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Developer(s) | Housemarque |
Publisher(s) | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Director(s) | Tommi Hartikainen |
Designer(s) | Jari Hokkanen |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 4 |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Side-scrolling, shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Matterfall is a 2017 side-scrolling shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 4 in August 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Matterfall is a side-scrolling shooter game with platforming elements. [1] [2] The game is set on a futuristic science fiction world that has been infected by an alien material known as "Smart Matter". [1] The player takes control of Avalon Darrow who dons an armoured battle suit. [1] [2] Darrow can jump, dodge, and blast aliens. [1] [2] Darrow can also create platforms to explore the environment and generate shields to deflect attacks of enemies. [2]
Matterfall was developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was announced in October 2015 during Paris Games Week. [3] It was released for PlayStation 4 on 15 August 2017 in North America and in Europe on the following day. [1] [2] Sony offered a copy of the game's soundtrack and a PlayStation 4 theme as a pre-order incentive for Matterfall. [2]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 73/100 [4] |
Publication | Score |
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Computer Games Magazine | 9/10 [12] |
Destructoid | 7.5/10 [7] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Game Informer | 8/10 [8] |
GameSpot | 6/10 [9] |
IGN | 7/10 [5] |
Push Square | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
VentureBeat | 80/100 [10] |
Matterfall received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. [4] In Game Informer's Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, the game came in fourth place each for "Best Sony Game" and "Best Action Game". [13] It was also nominated for "Arcade Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2017, [14] and for "Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards. [15] [16]
Matterfall | |
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Developer(s) | Housemarque |
Publisher(s) | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Director(s) | Tommi Hartikainen |
Designer(s) | Jari Hokkanen |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 4 |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Side-scrolling, shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Matterfall is a 2017 side-scrolling shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 4 in August 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Matterfall is a side-scrolling shooter game with platforming elements. [1] [2] The game is set on a futuristic science fiction world that has been infected by an alien material known as "Smart Matter". [1] The player takes control of Avalon Darrow who dons an armoured battle suit. [1] [2] Darrow can jump, dodge, and blast aliens. [1] [2] Darrow can also create platforms to explore the environment and generate shields to deflect attacks of enemies. [2]
Matterfall was developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was announced in October 2015 during Paris Games Week. [3] It was released for PlayStation 4 on 15 August 2017 in North America and in Europe on the following day. [1] [2] Sony offered a copy of the game's soundtrack and a PlayStation 4 theme as a pre-order incentive for Matterfall. [2]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 73/100 [4] |
Publication | Score |
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Computer Games Magazine | 9/10 [12] |
Destructoid | 7.5/10 [7] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Game Informer | 8/10 [8] |
GameSpot | 6/10 [9] |
IGN | 7/10 [5] |
Push Square | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
VentureBeat | 80/100 [10] |
Matterfall received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. [4] In Game Informer's Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, the game came in fourth place each for "Best Sony Game" and "Best Action Game". [13] It was also nominated for "Arcade Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2017, [14] and for "Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards. [15] [16]