This article is about the 2011 remake. For the first video game in the series, see Yars' Revenge.
Yar's Revenge is a rail shootervideo game developed by Killspace Entertainment and published by Atari. It is a reboot of Yars' Revenge, a 1982 Atari 2600 shooter. It was released for Xbox Live Arcade on April 13, 2011, and Windows on April 28, 2011.[1][2] The game reinterprets the original's setting and characters, adopting anime graphics and making the formerly insect Yar race into four-armed humanoid aliens. A nameless Yar girl is brainwashed by the Qotile evil empire, but after she is shot down and rescued, she seeks revenge on her former master. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its graphics, but criticized its gameplay, sound, and lack of voice acting or online multiplayer functionality, calling it difficult to recommend even at its relatively low price point.
The player character (top left) shoots at enemies using a targeting reticle while flying over the landscape.
Yar's Revenge was the first major project from Killspace Entertainment, a studio made up of former Obsidian, Pandemic, Red 5, and EALA developers. Their primary focus had been on first and third-person action-adventure games with an emphasis on sci-fi and horror, but Killspace pitched the idea of a rail shooter to Atari, who wanted to make something "new and exciting" with the franchise.[3]
The game's environments were stated to be inspired by works by Hayao Miyazaki, with the game using an anime art style due to Killspace's experience with it. Artist Evan Cagle was stated to be a fan of the anime genre. The developers aimed for the gameplay to be "fast and frenetic".[3]
The game received an aggregate score of 55/100 for the Xbox 360 version and 56/100 for the Windows version on Metacritic, indicating mixed or average reviews.[1][2]
Matt Miller of Game Informer rated the game 7.5/10 points, calling it "competent", but held back from greatness by lack of enemy variety or variation in level design. Describing its story as "eclectic and oddly philosophical", he said that the adaptation's strangeness made it interesting. However, he noted that after the first couple of levels, the game became monotonous, and that it did not match the quality of other well-known rail shooters..[4]
Jon Michael of IGN rated the game 6/10 points, saying poor voice acting would have been better than no voice acting due to the difficulty reading the game's story, especially on a standard-definition television. He also criticized the lack of enemy variety, saying that there were only three major types from beginning to end. He called character movement inconsistent, and bemoaned the lack of online co-op, with only local co-op available. While saying it was "tailor-made" for shooter fans wanting a challenge, he found it difficult to recommend even for $10.[5]
Kristan Reed of Eurogamer rated the game 5/10 points, remarking that it was nonsensical to completely ignore the source material, and that while a game of "undeniable excellence" would have made up for the changes, the game's controls were "inelegant". Criticizing the need to pilot Yar and her targeting reticle independently, he called the game's encounters "underwhelming" despite "the occasional nod to the visual minimalism of Rez".[6] Heidi Kemps of GameSpot also rated the game 5/10 points, saying that while it had "great art design", the gameplay was "dull" despite being heavily inspired by Panzer Dragoon, Star Fox and Sin and Punishment. She called it a "prime example of squandered potential".[7]
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revenge, this, article, about, 2011, remake, first, video, game, series, yars, revenge, rail, shooter, video, game, developed, killspace, entertainment, published, atari, reboot, yars, revenge, 1982, atari, 2600, shooter, released, xbox, live, arcade, april, 2. This article is about the 2011 remake For the first video game in the series see Yars Revenge Yar s Revenge is a rail shooter video game developed by Killspace Entertainment and published by Atari It is a reboot of Yars Revenge a 1982 Atari 2600 shooter It was released for Xbox Live Arcade on April 13 2011 and Windows on April 28 2011 1 2 The game reinterprets the original s setting and characters adopting anime graphics and making the formerly insect Yar race into four armed humanoid aliens A nameless Yar girl is brainwashed by the Qotile evil empire but after she is shot down and rescued she seeks revenge on her former master The game received mixed reviews from critics who praised its graphics but criticized its gameplay sound and lack of voice acting or online multiplayer functionality calling it difficult to recommend even at its relatively low price point Yar s RevengeSteam thumbnail artworkDeveloper s Killspace EntertainmentPublisher s AtariSeriesYarsPlatform s Xbox 360 WindowsReleaseApril 13 2011 Xbox 360 April 28 2011 Windows Genre s Rail shooterMode s Single player multiplayerDevelopment edit nbsp The player character top left shoots at enemies using a targeting reticle while flying over the landscape Yar s Revenge was the first major project from Killspace Entertainment a studio made up of former Obsidian Pandemic Red 5 and EALA developers Their primary focus had been on first and third person action adventure games with an emphasis on sci fi and horror but Killspace pitched the idea of a rail shooter to Atari who wanted to make something new and exciting with the franchise 3 The game s environments were stated to be inspired by works by Hayao Miyazaki with the game using an anime art style due to Killspace s experience with it Artist Evan Cagle was stated to be a fan of the anime genre The developers aimed for the gameplay to be fast and frenetic 3 Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic55 100 Xbox 360 56 100 Windows Review scoresPublicationScoreEurogamer5 10Game Informer7 5 10GameSpot5 10IGN6 10 The game received an aggregate score of 55 100 for the Xbox 360 version and 56 100 for the Windows version on Metacritic indicating mixed or average reviews 1 2 Matt Miller of Game Informer rated the game 7 5 10 points calling it competent but held back from greatness by lack of enemy variety or variation in level design Describing its story as eclectic and oddly philosophical he said that the adaptation s strangeness made it interesting However he noted that after the first couple of levels the game became monotonous and that it did not match the quality of other well known rail shooters 4 Jon Michael of IGN rated the game 6 10 points saying poor voice acting would have been better than no voice acting due to the difficulty reading the game s story especially on a standard definition television He also criticized the lack of enemy variety saying that there were only three major types from beginning to end He called character movement inconsistent and bemoaned the lack of online co op with only local co op available While saying it was tailor made for shooter fans wanting a challenge he found it difficult to recommend even for 10 5 Kristan Reed of Eurogamer rated the game 5 10 points remarking that it was nonsensical to completely ignore the source material and that while a game of undeniable excellence would have made up for the changes the game s controls were inelegant Criticizing the need to pilot Yar and her targeting reticle independently he called the game s encounters underwhelming despite the occasional nod to the visual minimalism of Rez 6 Heidi Kemps of GameSpot also rated the game 5 10 points saying that while it had great art design the gameplay was dull despite being heavily inspired by Panzer Dragoon Star Fox and Sin and Punishment She called it a prime example of squandered potential 7 References edit a b Yar s Revenge Metacritic Retrieved 2023 04 03 a b Yar s Revenge Metacritic Retrieved 2023 04 03 a b Callaham John 2011 03 22 Exclusive We chat with the producer of Yars Revenge BigDownload Archived from the original on 2011 03 22 Retrieved 2023 04 04 Miller Matt 2011 04 13 Review Yar Returns With A New Look Game Informer Retrieved 2023 04 04 Michael Jon 2011 04 18 Yar s Revenge Review IGN Archived from the original on 2011 04 18 Retrieved 2023 04 03 Reed Kristan 2011 04 22 Download Games Roundup Eurogamer p 3 Retrieved 2023 04 04 Kemps Heidi 2011 04 25 Yar s Revenge Review for Xbox 360 GameSpot GameSpot Archived from the original on 2011 04 25 Retrieved 2023 04 04 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yar 27s Revenge amp oldid 1183055484, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
