear once you have built up a combo of kills. The first special move involves you spinning around while holding the Move controller; this launches a slow motion mode, which helps you take out enemies much easier. The next one has you point the controller at the floor and fire, this sends out a shockwave that kills all the enemies on the screen in one go. Finally we have you pointing the controller into the air and firing, this then allows you to fire repeatedly without ever worrying about missing anyone and ending your combo - this is great for building up a high score.
The games levels are set across popular movie settings, while each set contains four levels. The sets such as western, horror and science fiction and are filled to the brim with action and explosions throughout. There are some times during the game when you must be very careful where you shoot as there will be innocent bystanders being chased or walking through the levels; shooting them will result in a loss of points and having your combo reset. There will also be chained up women during some levels that need to have their locks shot off to free them, just be careful where you shoot!
Shoot too many innocents and the director will end the shoot, he will also end it if you receive too much damage during a level. The game also makes use of the PlayStation Move's inertial sensors to bring in tilt and motion gesture controls. For example, if someone fires rockets at you, if you lean left or right, you can avoid it. It works perfectly and adds a bit more immersion to the experience. There is also a gun draw mode, say in the western level you have do a quick draw. You point the controller at the floor, wait to be told to draw, pull up your controller, point at your enemy and fire. It's quite cool even if not that skillful.
The Shoot has a lot of trophies for you to gain, from completing the levels to picking up some of the extras strewn about the levels and killing certain enemies. There are also challenge modes and score modes for you to take part in.
Graphically the game is mixed, it looks a little dated at times, but the levels are full of explosions and there is always something going on around you. The level designs look good and although the enemies on each level can repeat, I do like the simple style of it. The game does suffer from some slow down on occasions when there is a lot happening on the screen, but this is quite rare.
Sound is mixed bag too, because while the music and voice work is good, the voice-over director used throughout the game while you play through the levels repeats the same comments over and over again. It is was perfectly fine at first, but this becomes really annoying and it would have been great if they could have added more variety to what he says.
There also appears to be very long load times throughout the game. For instance, the first menu screen takes some time to load and which can feel like forever. Not only is there loading troubles on the start screen, but some levels seem to have this same issue.
Although some people will argue that 'The Shoot' is very basic, some may even say the gameplay is dated, but it is a lot of fun to play and even better with friends. It was never aimed to be a deep, thoughtful game and it does exactly what you would expect an on-the-rails based shooter to be like. You can have a lot of fun with friends and trying to get the highest possible scores up on the online leaderboards. Overall, 'The Shoot' is one of the better PlayStation Move releases at the moment, its fun, great with friends and is very easy to just pick up and play.
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