I now own everything they’ve done except Dead Nation. I haven’t played a bad Housemarque game yet. They hooked me with their games when I saw The Reap for the first time eons ago.
I doubt they’ll ever do it. They do acknowledge its existence on their company website at least. I have the original PC game. It’s brilliant. I’d take a GoG release. Anything. There just isn’t much like it. You’re in an alien ship attacking the Earth, hence all the people flying out of everything you destroy. You can even abduct cows! It’s just plain awesome. The only reason I’d want a modern update is so we could have the leaderboards.
Their snowboarding games were excellent too. Really pretty and understated, but graphically brilliant as all their games tend to be with really great physics and control.
My main issue with Housemarque’s games is always just how long it takes to get through one play session to set a high score. It’s just really long after only a couple of days of learning. Then you know that if you want to search for a high score, you need to really sit down for a while.
Pinball games have this problem too.
And no, I don’t know of a solution to this problem. I still enjoy their games a lot though, I just wish I didn’t have to play for so long each game in Resogun, Super Stardust, Nex Machina. Geometry Wars made their game just a bit harder than the Housemarque games, which meant that on the really high scores, you do still have to have long playsessions, but for most people, the play sessions are really short.
Hey, why is my score highlighted in that list? Why have I been been singled out???
But to echo what someone else already said in the thread, I don’t really have any interest in setting a high score in Nex Machina, because it’s largely a matter of endurance. I prefer my twin-stick shootering in smaller doses.