GameZebo: Who doesn't love a good old first-person puzzler to whittle a Sunday afternoon away, hey? Pulse Shift promises literal twists and turns, as you make your way around a variety of platforms and obstacles, all simply by rotating your view 90 degrees at a time, and in turn changing the direction in which gravity is pulling.
Hardcore Gamer: For a current minimum of $3, you can get Mitsurugi Kamui, Metal Planet, Pulse Shift, Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine, Millennium 2 - Take Me Higher, and Fleet Buster.
Pulse Shift is a platforming puzzler with a first person perspective and a disregard for physics. Created by the masterminds at 3 Core Studios, the game contains over 50 levels not including the special unlock-able or tutorial levels, and special abilities that allow the player to manipulate gravity, time, and physics. Pulse Shift is currently available on Desura for $9.99 and even has a free demo available.
To provide further insight, I downloaded said demo and here are my thoughts.
Firstly, I was very impressed with the graphics settings in Pulse Shift. When selecting “Config” from the launcher menu, you’re presented with the standard resolution, anti-aliasing, and filtering settings. Unlike most games, you can also change the vertex and pixel shading versions to your liking and/or hardware settings. On top of that you can also change the render system from DirectX 9 to OpenGL.
eGamer writes: "Pulse Shift is hands-down one of the most intelligent, creative and brilliantly crafted puzzle platformers I’ve played. If you love seriously challenging platformers that will test you and keep you busy for a long time, then this is the perfect game for you. It’s just a must-have for hardcore puzzle fans. But I’d caution against it if you’re someone who gets easily frustrated and has no patience for highly difficult games. Otherwise, don’t miss out on this, it’s an incredible effort that’s absolutely worth the purchase."
