Tempest 4000 - YES! YES! YES!

[ThatSpaceShooterGame]

Thanks Yak and Giles, I'm really enjoying the game and looking forward to playing it more this weekend.

I'm not being very successful in the bonus rounds, PS4 version - can't figure out which way I should tilt the controller at all.

I also find the bonus rounds very difficult to control and since the axis is inverted, I find it counter-intuitive. Also, sometimes I end up getting stuck in the corner in the bonus level and I can't move at all. I wish we could just use the left analog stick for the bonus rounds like we can for the green warp rings. That's my main nit-pick with the game. I love everything else about it.

[Markie]

Currently loving this but if I had one nag, and this is just me really, is that it gets hard quite fast ... up to level 20 so far so ghod only knows what the remaining 80 levels will do to my brain :-)

You’re at the top of my friends leaderboard on Pure, so shut up!

[rowan]

Currently loving this but if I had one nag, and this is just me really, is that it gets hard quite fast ... up to level 20 so far so ghod only knows what the remaining 80 levels will do to my brain :-)

Grind it mate
With the skills from the latest level you've beaten, go back to level 1 & go for the best score & lives you can. As soon as you have a bad do, losing lives unforgivably, restart at the last level with a decent number of lives.

This'll prep you well for Pure & Survival.

[Ragnorak]

Managed to convince myself to purchase Tempest 4000 for both my PC and Xbox One and what can I say

I just love both versions - can't stop playing it - if it's just a quick blast on the Xbox One or PC

Congratulation to you Jeff and Giles

Regards

Rags

[PVB]

Thanks Yak and Giles, I'm really enjoying the game and looking forward to playing it more this weekend.

I'm not being very successful in the bonus rounds, PS4 version - can't figure out which way I should tilt the controller at all.

I also find the bonus rounds very difficult to control and since the axis is inverted, I find it counter-intuitive. Also, sometimes I end up getting stuck in the corner in the bonus level and I can't move at all. I wish we could just use the left analog stick for the bonus rounds like we can for the green warp rings. That's my main nit-pick with the game. I love everything else about it.

When you say ‘axis is inverted’ do you mean that it’s like aircraft control, with down on the pad meaning up onscreen?

[tallPete]

This is my first TxK experience and I love it. I have it on PC. I play with a PS4 controller that my PC is convinced is an Xbox controller.

The most fun I have had on a Llamasoft game since I bought Revenge of the Mutant Camels back in the day - although Vic Gridrunner was the game I bought with my Vic-20.

It takes a while to learn the features of a game, what is important and what isn't, I like the learning curve. I like that there is one rather than being a straight shooter that you can see how to play on the first level which is the impression I first had. Depth became apparent

Had no idea what the warp triangles did, took me a while to realise they were linked to the speed of the between levels game, only have had 4 once, had no idea what went on and messed up the rings game straight away.

Occasionally it goes Yes Yes Yes.... at the end of a level and I haven't worked out what triggers that or if it is just an effect.

Only 2 niggles - I have higher scores on both survival and pure than what has uploaded globally but they haven't appeared on the global leaderboards.
Other niggle - if I am streaming this game which I do occasionally - to an audience of a couple and many bots - the game completely takes over the mouse control so it is impossible to control the stream using streamlabs on the second monitor while the game is running on main. I have to exit the game to do anything in another window.

Love the separation of extra and life. I think the treasure sample comes from gauntlet. I love playing this game in the dark. Cheers.

[Deckard]

Well nice to see a second post in 10 years especially for such a fantastic game - I "only" have Txk on my Vita and PS TV but I can appreciate how great this is...

[Misfit]

Well nice to see a second post in 10 years especially for such a fantastic game - I "only" have Txk on my Vita and PS TV but I can appreciate how great this is...

Surprised you haven't cracked yet and got a console for it. It's not like you won't get your money's worth...

[Deckard]

Zero I want on either Sony or xbox tbh and getting a vita for txk was almost an impulse buy at around 80 quid if I remember rightly...not quite the same when it’s 200 or so and after having a switch having to play permanently “indoors” seems so weird.

[MegaZoid.]

Bought T4k on steam , would buy on switch in a heart beat

[WNivek]

Finally had a chance to put some real time into Tempest 4000 this weekend, and I'm quite pleased with it.

[PaulEMoz]

Currently loving this but if I had one nag, and this is just me really, is that it gets hard quite fast ... up to level 20 so far so ghod only knows what the remaining 80 levels will do to my brain :-)

You’re at the top of my friends leaderboard on Pure, so shut up!

Not any more, he isn't.

[tallPete]

Only 2 niggles - I have higher scores on both survival and pure than what has uploaded globally but they haven't appeared on the global leaderboards.

Ah, for my 3rd post in 10 years let me just say that the global high scores are working fine. My error. There are 3 modes to the game, not two, I didn't have it sussed Ignore my first niggle! Every time I play this game I enjoy it more.

[Jamesac]

These new people are all kinds of chatty.

[The ghost of raids past]

Scott Manley review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzliMrJH8o