Super Stardust HD: Difference between revisions

''Super Stardust HD'' is a downloadable game for the [[Play Station 3]] video game console developed by the Finnish company Housemarque. In Japan it is known as ''Star Strike HD.''

 

 

 

The objective of Super Stardust HD is to score as many points as possible by destroying rocks and enemies. The player controls a small fighter that can move in any direction on a spherical shield surrounding a planet, while simultaneously firing in any direction independent of its movement. The ship is equipped with three unlimited-fire weapons ('Rock Crusher', 'Gold Melter', and 'Ice Splitter'), a limited arsenal of bombs, and a boost capability that grants a brief moment of invincibility and recharges after use. The player can upgrade their ship's primary weapons, equip the ship with a single-use shield, earn extra lives and points, and increase their supply of bombs, by collecting power-up tokens dropped by certain rocks and enemies. The game is over when the player has lost all of their lives.

''Super Stardust HD'' provides several modes of play, such as arcade, planet mode, and endless each with their own online leaderboards. The default game mode, Arcade, takes the player through a series of five planets, each consisting of five main phases, the last of which is a boss battle. Planet Mode allows the player to play any one of five planets in the same way, ending the game after the planet is complete. Both of these modes support both single-player and two-player cooperative play. Endless mode is where you face an endless wave of enemies where you try to get the highest score.

 

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* [[Asteroid Thicket]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in later planets and phases.

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Each of your weapons is more effective against certain asteroids than another. Additionally, certain enemies are more effectively destroyed with certain weapons.

* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: In addition to the asteroids, there are a variety of infuriating enemy ships to deal with. Each planet ends with a [[Boss Fight]].

* [[Meaningless Lives]]: Averted. Extra Life tokens are rare, but good players can amass lives every 10 million points. They will need them on later Arcade Normal loops.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: This game can become this, especially on higher loops on Arcade Normal.

* [[Nitro Boost]]: Your ship can boost to quickly escape tight situations and knock asteroids out of the way. It also inflicts damage on anything your ship touches and grants temporary invincibility.

* [[Pinball Scoring]]: With a high multiplier, scores can skyrocket. In Arcade Normal mode, players can play as long as their lives can last them. The top scores all time on the leaderboards top 1.5 to 1.8 ''billion'' points.

* [[Zerg Rush]]: In non-Arcade game modes, swarms of red pyramids called Followers bear down towards your ship in vast numbers. If you are caught with low-level weaponry in a high level of [[Dynamic Difficulty]], be prepared to be mercilessly overwhelmed and die a swift death.

 

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