Fans of quirky FPS Void Bastards will want to pay attention, as a direct sequel titled Wild Bastards is heading to the Nintendo Switch on September 12, 2024.
With 13 unique playable characters, you’ll have to manage the relationships between each of them, guide their growth and make sure they don’t die a horrible death – obviously. Once you’ve successfully made it through the main campaign, you’ll unlock Challenge Mode, which introduces modifiers and an ever-increasing difficulty level to really test your skills.
We pretty much loved the original Void Bastards, calling it “a delightfully rogue-like romp through a beautifully unique, head-spinning comic book world filled with loud enemies and smart-ass robots.” We scored an 8/10 at the end of our review, which means you’d better check it out.
Meanwhile, the Wild Bastards game demo is now available at Steam if you want a taste of the action before the game launches in September. For now, let’s check out the key features:
– Intensive calculations – Prove that you are the best gunslinger by destroying a series of enemies in bullet-flying shootouts.
– Tactical FPS combat – Use your wits to defeat tricky enemies who use cover, flank you, and use a wide variety of special moves from teleportation to poison feather guidance.
– 13 outlaws to play – Rebuild a gang of 13 outlaws, each with their own unique weapon, stunt, personality, relationships and ability tree.
– Build and maintain relationships –The family knows each other well, but that doesn’t mean they love each other. It’s your job to manage their dynamic relationships, but good luck getting the feuding outlaws to ride together.
– Let the gang prosper – Collect resources to heal injured gang members, level up characters, improve relationships and more.
– Strategize to win – Assess the terrain, enemies, and traits of each planet before choosing which gang members to land there. Collect items, level up and use special locations carefully to turn the odds in your favor!
– A lawless, ever-changing galaxy – Roam procedurally generated galactic sectors and planets with varying parameters such as gravity, terrain features, weather and more.
– Challenge Mode – After completing the main campaign, a challenge mode is unlocked that offers a series of challenging sectors with increasingly difficult levels and mutators to change the gameplay experience.
What do you think? Are you up for this? Leave a comment with your thoughts below.
