Developed by Stendec Games
Released for XBLIG (9/2011)
Tunnelvision is an admirable effort of taking the action of a 2D shmup and translating it to 3D. In Tunnelvision you fly straight down a tunnel and you have control of your ships steering with the left stick and aiming with the right stick. You fire with the right trigger while the face buttons help with maneuvering: X and Y barrel roll to the sides, while A is the throttle and Y is the brakes. The graphics are excellent by XBLIG standards, especially when compared to many of the other 3D titles available on the service. The textures look sharp and the game maintains a nice steady frame-rate, though the sense of speed is a bit lacking as your ship could definitely go faster. In Tunnelvision the enemies fire slow moving bullets that leave a trail behind them, making them relatively easy to keep tabs on where they are in relation to you. The game attempts to simulate the projectile dodging you'd see in bullet-hell shmups and it does feel cool to weave between the enemy fire. It doesn't quite capture the frenetic pace of a bullet-hell shooter but is a nice approximation of that style of gameplay. The game retails for $2.99 and as far as I know was only released for XBLIG, so it may warrant a look if you're into shmups.
Final Verdict: An interesting attempt to bring 2D shmup gameplay into the third dimension, Tunnelvision is an interesting title if your a shmup fanatic.
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