Platypus is a side-scrolling shooter with fun graphics, silly sound effects, and customizable difficulty levels. The real novelty in this game is found in the claymation-style visuals -- everything from the ships to the landscapes to the explosions app...
Abstract: As a fan of shooters, I'm excited that the PSP has an addition to its library that will entertain my ilk. Not to mention its nifty claymation style; almost everything in the game is modeled to look like little Wallace and Gromit pieces. That's neat, an...
Unique, colorful graphics; simple but thoroughly solid gameplay.
Stages drag on for a bit too long; bosses are kind of dull; some enemy attacks are difficult to see coming.
I must confess - Im a 2D shooter nut. I follow announcements of new Japanese arcade shooters and hang around on message boards where people regularly post topics like "Whats your favorite bullet color?" But even though Im a big fan of the genre, I d...
Abstract: One of my earliest memories is of sitting back and watching the magic of the then-cool claymation magic that was Gumby on television and then running to my local arcade where 2D side-scrolling classics like Defender ate all of my quarters. So imagine m...
PC gamers had the luxury of countless shareware and freeware shooters over the past two decades, and consoles have always had a decent supply of side and vertical scrolling shooters. Platypus definitely fills a void in the PSP library and delivers sol...
