A remaster of Shatter
Shatter returns in stunning 4K resolution running at 120fps, with a modernised UI, and multiple visual improvements. Re-experience the highly acclaimed original soundtrack, remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround sound. Travel through 10 distinct worlds and battle 9 unique bosses; packed with amazing physics effects, power-ups and special attacks. Take control of the playing field with the innovative “suck and blow” mechanic, altering the game to your benefit and charging up ultimate ability SHARDSTORM.
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Shatter was awesome on PS3 and it's still awesome today.
It's the best brick breaking game I've played. I love the OST and how creative the bosses get.
Sucking and blowing never felt so good
It's the best brick breaking game I've played. I love the OST and how creative the bosses get.
Sucking and blowing never felt so good
I'd been excited about Shatter Remastered Deluxe for months, but only after its release did I learn thanks to other users that it's not a remaster of the original but rather of a mobile port. Why anyone would choose to take such a circuitous path for a modern re-release of this arcade classic is quite beyond me, but the result is obvious and predictable.
I made a back-to-back comparison of the original 2010 Steam version of Shatter and this new "Remastered Deluxe" release, and it's a clear downgrade. Everything simply looks and sounds cheaper and thinner, and there's a bizarre and unforgivable choppiness to performance. I waited 12 days before testing to allow time for patches while staying inside the refund window, and it's still a dramatic disappointment.
Shatter is a wonderful game, but this is not the version of it that you should play. Buy the 2010 release on Steam for two bucks, give its .xml file a quick edit in Notepad to cover your modern resolution, and enjoy a vastly superior product to this so-called remaster.
I made a back-to-back comparison of the original 2010 Steam version of Shatter and this new "Remastered Deluxe" release, and it's a clear downgrade. Everything simply looks and sounds cheaper and thinner, and there's a bizarre and unforgivable choppiness to performance. I waited 12 days before testing to allow time for patches while staying inside the refund window, and it's still a dramatic disappointment.
Shatter is a wonderful game, but this is not the version of it that you should play. Buy the 2010 release on Steam for two bucks, give its .xml file a quick edit in Notepad to cover your modern resolution, and enjoy a vastly superior product to this so-called remaster.
Are you ever really finished with Shatter?
I purchased Shatter: Remastered Deluxe based on some high praise from ResetEra folks, and it's pretty much exactly what I expected. This is a very glossy, hi-res, faithful remaster of the game I loved on Ps3 and about a decade later I'm finding that it just doesn't scratch the itch I once had.
It's perfectly competent and contains all the thrills I remember from the original version, but if I am going to play something like this now I will most likely opt for a mobile game, or even a mobile version of Shatter. That's not to say the high framerate and 4k visuals aren't fantastic (they are!) I just didn't get as excited by this in the way I thought I would.
If it's your first time, there's lots to love. Give it a whirl. At $10 it's a great price.
I purchased Shatter: Remastered Deluxe based on some high praise from ResetEra folks, and it's pretty much exactly what I expected. This is a very glossy, hi-res, faithful remaster of the game I loved on Ps3 and about a decade later I'm finding that it just doesn't scratch the itch I once had.
It's perfectly competent and contains all the thrills I remember from the original version, but if I am going to play something like this now I will most likely opt for a mobile game, or even a mobile version of Shatter. That's not to say the high framerate and 4k visuals aren't fantastic (they are!) I just didn't get as excited by this in the way I thought I would.
If it's your first time, there's lots to love. Give it a whirl. At $10 it's a great price.