I found myself stopping to admire this art design constantly, and hovering on the story panels as if to soak up the style.Īnother strength is, intriguingly enough, its voice acting. Its semblance of a narrative is conveyed in a manner that looks like a visual novel, complete with animated panels and dialogue bubbles. It’s easy to be distracted by the most minute of details, such as in-game posters or gadgets strewn about the area. Space crafts feature stunning, colorful 3D spaces. The major stand-out feature of this Humble Bundle-published title is its artwork. Progression is driven by crafting pieces of the spaceship that will allow faster-than-light travel, in an attempt to leave the local nebula. Based on the developer’s description, this is because the player gets to pick where to go. Though this carries forward into later game as well, feeling of aimless despite possessing a star-map. Better on-boarding (pun intended, as expected) or a tutorial area would be welcome. Perhaps I missed a story or dialogue prompt, I wasn’t exactly sure where to go or what to do. The beginning requires one to search for crafting parts to a piece of futuristic technology. Starting with my first character, a smoker with a random cough that alerts enemies, it actually takes me a couple hours to get my bearings. However, like its endless lineup of player characters, certain parts wind up being expendable. The basis of its humor is the setting: a bureaucratic galaxy with friendly robots, invading aliens and tons of obnoxious legal paperwork.
Which is a smart design decision, as the game is punishing enough already especially on higher difficulties. Items and materials are lost however upgrades and crafted items remain. When that person meets an untimely end, it’s replaced by a new one. Upon creation, he or she is assigned characteristics such as being fast on their feet or even colorblind. A random felon that hijacks an intergalactic vessel with the intention of leaving the Sargasso Nebula. The player takes control of an escaped prisoner, the titular “bastard” from the void.
VOID BASTARDS LORE PLUS
Picture one of these games, remove the engaging story and fascinating lore then add strategy elements, a cumbersome crafting system plus survival gauges and this is essentially the result. One of the team’s main designers Jonathan Chey co-founded Irrational Games and was instrumental in System Shock 2 and BioShock, obvious inspirations here. I commend the effort, even if I wasn’t dazzled by a few of its parts. Based on there being less than a dozen folks at studio Blue Manchu, this was clearly an ambitious task. Void Bastards is part first-person shooter, strategy sim, survival game and roguelite, the last of which being a more focused genre within the broader “roguelike” such as character perma-death plus random or procedural levels. Its attempt to mix genres and influences occasionally works, as I had a good enough time in short sessions though not nearly all the time. It’s a genuinely funny game, a shooter strategy hybrid set in space presented as a science-fiction comic book come to life. “The game expected you to die.”ĭuring a hectic opening sequence, this tone is quickly established then permeates the latest work from Australian indie studio Blue Manchu. “Don’t worry,” it shows as my character is overwhelmed by enemies.
Minutes into Void Bastards, it’s clear what kind of experience it’s going to be.
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