Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Hands-On With The Shoot For PS3 Move
On rails shooters are a natural fit for Wii, and now Sony’s jumping into the genre boasting HD and better control. We tried The Shoot to see if Move can deliver in this department.
The game, developed by Cohort Studios, is based on a series of five Hollywood movie genres including western, mobster, robots, haunted house, and something called “Deep Perils,” which sounds like it could be set in a mine or something. Each genre has four levels for a total of 20.
We played the western level which consisted of slightly animated shooting gallery pop-up gunmen coming to get us. This is a family game so these guys just bust into wooden pieces rather than bloody giblets. The Move pointer feels extremely accurate and makes it easy to rack up kill combos. Explosive barrels litter the environment and provide major points. Rather than fire a six-gun, some enemies throw knives that you can either shoot or dodge. You actually have to crouch down in real life to get behind cover or lean to the side to avoid damage. If an enemy is right up in your business, you can punch towards the screen for a melee attack. The most powerful move, however, happens when you aim the Move remote at the ground and fire, causing a shockwave that wipes out all onscreen enemies.
After our quick hands-on, The Shoot seems like an enjoyable breezy time and gives us hope for HD on-rail shooter experiences like the upcoming Dead Space Extraction port included with the PS3’s version of Dead Space 2.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
