Where twisted metal meets mad max: Fumes. Of course, an open world, survival crafting game!
Ha! Kidding! It's an open world car combat game. My other jam, and a genre that is often done very, very poorly. But this one is just aces.
The story so far: I picked a fight I couldn't win, and managed to survive by the skin of my teeth. Now I'm scrapping my way across the wasteland to kill the guy who almost killed me. What more do you need?
Oh yeah: A car. With guns on it.
Mechanically: this game is just incredible. Customizing your ride is easy once you're onboard the scrapper. Change guns, swap for cargo racks, put a new suspension on it. You can't craft your own part, you salvage them through missions and bosses. You CAN merge parts to upgrade. And the variety, oy, I'm drowning in it. Mostly suspensions: but each one not only looks unique, they all genuinely affect the handling, acceleration, torque... tank tracks are slow, but handle hills well and turn on a dime. The hot rod suspension is lifted enough to clear the rough terrain, but not so good on angles and hills. Half track splits the difference, the truck suspension is just unstoppable. I find myself doing two combat missions, then just hitting up the scrappers, upgrading by inches and changing my paint job.
There's not a huge variety of guns, or they're being rolled out slowly. I know there's more than I currently have because I'm getting shot at with missiles, toxic mines and flamethrowers. I want a flamethrower, but my auto cannons are still shredding it.
Graphically, it's an homage to twisted metal. Boxy shapes, pixels, foggy distance. It's kinda ugly, but kinda beautiful.
And I am just having the time of my life. It's fun. Combat is fast, frantic, the transitions are smooth. There are loading screens explaining missions, but you can instantly skip them. Randomly you can find other roaming the wasteland; hold them up, or ignore them. You'll get attacked by pirates if you're toting cargo, so... free loot. Sometimes there's just random combat. Nothing to do with you... unless you want it to.
The bosses are slowly getting... bigger. I'm not complaining, cause every boss is a new vehicle body to toy around with.
Ha! Kidding! It's an open world car combat game. My other jam, and a genre that is often done very, very poorly. But this one is just aces.
The story so far: I picked a fight I couldn't win, and managed to survive by the skin of my teeth. Now I'm scrapping my way across the wasteland to kill the guy who almost killed me. What more do you need?
Oh yeah: A car. With guns on it.
Mechanically: this game is just incredible. Customizing your ride is easy once you're onboard the scrapper. Change guns, swap for cargo racks, put a new suspension on it. You can't craft your own part, you salvage them through missions and bosses. You CAN merge parts to upgrade. And the variety, oy, I'm drowning in it. Mostly suspensions: but each one not only looks unique, they all genuinely affect the handling, acceleration, torque... tank tracks are slow, but handle hills well and turn on a dime. The hot rod suspension is lifted enough to clear the rough terrain, but not so good on angles and hills. Half track splits the difference, the truck suspension is just unstoppable. I find myself doing two combat missions, then just hitting up the scrappers, upgrading by inches and changing my paint job.
There's not a huge variety of guns, or they're being rolled out slowly. I know there's more than I currently have because I'm getting shot at with missiles, toxic mines and flamethrowers. I want a flamethrower, but my auto cannons are still shredding it.
Graphically, it's an homage to twisted metal. Boxy shapes, pixels, foggy distance. It's kinda ugly, but kinda beautiful.
And I am just having the time of my life. It's fun. Combat is fast, frantic, the transitions are smooth. There are loading screens explaining missions, but you can instantly skip them. Randomly you can find other roaming the wasteland; hold them up, or ignore them. You'll get attacked by pirates if you're toting cargo, so... free loot. Sometimes there's just random combat. Nothing to do with you... unless you want it to.
The bosses are slowly getting... bigger. I'm not complaining, cause every boss is a new vehicle body to toy around with.