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Gridrunner Revolution is out now, go play the demo photo

Put down that acid, Jimmy! You don't need drugs when you've got Llamasoft's Gridrunner Revolution.

The demo for the game is now available, as is the full $20 product. Similar to the studio's previous game Space Giraffe, summing up my experience with Gridrunner Revolution is tricky. At first, I thought I understood what I was doing; what a fool I was.

Weird shapes started flying at me, the sun's gravity decided to f*ck with my bullets, the number of sheep references and brightly-colored explosions tripled every passing second ... yes, this is a game I'm still talking about. It's hard to say if I had "fun" per se, but the game was at the very least entertaining.

I think everyone should try the demo if only because Gridrunner Revolution is so out of its mind that it can't be passed up. A word of caution, though: reading text on your computer after playing is not recommended.


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Anjo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 13:45
Anjo
So why isn't this being released on PSN or XBLA? This actually looks interesting in stark contrast to Space Giraffe. (Did Space Giraffe bomb that hard?)
GamesAreArt's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 13:47
GamesAreArt
I'm downloading, even though I doubt my pc can run it.
Rabite's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 13:52
Rabite
Anjo: Frogger outsold it. That should tell you enough. Space Giraffe was... what are the words I'm looking for? DOG SHIT.
Rabite's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 13:59
Rabite
mkshiranui: No. Jeff Minter, the guy behind Space Giraffe and Gridrunner Revolution apparently has a massive sheep fetish. Also notice the name of the company is Llamasoft. Every game he's done has massive amounts of references to them. It's actually a bit suspicious.
Facemeat's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 14:12
Facemeat
@Rabie: It's really not that suspicious. Minter lives on a farm and raises llamas, sheep, and other animals.
By the way, I'll be sure to try this game (if my computer can handle its awesomeness). I'm a huge fan of his work, from Tempest 2000 to Space Giraffe.
ErbilT's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 14:13
ErbilT
I am actually really looking forward to playing this. Although I understand that Space Giraffe isn't everyone's cup of tea, it was a very competent game underneath the psychedelic backgrounds and a very satisfying arcade experience.
bVork's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 14:22
bVork
Space Giraffe was more than competent. It was a masterpiece. Gridrunner Revolution isn't grabbing me in quite the same way, but that might be due to the demo only containing early levels from each difficulty - I would have liked to see one or two of the later levels thrown in. At any rate, I'm almost certainly going to buy it.
ErbilT's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 14:40
ErbilT
@bVork: Yeah, I understated the awesomeness of Space Giraffe because I already made a blog posting singing it's praises. If you are interested, you can read it on the link posted below.

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/ErbilT/gamerpass-space-giraffe-133867.phtml

It's hands down one of my favorite X360 games.
Rabite's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 14:45
Rabite
Wow all 3 people of the Jeff Minter defense force in one place. We should fumigate.
Polymath's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 21:21
Polymath
@Rabite Make it 4. Space Giraffe is a great game. The visuals do get crazy, but that's Minter's style. I've been a fan since Tempest 2000. I'll be DLing this asap.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 21:24
Dexter345
Jeff Minter? No thanks.
tysonmock's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 22:37
tysonmock
If Minter could legally send a hit of LSD with every purchase he would be considered God by all those that took it and then played his games. Me personally, I don't need the LSD
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