Enter Bahlam, a sunken city of the Old Gods, located deep in the South Atlantic Ocean. Following a shipwreck, adventurer and maritime archaeologist Nikolay Bernstein regains consciousness 36.000 feet under the sea. He's severely wounded and unwillingly connected to a supernatural Buddy-unit. Searching for answers about his displacement our main protagonist digs deep into the lost undercity, gradually realizing an ominous presence hollowing in its shadowed caverns.
On your journey home you will share your fate with a friendly tribe of mining creatures, the Wozan, who fear the Old Gods and strive to get back to the surface since their ancestors had been enslaved 5000 years ago. Some of them were able to flee and founded secret colonies deep inside the sunken ruins, others are still exploited by the hostile creatures that have overtaken the city since the Old Gods suddenly disappeared.
Experience real non-linear Metroidvania gameplay and uncover five distinct areas, all with remarkable puzzles, environmental hazards, epic boss encounters and captured Wozan to uncage. Your Buddy unit will procedurally map the area and function as a handy quality of life tool that can be controlled at will to manipulate your surroundings using various abilities like hacking, scanning, and telekinesis.
Explore Bahlam with high freedom of movement like climbing, crawling and diving right from the start. As you progress your set of options will expand by discovering ancient weapon systems, suit upgrades and hacking protocols for your droid. All gear will be carefully balanced in terms of combat abilities and has to be used selectively to overcome specific hazards and puzzles.
The local Co-Op option invites a second player to explore and experience this adventure together by taking control over the invincible Buddy unit. Support each other on your journey home, solve puzzles and overcome Bahlam's hostile maze. This will also provide an opportunity for team-speedrunning as a very unique take on the scene.
Outbuddies is a humble budget project but that does not mean it will run poorly or lack the quality of life features. All pixel art will scale crisp and free of distortion artifacts to your native screen resolution. The game runs at 60 FPS. A hybrid physics engine ensures realistic accelerations and object movements while maintaining the pixel perfect control of the old classics. Enemy and boss AIs are carefully crafted and will kick your ass in a Souls-like manner! Outbuddies also supports various mappable devices like keyboard, mouse and multiple gamepads to ensure you´re able to play with your preferred setup. We listen to feedback, so shoot us a mail anytime!
Posted on: October 21, 2019
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Zweryfikowany użytkownikGry: Opinie: 9
A Solid Old School MetroidVania
Forewarning, there are some gameplay hurdles you have to get over when starting out, but once you get past them it gets pretty darn enjoyable. I'd place this as a hybrid Metroid\Super Metoid overall. It has features of both with the visuals and sprite animation leaning toward the former and gameplay to the latter. The music is great, with some on the spot kick in the score when the action gets hot, similar to Elder Scrolls games. The gameplay might put off some since it definitely caters to an old school style, in a way it's clunky but definitely serviceable for the overall aesthetics. The addition of the Bot-Buddy is where it breaks the mold. There is a "A Boy And His Blob" feel to the experience that I am enjoying. A sense of loneliness and survival comes through in the end. The initial interface is also clunky and be aware that the input settings have both XInput and DirectInput for varing controllers. I'd recommend this to those who can appreciate the retro style and feel, as well as anyone who enjoys a good Metroid clone. This would be a solid 3 if it were not for the fact that it's a “One Man Show”, bumping it up to 4 just for that reason. Similar to Axiom Verge, although not as tight or fulfilling as Axiom was, which is up there with being one of my favorite Indie Games. Give this one a shot, you might find something that is simple but enjoyable.
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