Разработчик: Meridian4
Описание
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
- Процессор: 1 GHz
- Оперативная память: 256 MB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX
- DirectX: версии 9.0c
- Место на диске: 250 MB
- Звуковая карта: Windows DirectSound compatible sound card
- Дополнительно: Mouse, Keyboard
Отзывы пользователей
I had to run the game in Windows 8 Compatibility mode since it kept refusing to launch with this cryptic error message:
"Application Error
Your computer system is unable to run this application due to: Graphics Software or Hardware"
My Windows 10 gaming system is relatively modern with a RX Vega64 GPU and up-to-date drivers.
The highest resolution is 1280x960 with no 16:9 options available.
The controls are dumb and no way to change it.
There is no soundtrack.
Awesome graphics, great gameplay, I used mouse and keyboard, and the controls (even thrusters) are very intuitive, nice game.
I can't even finish this game because it just ended up being repetitive and bland. All the enemies feel the same and the round are either incredibly difficult or incredibly easy. It was a bit fun for the first 10 minutes but when i realized that i had essentially gone through the entire strategy and basics for the game it just became menial work. The other huge problem is that a good portion of the mechanics are useless 90% of the time. Like moving...... which is only efficient when your getting the M capsules or avoiding the occasional boss rush. Or charging..... which does as much damage as its spray fire counterparts. Over all this just was not fun to play at all and i can't really recommend this to anyone.
What a lot of people aren't aware is that this game is actually REALLY old. That's why you see a lot of "bruh dis gaem doeznt support 1920x1080".
The game didn't come out in 2015, it came out before Team Fortress 2 was halfway done in development. This game was also present on the WildTangent launcher for those of us old enough to remember what that even is. Back then computers weren't that great, but this game was pretty damn cool for my super low-spec PC. Naturally it can't compete with more modern stuff like Nova Cluster or Beat Hazard, but anyone telling you it's a ripoff hasn't done any research or has ZERO prior background knowledge of this game.
TL;DR: Game is older than the "release date", that's when it was added to Steam. VERY old game lacking "modern" specs.
Get it for the nostalgia, for those of you that know the old WildTangent games launcher.
If you liked Asteroids then...
Tags: Shootemup & Bullet Hell
Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library
TLDR: Shoot drifting debris and avoid the exploding bits in a momentum management blurry single screen schmup without proper Xboxpad controls. UI is very poor.
The AI seems unresponsive or non existant. Things just drift on the screen, you shoot them, the trick is to use self restraint and use a bit of strategic shooting. Movement is with thrusters and does build up momentum that can take a tiny bit to reverse. The game is slow overall, with things drifting slowly, your thrusters igniting slowly, and things breaking apart slowly. There is still chaos in that when fragments spawn their directions are randomized and them popping into the arena does not feel fluid and can oddly enough catch by surprise.
Xbox360 pad did not work as I expected and I quickly abandonned trying using it.
Conclusion: The game does have charm in that it sticks to a known entertaining formula but the execution here has all the flaws you would look for when looking for lower quality titles. I would recommend sticking to geometry wars and removing this for decluttering purposes.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/8400/Geometry_Wars_Retro_Evolved/
The idea of remaking classic arcade games is somewhat of a niche these days. Dark Matter grabs this niche and propels us back to 1979 when Asteroids was released in arcades. The game is simple: each level takes place on one screen and our objective is to destroy everything that moves. Most of these are meteorites but later on enemy ships will appear, too.
We can use thrusters to move when the going gets rough; leaving the screen on one side makes our ship reappear on the opposite one. As we destroy objects our weapon receives upgrades; we can also collect multiplier pickups to increase our score. Reaching a new score milestone gives us extra lives and bombs; the latter can be used to eliminate everything in a large radius once and for all.
The game has simplistic graphics (a low resolution is applied) we cannot change as well as built-in achievements (i.e. these are not logged separately on our Steam profile). A campaign mode offers dozens of missions that increase the difficulty level gradually but I find this and the related "story" in the form of a text unnecessary - this game is all about surviving as long as possible and its challenge mode gives us the opportunity. The accompanying music throughout, too, serves its purpose.
This game is a throw-back to the golden era of arcade games. I would love to play another version of this with revamped, HD graphics and some more achievements; in the meantime, this version will do.
