What are the differences?

[inappropriately_gendered_fungus]

I have the original Shooter, but I've never played it. Is it worthwhile to skip it and get this? What extra features does it have?

[DraculX]

Well for more details you can check out our blog post - http://double11.co.uk/yellowdart-is-full-steam-ahead-pixeljunk-shooter-ultimate/ but to be more indepth:

What’s new in PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate?
We’ve combined Shooter 1 and 2 to make a seamless story mode featuring all of the levels from the two games. We’ve also changed up the Graphics and UI of both games, we’ve completely overhauled them to create the new ‘Ultimate’ art style. Among a host of changes and improvements that make, what we believe, this to be the best edition of the game ever for Steam.

The new features include:

• Shooter 1 and 2 combined featuring all of the levels from the two games.
  
• The Graphics and UI overhauled to create the new ‘Ultimate’ art style.
  
• The scoring, combo and rewards systems have been improved.
  
• We added a host of new features to make it easier for players to 100% complete the game – including a treasure tracker so players know how many treasures are in each area and progress indicators on each level so players always know what they missed.
  
• You can switch between the new ‘Ultimate’ art style and the ‘Classic’ art style at any time.
  
• Keyboard & Mouse support with full Key Rebinding available.
  
• Steam Achievements, Leaderboards and Trading Cards.
  
• Rebalanced Online Battle mode which makes it much quicker to progress through the ranks and unlock new items.
  
• A new Photo Mode which allows players to instantly pause the game and remove the HUD for beautiful screenshots.

I have PixelJunk Shooter 1, can I use my save data in PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate?
Yes, you can carry your save file from PixelJunk Shooter into Shooter Ultimate, when you first boot up Shooter Ultimate it’ll ask if you want to do this. Meaning those with Save Data can jump straight into the PixelJunk Shooter 2 levels.

Hope that answered your questions. :D

D.Arquette
Community Manager and QA Tester @ Double Eleven

[McKillem]

I have a question as well.

In the original PixelJunk Shooter, the collision boxes of the cave walls didn't exactly match the graphics, leading to situations like bits of liquids being able to effectively "hide" behind the cave wall textures, sometimes leading to sneaky lava droplets destroying the ship and frustrating the hell out of me. Was this issue addressed in the Ultimate version or wasn't considered much of a trouble and as such left untouched?

Sorry if this is too specific, but this is the reason why I've dropped 100%-ing the original, and would appreciate knowing whether situation changed or not.

[inappropriately_gendered_fungus]

I think I want to get it, but it seems like the discount is wrong. I have Pixeljunk Shooter, Pixeljunk Eden, and Nom Nom Galaxy, but the discount shows 35% off. I think it's supposed to be more.

[Ears14U]

Originally posted by fungusdude4:

I have the original Shooter, but I've never played it. Is it worthwhile to skip it and get this? What extra features does it have?

The original is a blast to play, pixel junk shooter. I certainly would play the one you have first. What I can't understand other than fancier colors, is that the system specs are quite flaky on the newer release. Why an I-5 processor when I was running the original on a single core and a dual core just fine? That just makes no sense to me.

[NinepointRider_Official]

@D11-D.Arquette
So it does have keyboard and mouse support? becuase i really like the series but don't have a controller. Is the keyboard and mouse automatic or manual? thanks