5/18/2023 0 Comments Bomb rush cyberfunk developers![]() ![]() If one of us died, a number would appear next to them, and defeating that many enemies around them brought our friend back. Our group of four faced off against ever-increasing hordes of zombie-baras and walking fish (naturally), but regular level-ups granted us a constant stream of weapon upgrades. ![]() I was a shaman, specializing in range and AOE attacks, though I was admittedly jealous of the Bard’s sweet mustache. To start, we each selected our Capybara avatars. The elevator pitch for Extremely Powerful Capybaras is simple: What if Vampire Survivorswas cuter, funnier, and had a four-player co-op? That pitch was enough to convince me and a group of three other PAX goers to give it a go. Extremely Powerful Capybaras via Studio Bravarda Road 96: Mile 0 drops on April 4 on Nintendo Switch, Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox. The on-rails movement combined with some quick-time-event fueled spectacle gave me strong Sayonara Wild Hearts vibes, which is a good sign so far. As I dodged over, under, and around cars, he grew in size, eventually reaching a King Kong-like proportion. One level I played had me on rollerblades trying to outrun some suit, all in time to a track from The Offspring. Mile 0 takes the series in a slightly different direction, changing the formula with psychedelic rhythm-traversal sections. Road 96: Mile 0 is a follow-up to the 2021 adventure game Road 96, a fascinating narrative roguelike. It has all the makings of a perfect couch co-op game when it drops on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch later this year. The mix of classes, like the shot-oriented Sharpshooter, or the defense-focused Enforcer, made for interesting roles on the ice, with just the right mix of skill and chaos to be competitive and accessible in our games. I didn’t spend much time in its single-player mode, a hockey/beat ‘em up adventure, but a couple of two-minute-long games were unbelievably fun, with cheers from both teams for goals, and high fives after each match. OK, hockey has been around for a long time, but the fast, arcade-like spirit of Goons: Legends and Mayhem feels like something we haven’t seen much since Blades of Steel on the NES. Goons: Legends and Mayhemįinally, someone took the sport from Rocket League, and put it on ice! It was great fun, and the promise of a full campaign with hero units to purchase, and branching upgrade paths ala Wings of Liberty from Starcraft 2 is extremely appealing. It was challenging enough that I had to replenish my own troops while picking which targets to focus on. ![]() I blew up a silo with exploding red barrels, built a base to harvest resources from, and moved into a large clash with the main enemy force. I started with a small fighting force, winning little skirmishes and discovering more units as I went. My demo tasked me with taking out a series of missile silos in order to bring in airstrikes. Earth is divided between two warring factions, each with its own campaign. Tempest Rising is very much a take on the Command and Conquer formula. Whatever that mix is I left my preview of Tempest Rising pretty sure that it had it. It’s some mix of progress with building armies, the fun of implementing successful strategies, and a world with a conflict that is interesting. It’s hard to define what will make a real-time strategy game that really grabs you. Trinity Fusion will be available via early access on Steam and Epic on April 13, with a console release later in 2023. The possibilities get my mind buzzing, and I can’t wait to play more considering how crisp its visuals are and how well it already plays. As the parallel worlds begin to fuse, enemies will begin to cross into other worlds, and the protagonist will start to merge, combining their powers. I alternated my time between Kera, a melee-focused warrior in a cyberpunk apocalypse, and Naira, a gun specialist in a world overrun by monsters. The game is set in three alternate universes, starring parallel versions of the same hero, each with unique attacks, abilities, and enemies, and in a different world. Somehow Trinity Fusion wowed me with all three. To succeed in that space, a new game needs to bring something new to the table, like a unique twist, gorgeous graphics, or an interesting setting. New 2D roguelikes can be a risky proposition it’s an extremely popular, yet very saturated market. ![]()
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