Awesome game! Really great thing to kill some time while doing nothing at work!
I remember finding this game when I was 10, now I'm actually good at it. Its a fun game if you are looking to kill half an hour.
In a world where people work full time to shoot rocks in space.
Essentially another version of Asteroids where gunshots sound like Star Wars Blasters.
6/10
I live in the country and just went through a septic tank (sewage) problem and out of just fun I was thinking heh let's play this game "Darm Matter" since the name itself reminded me of my poop experience recently. well what I didn't expect is for this experience to get worse. First a big foot slaps up on the scream for the companies logo of what appeasrs to be flying poop of all shapes and sizes. So, I start up a campaign and start firing away at this floating poo and all be the firing sounds like terds going into a toilet. Then trying to figure out the controls which wasn't WASD I get pop up tutorial and thrust uncontrablly into the flying poo while firing terd noises and collide with the upmost and grossest plop noise like more poo hitting the bottom of a sceptic.
Now if you've ever played Asteroids on Atari then picture than with flying crap on the scream with toilet noises to match and you get Dark Matter.
Any game that reminds me of my sewage experience with a name to match with flying terds and noises too match is thumbs down. I should be paid for the nightmares about terds I will have I am forever mentally damaged from this game.
Bottom line:
It's a terd of a game.....LITERALLY.
This is a great little game especially if you can get it on sale for only a dollar. I already put in maybe 6 good hours, it's fun, the game is hard, the difficulty comes from actually flying your ship since you use thrusters and the only way to slow your momentum is to fire the thrusters in the opposite direction of your current momentum otherwise you keep sliding all over the place. You can shoot asteroids which is the main objective in the game, little alien enemy ships spawn sometimes throughout the game that you need to focus down, some of them shoot lazer beams at you that you can shoot and homing missiles that you can shoot, some of them throw out death beam lazers that you can't shoot that you just have to move to avoid, and there's occasionally a boss fight like what's in the video preview for the game the really big ships that take up half the screen. It is a great game, i was pleasantly surprised by it, I recommend, if it looks like you might enjoy this by watching the preview video I recommend trying it, it's fun.
Awesome Game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiQS90HjQC8&list=UUWT1CHXAQhlPjvLh2llum2w
So awesome and fun in my opinion that I decided to try and promote this game (all on my own.. I have no ties or links to the development of this game). This game's controls are very close to the old school Asteroids, a favorite arcade game from my childhood back in the early 1980's.
I am offering a 'high score' contest, and whoever can post video gameplay of the highest score by next Sunday, March 8, at 7pm Eastern US time, will win a Steam copy of 'Zombie Army Trilogy'.. not yet released (launches on Steam on 3/6/15) with a value of $44.99 USD!!
This game plays great either with your mouse (no keyboard at all) -OR- a controller. With the mouse, it's actually pretty easy to control your ship. Left mouse button is fire, Right mouse button is your thrust, and the middle mouse button is your bomb which you'll need to conserve and use sparingly and in those do-or-die moments. With a controller, you'll only use the left stick to point your ship, buttom button is fire, right-most button is thrust, and top-most button is your bombs.
This game has two game modes.. An objective mode where you clear waves of rocks and enemy spaceships that get progressively harder and an endless challenge mode where you the enemies and rocks never stop, you just keep playing trying to achieve a high score and the game ends when you eventually run out of lives.
Sadly, high scores for this game are only kept on your local computer. Missing a internet based high score list to compete against would have been a nice feature, and makes this game feel like it's missing something important.
More and higher graphics resolution options (especially for widescreen monitors) should also have been here.
I do love how enemy ships, even early on have pretty good AI and will try and flank you from multiple angles, and might even turn away from you and "run" at times.
All-in-all, this is one of the best Asteroid re-makes I've ever played, even though the graphics are certainly no where in the ballpark of shinier options like Geometry Wars and Super Stardust.
Even with the missing universal high scores and graphics options (which I hope the developer adds later) .. I give this game an 8.5 out of 10. For $5 USD, it delivers a solid arcade action game that would make it's grandfather, arcade Asteroids of 1979 very proud.
Asteroids clone with some very minor upgrades. Weapons upgrades persist after death, but reset at the start of each stage, which is frustrating. Get it on sale.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Meridian4 |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 20.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 71% положительных (14) |