Galak-Z: The Dimensional
"Galak-Z is a modern, A.I. and physics-driven open-world action game, viewed through the lens of the classic 16-bit space shooter. It’s 2D combat taken to the next level. Players will take control of a variety…
Galak-Z: The Dimensional is an arcade developed by 17-BIT, released 4 August 2015 on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Galak-Z: The Dimensional is
Galak-Z: The Dimensional is an arcade game developed by 17-BIT and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Galak-Z: The Dimensional is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by 17-Bit. It was released in August 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and October 2015 for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. A Nintendo Switch port, subtitled Deluxe Edition, was released in March 2019 by Golem Entertainment. It was announced during Sony's pre-E3 2013 press conference in June 2013. 17-Bit CEO Jake Kazdal describes it as "modern Halo and Far Cry 3 combat in a 2-dimensional shell." Reflecting its inspiration in part by Japanese anime, the game is also known officially by the Japanese title of Uchuu Senshi Galak-Z .
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Galak-Z: The Dimensional holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo (2.6 GHz) / AMD Athlon 64 X2 (2.6 GHz), 3 GB RAM and Radeon HD 2900 XT (512 MB) / GeForce GT 430 (1024 MB). At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
Galak-Z: The Dimensional launched on 4 August 2015, within three weeks of God of War III Remastered, Until Dawn, Dishonored Definitive Edition and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War III Remastered, Until Dawn, Dishonored Definitive Edition, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Galak-Z: The Dimensional yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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