

It pitches itself as more Planescape: Torment and Ultima 7 than the action-heavy RPGs of today. Learn more and follow its development on Twitter.ĭeath Trash is a vulgar cyberpunk RPG set in a grotesque post-apocalypse. A dreamy, muted color palette and simple low poly art make this one especially GIFable. The Twitter for Dead Static Drive describes it as a “road trip in a world of cosmic horror,” which - alongside games like Overland - is looking more and more like its own subgenre. A self-described “first-person hell labyrinth,” Crypt Underworlds promises to feature aggressive urinating, an upgradable apartment, and “more in-game strip malls than you can imagine.” According to its Kickstarter, “every alley, every door, will lead somewhere worse than before.” Crypt Underworld is a sequel to her most iconic work, Crypt Worlds, and - if we’re lucky - will fulfill exactly that, but much, much bigger. Lilith is a master at constructing worlds you can spend the whole day getting lost in. Procedurally generated dungeons and a cast of characters that are distinct in appearance and ability promise to keep the game fresh and unique every time you play. Follow it on Twitter.Ĭhildren of Morta’s strikingly detailed pixel art might be the first thing you notice about it, but one of its most charming elements is its focus on a strong family bond that spans generations. It’s shaping up to be something truly special. It’s a weird and colorful playground that doesn’t hide its inspirations, but also isn’t content to merely copy them, creating something uniquely its own. Everything in it feels alive, from its characters to its worlds to its energetic soundtrack - even its dialogue boxes. Like the games of Keita Takahashi, the upcoming Burrito Galaxy seems to have a deep and natural understanding of fun and play. It’s been awesome watching it grow over time into something potentially even greater than the original. Bad North is about defending tiny, procedurally generated island from Viking invaders, in what developer Plausible Concept calls both “charmingly brutal” and “deceptively simple.” Learn more on its website and Twitter.īernband is already a few years old at this point, but the first-person exploration game set in a whimsical alien city became is getting expanded into something even bigger.

Isometric tactics games have never looked this charming.

You can overlook it most of the time, but it can be a big problem when you’re in a panic and just have to snatch that gun to survive.An emergent soundtrack made of rhythmic drum beats and cymbal crashes accompanies every swift punch and throw in this hyper-violent top-down action game about an escaped gorilla. If there’s an issue with Unturned, it’s that interacting with items can be a bit finicky. Some AI adversaries beyond just zombies would be nice, but the game works quite well overall and has a great aesthetic. Unturned is like a cross between Minecraft and DayZ. Being chased down by a relentless zombie can be frustrating, but having the control to turn and fire accurately is satisfying. Using the mouse to aim or navigate is very smooth, and tapping a mouse button to fire a gun or swing a club is very fluid. Using your keyboard and mouse, you can walk, sprint, crawl, kneel, jump and more. Movement feels fluid and is a strong point of the game. At first, you’ll be fending off zombies with a stick, but you’ll eventually have powerful hand cannons, scoped sniper rifles, and even vehicles that let you get from point A to point B much faster than you could ever walk. Zombies are everywhere, and you have to avoid them and run from them until you’ve created or found the means to dispatch them.

The map is massive and comprises many different biomes for you to explore and survive. The game is free to play, and that’s true online regardless of what server type you opt for. It also supports multiplayer, and there are cooperative, player versus player, and team versus team servers available. Unturned can be played in an isolated, single-player environment. The goal of such games is to bootstrap yourself until you can not only survive your environment but master it and become the hunter rather than the prey. You begin your adventure stranded in the wilderness with no resources save your wits. Unturned is first and foremost a survival game. Unturned is an F2P game that blends survival and FPS mechanics in a Minecraft-like world.
