2000 · Success · Shoot 'em up · Shooter
Sanvein
PlayStation exclusive
Sanvein is a fast-paced top down shooter where time is of the essence and every moment counts. The main computer of the self-sufficient space colony Utopia, called St. Schutz, has gone haywire. The goal of the game is to escape from Utopia.
- Released
- 30 March 2000
- Platforms
- PlayStationPlayStation 3PlayStation Portable
- Genres
- Shoot 'em upShooter
- Developers
- Success
- Publishers
- Midas Interactive Entertainment
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- ACB GCERO AUSK 6GRAC ALLESRB E
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean
About
Sanvein (ザンファイン, Zanfain), known in North America as Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein, is a top-down, multidirectional shooter developed by Success in 2000. Players can select different floors of various complexes to do battle with various enemies and bosses. Although the story is very vague, the game involves the attempt to escape from, and ultimately destroy, a giant space station called St. Schutz, a suggestively corrupted utopia; the player controls the titular Sanvein on such an attempt by battling with the station's defense mechanisms.
Keywords
- playstation network
- digital distribution
- psone classics
- twin stick control
- playstation tv support
- backwards compatibility
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The game is laid out in an arcade type format. The player's ship is modular, in that they can select a body and parts from three different types. The body determines their ship's movement and normal attack, while the latter defines their special weapon. The choices include Gluon, Photon and Graviton.
The Gluon body fires attack patterns in spread-shots while Gluon parts launch a barrage of missiles, the Photon body fires concentrated shots and its parts unleashed a short-range laser blade. Finally, the Graviton body fires explosive bullets and its parts drop land mines.
Reception
The game received mixed to unfavorable reviews in the United States. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.
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