Review: Super Stardust HD (PS3)

Asteroids meets Geometry Wars in the best PSN game so far...

For: Great asteroid physics; cool weapon upgrades; co-op; spherical pay area
Against: Gets pretty tough

Good Playstation Network Games have been thin on the ground. Calling All Cars was OK, but the likes of Rub and Dub were just awful.

Super Stardust HD is a sequel a 16-bit Amiga game and combines elements of Asteroids with Geometry Wars to create a very additive and fun game. All for just £6.

The object of the game is to shoot stuff,... literally tonnes of stuff... that orbits the planetary surface. You, and a co-op buddy, must clear the planet of all the falling asteroids and nasty aliens with three different weapons that specialise in destroying the asteroid types: ice, rock and gold. Power-ups improve the weapons as well as provide shields and energy bombs. Like Geometry Wars the goal is to survive as long as possible and rack up bigger and bigger score multipliers.

The co-op, soundtrack and sumptuous HD graphics, particularly the explosions, weapons and asteroid destructions, make Super Stardust a great game to look at and hear as well as play.

With a barren selection of PSN games, it is not hard to recommend the excellent Super StarDust HD for when you pick-up a PS3...?

8/10