Category: Galaxis Wars

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In Clear Ink Studios’ new arcade action videogame Galaxis Wars, you’ll take the helm of a starship experiencing space combat. With a clean, sci-fi presentation and satisfying space warfare, it’s a decent investment for your head-mounted display (HMD).

The easily accessible shooter has you firing at waves of hostiles coming from all angles, as you pick off enemies as they come in increasing number and difficulty.

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Set in the year 2120, humanity is exploring the universe and have encountered a hostile enemy race – a simple pretence, but one that works. Preparing for combat, Galaxis Wars trains the player to take control of the VX-8700 Combat Drone.

In our review we said; “All in all Clear Ink Studios has created a title that’s a great little time killer. It’s not going to set the VR world on fire with amazing visuals or unique gameplay, but it doesn’t need to. Most players will blast through a bunch of waves, gaining a few upgrades here and there, then challenging a mate to do better. If you’re looking for a solid little title that re-imagines those old vertical shooters, then give Galaxis Wars a look.”

Galaxis Wars is available on Steam right now – if you want to see more of the game, be sure to watch our gameplay trailer below.

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Review: Galaxis Wars

Most gamers have favourite videogames which they play on rotation depending on what they like, are good at, or just fancy at any given point. A puzzle title here, a horror experience there, that’s the great thing about the medium it covers the majority of wants. While virtual reality (VR) videogames have begun to leave the shadow of short tech demos, with longer more engaging and immersive experiences focused on character building, or a deep storyline, there’s something to be said for visceral, arcade action that you can just pickup and play. And that’s the segment Clear Ink Studios’ Galaxis Wars nicely resides in.  

The best way of describing Galaxis Wars is by comparing it to vertical scrolling shoot-em-ups like Ikaruga. Rather than shooting down waves of enemies from the top of a screen you instead have them coming from all angles, having to destroy them as quickly as possible before your vision just gets over whelmed with enemies and laser fire, or you simply die.

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What’s nice about Galaxis Wars is it’s easy to pickup and play – you essentially do just that – grabbing a small spaceship in front of you with whichever controller you prefer (the other becomes redundant), that controller then becomes that ship. You can then move it in any direction you wish whilst firing your guns to destroy the onslaught of incoming hostiles. And that is it in terms of gameplay. It may not sound like much but sometimes the most addictive and revered videogames didn’t need to make things over complicated, just a finely tuned mix of difficulty and quality gameplay mechanics. Now that’s not to say Galaxis Wars is on the same level as Ikaruga, but for VR gamers it doesn’t do a bad job.

Galaxis Wars has two gameplay modes, a campaign and an endless mode, and it’s all about scoring as many points as possible. The campaign has 100 levels/waves to get through and you’ll certainly not manage it on your first try. To aid you – and to give the title some extra depth – kills earn you energy which can then be used to upgrade your ship. Getting deeper into the campaign also provides access to a better class of ship. These upgrades come in two flavours, active and passive, but they all essentially do a similar job. Active abilities are more expensive and give you bombs, healing, temporal distortions, and more, all of which can be further enhanced. While the passive abilities improve damage percentage, armour, energy collection and other useful items. These can then be stacked to further improve their effectiveness.

Galaxis Wars

All in all Clear Ink Studios has created a title that’s a great little time killer. It’s not going to set the VR world on fire with amazing visuals or unique gameplay, but it doesn’t need to. Most players will blast through a bunch of waves, gaining a few upgrades here and there, then challenging a mate to do better. If you’re looking for a solid little title that re-imagines those old vertical shooters, then give Galaxis Wars a look.

60%

Awesome

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Launching May 30th, ‘Galaxis Wars’ Expands on One of Valve’s Best VR Mini-games From ‘The Lab’

Valve’s The Lab is home to a number of fun mini-games, all of which feel like great blueprints for a full VR game. Developer Clear Ink Studios has stepped up to the plate to flesh out Valve’s unique VR ‘bullet-hell’ mini-game, Xortex, into a standalone experience dubbed Galaxis Wars.

Set to launch on Steam on May 30th, Galaxis Wars builds upon the same ‘bullet-hell’ gameplay from Xortex, but now with a more substantial experience featuring 100 waves and 20 unique upgrades.

In Galaxis Wars, your hand becomes your tiny drone ship (as if you were once again a child flying around a spaceship toy making accompanying sound effects; whoosh! pew pew pew!). Enemy ships fly all around you, firing deadly lasers which will kill you if they hit your ship. The resulting gameplay is part shooting, part strategy, and part dance, as you weave your ship through the hail of fire and try to destroy the enemy ships without getting caught off guard by a latent spray of lasers.

Photo courtesy Clear Ink Studios

As you defeat enemies you’ll collect energy which can be spent to upgrade your ship. Developer Clear Ink Studios says there are “20 unique upgrades” and while it isn’t clear yet exactly what they might be, we imagine the basics: improved armor, weapons, health regeneration, etc.

Photo courtesy Clear Ink Studios

If you can battle your way through the game’s 100 waves, the studio promises you’ll learn “the secret of the Galaxis Wars,” which, according to the game’s lore, you are training for via simulation.

Once you’ve conquered the 100 waves, there’s also an endless mode allowing for leaderboard competition.

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Galaxis Wars is due to launch on May 30th, priced at $12. The game’s Steam page currently only lists the Vive as officially supported, though it’s possible that the developer may expend that to include other headsets over time.

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Galaxis Wars Brings Interstellar Battle To HTC Vive Next Week

100 years in the future when man has had enough of fighting itself humanity will look to the stars and see… a whole new opportunity to blow things up.

Virtual reality (VR) videogame Galaxis Wars takes fighting into the future and the year 2120, where human kind has made contact with alien lifeforms and unfortunately they aren’t the sort interested in a cup of tea and a chat about expanding our view of the universe. Instead they’re more the ‘we turned your astronauts into swiss cheese’ type of aliens.

It’s interstellar warfare, but the military don’t send actual people into battle anymore, they instead have them pilot advanced drones. You are one such pilot. Taking control of the VX-8700 Combat Drone via the HTC Vive head-mounted display it’s up to you to take the virtual plunge into 100 waves of intense battle with the alien race known only as the Galaxis. The future of the very Earth is at stake.

Galaxis Wars is due out on Steam next week on Tuesday, May 30th 2017 and developer Clear Ink Studios is hosting a giveaway for users where they can win a code for the game. Winners are to be announced on release day. Oculus Rift support is also planned, according to the game’s website although it is not currently listed on the Steam page for the title.

VRFocus will bring you more news about Galaxis Wars and other VR offerings on Steam very soon.