Rochard at Mac App Store analyse

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* App Store Arcade: OS X Game of the Month (January 2012)
* IGM Game of the Year Awards 2011: PSN Editors Choice

Grab a G-Lifter - your new best friend! Use it to change gravity at will, manipulate the environment, and throw huge crates at your enemies. Join the amazing exploits of astro-miner John Rochard and embark on a gravity-bending journey across the Solar System! Rochard is an award-winning side-scroller featuring hours of mind-blowing gravity gameplay, puzzle-solving and action. Narrated in a humorous cartoony style, Rochard tells a thrilling story of villains, a damsel in distress and a mysterious alien civilization.

KEY FEATURES:

- 5 long Chapters crammed with fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity
- A beautifully crafted cartoonish visual style, rich with humor and personality
- Incredible items able to influence gravity and grab, swing and throw objects to solve puzzles or get rid of enemies
- A groovy soundtrack composed by Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen from Poets of the Fall, mixing southern rock/blues and 80′s inspired electronic music
- The legendary performance of Jon St. John as the voice of protagonist John Rochard
- The most advanced use of the Unity engine in a video game

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS — IMPORTANT FOR PRE-2010 MACS:

The game requires minimum of 256MB video memory to run smoothly. Please check the amount of video memory by running System Information (Graphics/Displays:VRAM).

Specifically, the game does NOT run properly on these configurations:
- iMac: 2006 (Intel GMA or ATI Radeon X1600 128MB or NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT 128MB)*
- iMac: 2007-2008 (ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128MB)*
- Mac Mini: 2006-2008 (Intel GMA)
- Mac Mini: early 2009 (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 128MB)*
- Macbook: 2006-2008 (Intel GMA)
- Macbook Air: early 2008 (Intel GMA)
- Macbook Pro: 2006 (ATI Radeon X1600 128MB)*
- Macbook Pro: 2007 (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 128MB)*

Performance may be low on these configurations (switch to the lowest possible resolution from the game options):
- iMac: 2006 (ATI Radeon X1600 256MB)
- Mac Mini: 2009 (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB)
- Macbook: late 2008-2009 (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB)
- Macbook Air: late 2008-2009 (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB)
- Macbook Pro: 2006 (ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB)
- Macbook Pro: mid 2009 (13" models MB990/MB991 with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB)
- Macbook Pro: mid 2009 (Low-end 15" model MC118 with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB)**

*) Please note that 256MB configurations of these models exist
**) Please note that most 15" Macbook Pro models with GeForce 9400M also have faster GeForce 9600M GT with dedicated video memory

CONTROL OPTIONS:

- Customizable keyboard and two-button mouse controls. Use of Trackpad not recommended (except for ninjas).
- Wireless PS3 controller (OS X built-in driver; Pair as a Bluetooth device using USB cable)
- Logitech controllers (OS X built-in driver)
- Wired Xbox360 controller (with Tattiebogle Mac OS X driver)

AWARDS:

- Gaming Universe: Best Downloadable Game of Gamescom 2011
- Unity Awards 2011: Best Graphics
- Unity Awards 2011: Best Gameplay
- GamingXP: Best Arcade Game of Gamescom 2011
- IGN: Editors Choice
- GameShark: Editors Choice
- GamePro: Editors Choice
- Gaming Nexus: Editors Choice

REVIEW QUOTES:

"Rochard kind of looks like a Metroidvania or Bionic Commando-style game at first, but it’s really neither. Instead, its focus is primarily on puzzle solving, and in that it succeeds, with clever challenges that get progressively more difficult." - Ars Technica (Verdict: BUY)

"Rochard is a breath of fresh air for the PlayStation Network and the gaming industry as a whole. It is an original ideal filled with great puzzles and an entertaining sense of humor." - Gaming Nexus (A-)

"Enjoy Rochard as it was intended, and let it bend your mind a bit. You won’t be sorry you did." - IGN (8.5/10)