Line #3 VideoGame/Shatter


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3	''Shatter'' is an indie action-puzzler game developed by Wellington, New Zealand-based Sidhe Interactive and released on the Platform/PlayStationNetwork in July of 2009 and later on Platform/{{Steam}} in March of 2010. It's a ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''-style game where you control a paddle-shaped spacecraft, the "bat", and use a ball (though its really more of an arrow) to destroy rows of bricks and other geometric objects. It adds gravity-alteration mechanics [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything called "Suck" and "Blow"]] to the mix, allowing you to alter the trajectory of the ball
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5	The game's story mode begins with the bat escaping from a "Kinetic Harvest" facility full of many such bats and embarking on a mission to destroy evil bricks everywhere through ten worlds made up of eight waves. At the end of each world is a BossBattle, some of which require you [[PuzzleBoss to use the gravity manipulation]] [[AttackItsWeakPoint to expose their weak point.]]
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7	In addition to the standard vertically-aligned ''Breakout''-style setup, the game also features horizontal stages where your "bat" maneuvers up and down the left-hand side of the screen, and even circular stages where you maneuver along roughly a 45-degree arc at the bottom of the circle. Each setup requires a different approach to manipulating the ball.
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9	Other modes include [[BonusStage Bonus Mode]], where you play through all three types of bonus levels in an attempt to get a high score, as well as [[EndlessGame Endless Mode]], [[TimeTrial Time Attack]] and BossRush. [[CoOpMultiplayer There are also two-player modes of Endless and Time Attack.]]
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11	In May of 2022, an UpdatedRerelease called ''Shatter Remastered Deluxe'' was announced for then-current consoles and Steam which updates the resolution and framerate, enhances the visuals and UI, and remixes the sound into 5.1 surround.
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13	Not to be confused with the movie, ''Film/{{Shatter}}''.
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16	!!''Shatter'' provides examples of:
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18	* AlienGeometries: The various environments shown in the background are this, especially the Xenon Homeworld- a shifting mass of blocks suspended inside what looks like a small DysonSphere.
19	* AWinnerIsYou: The story mode ends with the bat flying back to the "Freon" world to join some other bats in a friendly game of bouncing a ball back and forth.
20	* BonusStage: At the end of each world. You're given three balls to try and keep in play, without the aid of "Suck" and "Blow."
21	* BossRush: Unlocked after completing the story mode.
22	* ChargedAttack: The Shard Storm, usable when your power meter is full. The game enters BulletTime while you rain a hail of glowing orange shards on anything in front of the bat. Very useful against most bosses.
23	* ChargeMeter: Filled by simply having the ball hit the bat, albeit slowly. To do so quicker, you must collect glowing blue S-shaped "shards" left behind by destroyed bricks. You can vacuum them in with the "Suck" ability.
24	* DeflectorShields: Your bat can use some of its power meter to put uf a defensive shield. Any blocks which hit it are destroyed as if hit by the ball instead of stunning your bat. You can also combine the shield with the shard-sucking to create deadly ricochet bullets which act like a wide-area Shard Storm.
25	* EndlessGame: The aptly named "Endless" mode, where more and more blocks are added to the screen. Unless you keep smashing them reasonably quickly, they can fill the screen and overwhelm you as you will have no room to manouevre the ball.
26	* EvilCounterpart: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Bad Bat."]] Of course, it's larger and more powerful then your bat, and the balls it uses knock yours aside and hit your bat as if a brick had, stunning it briefly.
27	* GiantSquid: The boss of Aurora, [[IncrediblyLamePun OctoBlock]] is a giant mechanical octopus. You have to punch through his tentacles to hit his body, but careful- [[HealingFactor they grow back.]] Fond of [[BullfightBoss charging at the player.]]
28	* RecurringBoss: When you defeat the Bad Bat, it pays to notice that it merely flies away instead of blowing up like the other bosses. Guess who the FinalBoss is? That's right, Bad Bat's Back!
29	* PinballScoring: One achievement requires you and a friend to work together in the Endless Co-Op mode to get ''10 billion points''. Endless, indeed.
30	* PowerUp: These include score multipliers, a boost to your power meter, as well as mutually-exclusive upgrades to the ball. The [[IncrediblyLamePun Manuveraball]] makes it easier to manipulate, and the [[IncrediblyLamePun Unstoppaball]] makes it simply smash straight through bricks instead of bouncing off them.

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