Time To Eat Some Gravity With Gravity Core

Gravity Core begins with an unknown force that has taken control of the fledgling mining colony in the Mars/Jupiter asteroid belt. Earth’s military cruisers are unable to navigate the confines of the asteroids. As the only mining pilot on the outside, that just leaves you! 

Sounds like a winning plot to me, but what makes this such a unique title is that it has incorporated into its control scheme the 360 game pad. Because we all know using a keyboard for this game would be a son of a bitch to control. 

So why should you spend the $11.99 for this title, well check out the demo here and find out for yourself. So get to it skippy and start playing some Gravity Core, I already am.

You can read the press release below.

GRAVITY CORE – UPDATE (v1.51)

One man development outfit Suisoft is pleased to announce release of an update to Gravity Core. This release fixes a few minor issues found since v1.50:

* XBOX 360 wireless gamepads will have default controls set up automatically (previously only wired controllers).

* DirectX (software mode) refresh rate issue on some older laptop video drivers.

* Work to reinstate compatibility with Windows 9x.

Version 1.50 incorporated many significant improvements:

Control Scheme

Many players suggested a ‘dual stick’ approach instead of the classic Asteroids style controls. A completely new control scheme is now available, where movement can be directly mapped to one thumb stick and aiming onto the other.

A ‘dual stick’ controller is required to take advantage of the new control method, for example the Microsoft XBOX 360 Controller for Windows.

The new controls make the game much easier to play, particularly for beginners and players used to console games and console controllers.

Difficulty Levels

The Campaign and Player vs Player modes now have difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, Hardcore and Insane. The Hardcore difficulty is approximately the same as v1.02.

Difficulty levels affect damage received, enemy fire rates, fuel consumption and availability, number of ships.

The visual effects on explosions, shots and glow effects have been improved, making the game much more spectacular. You can see some new screenshots here:
http://www.suisoft.co.uk/gravitycore/index.htm#screenshots

Numerous tweaks have also been made to make gameplay more balanced and forgiving. For example, it is much harder to crash into fuel and the ground (on Easy/Normal).

The full game is only 11.99 USD or 5.99 GBP. With millions of procedurally generated levels and unscripted, dynamic, free roaming enemies there’s plenty of replay value for the low price.

GAME FEATURES:

• 50+ Levels of intense fighting and daring rescues.
• Take on dynamic, free-roaming adversaries. No battle is ever the same.
• Tear up enemies with plasma, cannon shells, gattling guns, missiles and devastating frag bombs.
• Campaign decisions affect resistance encountered.
• Randomly generated campaigns offer practically infinite replay value.
• Fight side by side in co-operative play.
• Blow each to bits in Player vs Player.