ئیتان کریگەر سەرنوسەری کۆمپانیای DualShockers ە، کە تێیدا پێداچوونەوە، ڕێنمایی، لیست، تایبەتمەندی، پێشبینی، چاوپێکەوتن و هەواڵی یاریکردن دەگرێتەوە. لە ساڵی ٢٠١٧ وەک نووسەری وەرزشی دەستی بە نووسین کردووە بە شێوەیەکی پیشەگەرانە پێش ئەوەی لە ساڵی ٢٠٢٤ بچێتە ناو ڕووماڵکردنی یارییەکانەوە لەگەڵ کۆمپانیای DualShockers.
As the middle child in my family, I think I have a special sort of soft spot for co-op games. My brother is five years older than me, and was already a pretty experienced gamer once I was ready to hold a controller too. But once that age hit, we were off and running, playing anything and everything together on the NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64 we grew up with.
And even when my brother perhaps started to age out of our co-op sessions, now too bogged down with actual homework, after-school activities, and teenage responsibilities, I was able to partner up with my younger sister, who was now ready to step in as my gaming protégé as I’d ascended the ranks to master.
Of course, we all kind of know the story that eventually followed after. Couch co-op titles mostly died out with the rise of online and massively multiplayer games. A once vibrant subgenre of gaming largely fell by the wayside despite couch co-op really being one of the biggest reasons why the hobby has reached the heights of the modern day.
Thankfully, some teams have stepped in to carry the torch, with the obvious example being Hazelight Studio, purveyors of the top-tier of narrative/action couch co-op titles these days. And now, following in these footsteps and looking to add to the storied history of co-op gaming a lot of us grew up with, we have Orbitals on the Switch 2, which is more than worth sitting down with a buddy to blast through over a weekend if you’ve got a spare six or seven hours.
The first thing you’ll notice about Orbitals is obviously the artwork, and it deserves every single ounce of praise in the world. Shapefarm, the devs behind the title, seem like some of the most passionate anime nerds you’ll ever come across, which shows up in Orbitals feeling like a full-blown love letter to the genre’s era of the ‘80s/‘90s.
Partnered with Studio Massket for collaboration with the animation, characters are actually running at either 24 or 12 frames per second, not due to any sort of bad technical performance, but to closely emulate the feeling of retro anime we grew up with. To be super clear here, the game itself runs extremely well on the Switch 2, so this is straight up, 100% a style choice for this lower character framerate, and it looks really cool.
Upon booting the game up, you’ll also be greeted by the absolutely incredible Orbitals theme song, which also features Mami Ayukawa on vocals, the Japanese singer who has also lent her talents to things like Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and a handful of other ‘80s anime. I cannot stress how much of a banger this title track is, and the musical excellence carries over to the entire experience of the game.
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.dualshockers.com/orbitals-review/
