2009 · Port · Just Add Water · Arcade · Shoot 'em up

Gravity Crash

PlayStation exclusivePort

Gravity Crash combines old school arcade gameplay with next-gen visuals, delivering a simple yet addictive experience. Pilot a spacecraft and tackle a variety of missions, from taking out enemy installations to rescuing stranded astronauts. Each planet is fraught with danger, from narrow, twisting tunnels to deadly creatures. Players can even create their own custom levels to share. You'll need quick wits and a precise, steady hand to survive the action in Gravity Crash.

Released: 24 November 2009
Platforms: PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita
Genres: Arcade Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: Just Add Water
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 7

About

Gravity Crash is a 2009 multidirectional shooter video game developed by Just Add Water and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. Released on the PlayStation Network, a port for the PlayStation Portable was released in 2010. Its visual style pays homage to arcade games of the 1980s. A PlayStation Vita port was released in August 2014 under the title Gravity Crash Ultra. The PlayStation Portable version was released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on July 12, 2023.

Keywords

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Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player chooses a planet to visit from a top-level menu, and explores that planet in a two-dimensional side view. The planetary surfaces tend to be riddled with systems of caverns: manoeuvring through them while taking gravity into account is one of the game's principal challenges. Gravity Crash was inspired by three games in particular, Gravitar, Thrust and Oids.

The player can choose one of two control modes: in the first, the player's craft can fire only in the direction it is currently facing. In the second, the direction of fire is independent of the craft's orientation, controlled by the second joystick on the controller.

Reception

Gravity Crash received mostly positive reviews. Play's reviewer stated that the only bad thing was the "insane" difficulty level. Edge's reviewer also mentioned the difficulty, calling Gravity Crash a "stern", if "unspectacular", challenge.