I'm almost entirely certain she's one of those extremely Scottish lady space pirates, and cheekily wrote her own lines. Each move you make depletes your food stocks, and you can choose. Void Bastards is out now on Steam and Humble for £25/€30/$30, and is published by Humble.ĭisclosure: Former RPS'er Cara Ellison did some writing and voice-work for Void Bastards. Void Bastards is a ‘strategy shooter’ in which every choice must be arrived at carefully, starting with its FTL-style metagame. On another run, select Foon mode from the modifiers. The Foon update is live, free, and unlocked by completing the game once, then finishing it again on Hard Bastard/Ironman. Not only does this mean mechanical enemies are nigh invulnerable, but just try it on one of the exploding Tourists. Perhaps he needs to master the way of the Foon, which can instantly kill on backstabs, but otherwise does a piddling ten damage up front. He found that he was able to fall into safe habits and strategies too easily, and didn't feel pressured by the game's interlocking systems of space murder. Don’t worry though, as any crafting progress you’ve made is retained from one to another. When one dies, another steps forward to carry on the fight. Our man about orbit Graham reviewed Void Bastards last week, and while he wasn't as enamoured by it as I or my pals have been, he still reckons it's "worth rummaging through all the same". Void Bastards features a 12-15 hour campaign that you can complete with an endless supply of prisoners, each with their own unique traits. I'd have loved to fall back on this piece of seemingly useless cutlery normally, but in this special mode, it's all you've got. Forget everything you know about first-person shooters: Void Bastards asks you to take charge, not just point your gun and fire. Those looking for a darkly funny roguelike will find almost. The Switch port might not be the prettiest version available, but the short levels make it perfect for quick sessions. Where it lacks in FPS mechanics, it makes up for with its addictive gameplay loop. Playing the game normally, if you manage to run completely dry on bullets and gadgets, you're left with just two options death or escape, with death usually preferable. Void Bastards is a fantastic roguelike with a stellar atmosphere and art style. For starters, a space foon never runs out of ammo, and unlike a real foon, also won't shatter into a thousand useless plastic shards the moment you try to use it. See how it works in a cheeky trailer below.Īs silly as the foon (the opposite of a spork) may sound, I can oddly see it being an advantage in some early-game situations. Unlocked by completing the game on Hard Bastard mode with the Ironman modifier, Foon mode asks you to do it all again, this time armed with nothing but a piece of cheap plastic space-cutlery. Developers Blue Manchu are obviously listening to them, because they've just added a new super-high-end challenge mode to the game. According to some, who shall go unnamed, rogue-y FPS Void Bastards is too easy a game even if you crank its difficulty slider all the way up to the amusingly named 'Hard Bastard' mode.
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