What goes up, doesn't always come down.
Gravity Rush was originally one of the PlayStation Vita's showpiece titles to show what the system could do. I must say that it's still a stand out title for both it's unique gameplay mechanics and exceptional art.
The storyline follows Kat, a girl that wakes up with amnesia on a floating city. Her only companion is a cat she names Dusty who appears to be made of time and space granting Kat powers to manipulate gravity. She then proceeds to explore this city to find it being attacked by strange creatures called Nevi and using her powers fights them off. The story sadly is the one real weak aspect of Gravity Rush, it's sort of a meandering mess that doesn't really explain a lot. While you meet some interesting characters the conclusion of the game is more questions than answers, it was a let down.
Fortunately the gameplay department is where Gravity Rush shines. Kat being able to change the direction in which gravity effects her can essentially fly. Pressing R1 will make Kat float, aim where you want the gravity to be regardless of direction and off Kat will whoosh. This can be done as you are traveling in the air to change direction as you wish and honestly it's a lot of fun as a way to travel around as well as fight, kicking Nevi while using gravity to fly around them for better ways to attack.
You have a limited amount of time you can use these powers though with a bar that slowly drains until it runs out causing the natural gravity to kick in, depending on where you are can send you plummeting. This bar as well as various attack skills and other core powers can be upgraded using precious gems which the city uses to power itself. These gems are scattered around the rooftops and underbelly of the city to explore and collect. Each attack or skill has various levels of strength that open up as Kat's reputation grows in the city, so by the end of the game you can practically fly around and do what you want as the bar moves so slowly it doesn't matter anymore. Power!
Outside of the main story missions and exploring the city areas there are challenge missions and side quests to complete. Challenge missions are often things like time trials either in a variety of races or killing enemies. Do it under a certain time to beat them rewards you with more precious gems to upgrade Kat with. The side missions are part of the three downloadable content packs that come with Gravity Rush remastered (The Maid pack, Spy pack, Special Forces pack) Each of these give Kat a new playable costume to wear as well as a couple of new missions each with a variety of characters, some new, some from the main game.
I never played it originally on the Vita, so going in completely fresh Bluepoint has done an amazing job with the remaster. The game runs amazingly and honestly I've seen worse looking PS4 native titles. Some of the areas are huge to explore and zoom around with as Kat. The frame rate was incredibly smooth and the cel shaded visuals work perfectly with the game. What really helps all of this for me is the fantastic colour palette with hues of green, yellow and red. The further an object is away you just get an outline almost like a sketch. It's a wonderfully artistic game. The music is surprisingly pleasant to go with it, each city area has it's own theme.
In summary, Gravity Rush is an extremely fun game that looks amazing and is a blast to play, I just wish it had more direction in it's narrative.
Recommended.
+ Gravity powers are extremely fun to use.
+ Bluepoint did a great remaster job.
+ Very artistic game, looks and sounds fantastic.
- Story doesn't really go anywhere.
Gravity Rush was originally one of the PlayStation Vita's showpiece titles to show what the system could do. I must say that it's still a stand out title for both it's unique gameplay mechanics and exceptional art.
The storyline follows Kat, a girl that wakes up with amnesia on a floating city. Her only companion is a cat she names Dusty who appears to be made of time and space granting Kat powers to manipulate gravity. She then proceeds to explore this city to find it being attacked by strange creatures called Nevi and using her powers fights them off. The story sadly is the one real weak aspect of Gravity Rush, it's sort of a meandering mess that doesn't really explain a lot. While you meet some interesting characters the conclusion of the game is more questions than answers, it was a let down.
Fortunately the gameplay department is where Gravity Rush shines. Kat being able to change the direction in which gravity effects her can essentially fly. Pressing R1 will make Kat float, aim where you want the gravity to be regardless of direction and off Kat will whoosh. This can be done as you are traveling in the air to change direction as you wish and honestly it's a lot of fun as a way to travel around as well as fight, kicking Nevi while using gravity to fly around them for better ways to attack.
You have a limited amount of time you can use these powers though with a bar that slowly drains until it runs out causing the natural gravity to kick in, depending on where you are can send you plummeting. This bar as well as various attack skills and other core powers can be upgraded using precious gems which the city uses to power itself. These gems are scattered around the rooftops and underbelly of the city to explore and collect. Each attack or skill has various levels of strength that open up as Kat's reputation grows in the city, so by the end of the game you can practically fly around and do what you want as the bar moves so slowly it doesn't matter anymore. Power!
Outside of the main story missions and exploring the city areas there are challenge missions and side quests to complete. Challenge missions are often things like time trials either in a variety of races or killing enemies. Do it under a certain time to beat them rewards you with more precious gems to upgrade Kat with. The side missions are part of the three downloadable content packs that come with Gravity Rush remastered (The Maid pack, Spy pack, Special Forces pack) Each of these give Kat a new playable costume to wear as well as a couple of new missions each with a variety of characters, some new, some from the main game.
I never played it originally on the Vita, so going in completely fresh Bluepoint has done an amazing job with the remaster. The game runs amazingly and honestly I've seen worse looking PS4 native titles. Some of the areas are huge to explore and zoom around with as Kat. The frame rate was incredibly smooth and the cel shaded visuals work perfectly with the game. What really helps all of this for me is the fantastic colour palette with hues of green, yellow and red. The further an object is away you just get an outline almost like a sketch. It's a wonderfully artistic game. The music is surprisingly pleasant to go with it, each city area has it's own theme.
In summary, Gravity Rush is an extremely fun game that looks amazing and is a blast to play, I just wish it had more direction in it's narrative.
Recommended.
+ Gravity powers are extremely fun to use.
+ Bluepoint did a great remaster job.
+ Very artistic game, looks and sounds fantastic.
- Story doesn't really go anywhere.