Shockwave Assault
Shockwave Assault, also released as simply Shock Wave, is a science fiction flight combat shooting game for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC and the Macintosh. The player takes on…
Shockwave Assault is a shooter developed by Electronic Arts, released 5 December 1995 on Apple Pippin, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Mac.
What Shockwave Assault is
Shockwave Assault is a shooter game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1995. It is available on Apple Pippin, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The year is 2019 and the alien invasion is here. In a surprise attack, the aliens decimate Earth's military forces. Mankind's only hope is the surviving orbital space carrier Omaha and its squadron of F-177 pilots. As the young inexperienced member of the squadron, it is the protagonist's job to drive the aliens from the planet.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Shockwave Assault holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 26 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Shockwave Assault launched on 5 December 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Rayman. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Rayman.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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