Megaton Rainfall

Megaton Rainfall is an action video game developed by Pentadimensional Games for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows.[3] It was released on October 17, 2017 for PlayStation 4 as a timed exclusive and later on November 17, 2017, for Microsoft Windows. It was released on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One on August 9, 2018.[4] It is also compatible with Sony's virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, and was made compatible with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on August 9, 2018.

Megaton Rainfall
Developer(s)Pentadimensional Games
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One
ReleasePlayStation 4
  • WW: October 17, 2017[1]
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: November 17, 2017[2]
Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
  • WW: August 9, 2018
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

The plot revolves around an intergalactic superbeing tasked by its creator with saving planet Earth from an alien invasion.[5]

Gameplay

Megaton Rainfall is an action game set in an open universe environment and played from a first person perspective.[6] It can be played normally, and it can also be played using certain virtual reality headsets.[3] The player must protect human cities from hordes of attacking aliens while avoiding collateral damage, and while the game's singular protagonist cannot die from alien attacks, entire cities can be destroyed. The player has the ability to fly at supersonic speed and even outside the atmosphere,[3] and can reach mach 8 in 5 seconds.[7] Earth is represented in full scale within the game, and although not every city is represented, it is possible to fly from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, outside of earth's atmosphere, and eventually to leave the Milky Way Galaxy.[6] The player is able to travel to other planets as well.[5]

The game features fully destructible environments, and items such as buildings are procedurally generated and destructible,[8] and the player can use several attacks to destroy environments such as surrounding buildings and enemy spaceships.[3] The enemies have their weak spots marked by red lights.[3] and according to the developer, he invented a new system for the realistic rendering of explosions. This allows for increased realism in the damage to buildings and other objects.[9]

Development

Megaton Rainfall was developed by Pentadimensional Games, a video game developer for virtual reality games.[10] It is an indie studio formed by Alfonso del Cerro in Madrid, Spain[11] in February 2015.[12] The company both publishes and develops, and the game came out on October 26, 2017.[13] The game was in development by one man, Alfonso del Cerro, for over five years.[14] He had started the game in January 2012[15] in his spare time off from a Spanish games company.[16]

The game was featured at the 2015 Independent Game Festival in California[7] and at GamesCom in Germany in 2017.[17] The game was self-published.[18] It was initially slated for a release on September 26, 2017, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR[19] and at a later date on Steam.[6] The release date of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR version was delayed on September 26, 2017, to three weeks later, October 17, 2017.[1]

Reception

Megaton Rainfall received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic, where it received a score of 76 out of 100.[20] Gamespot gave it a score of 7 out of 10 and said much of it was "the stuff of childhood dreams", despite some spots that were "rough around the edges", and that "the exhilaration of flight, the feeling of power, and, perhaps most importantly, the sense of personal responsibility for the planet, has never been captured quite like this before."[21] PlayStation Universe called it "one of the most stylish and enthralling games on PSVR."[22]

See also

References
  1. "Release date delay announced by Megaton Rainfall on Twitter".
  2. http://store.steampowered.com/app/430210/Megaton_Rainfall
  3. Turi, Tim (March 6, 2015). "The Very Best Indie Games Of GDC 2015". Game Informer. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  4. "Megaton Rainfall for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and SteamVR Announced". The Nerd Mag. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. Walker, John (March 11, 2015). "Hands On: Megaton Rainfall". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  6. "INTERVIEW: Cobra TV video chat with Alfonso del Cerro".
  7. "Megaton Rainfall". Independent Games Festival. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  8. Devore, Jordan (February 11, 2015). "This first-person superhero game has such raw potential". Destructoid. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  9. The Tech That Powers Megaton Rainfall, Launching Today on PS VR, PlayStation Blog Posted by Alfonso del Cerro Aguilar Designer and Programmer, Pentadimensional Games, October 17, 2017
  10. Here's All the Game Devs Supporting PlayStation VR, Gamespot, March 16, 2017
  11. About, megatonrainfall.com
  12. About, megatonrainfall.com
  13. Megaton Rainfall, IGN
  14. "Megaton Rainfall". Indie Mega Booth. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  15. http://www.cobratvgnn.com/2015/12/megaton-rainfall-developer-interview.html
  16. INTERVIEW: Alfonso del Cerro – Lead Developer of Megaton Rainfall, 2015
  17. "SPANISH INTERVIEW: Alfonso del Cerro at GamesCom".
  18. Gelmini, Davidde. "INTERVIEW: Alfonso del Cerro – Lead Developer of Megaton Rainfall". A Place To Hang Your Cape. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  19. "Release date announcement trailer Playstation Europe".
  20. Megaton Rainfall, Metacritic
  21. Megaton Rainfall Review, Gamespot, October 29, 2017
  22. Megaton Rainfall Review, Play Station Universe, October 17, 2017
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