11/15/2023 0 Comments Void bastards patientsAcross the variety of ships you’ll creep around on, you’ll find piles of radioactive goo, electrical cables sparking, or maybe the power is out and you’ll need to make a quick trip to the generator room to address the current situation. Nearly everything surrounding Void Bastards is random, such as the conditions and environments you’ll explore, trying to find more fuel, that one more crafting piece needed to construct that fancy new gun, or more sandwiches to jam into your face hole. This approach is incredibly charming and fits alongside its very British humor and the way its story cutscenes play out truly add to the experience, right through to its ending, which had me gasp, which was followed up with genuine laughter. You are, in fact, very disposable, and the game never stops telling you this. Upon death however, your backpack will retain everything you’ve collected and retreat back to the ship, finding another prisoner to take your place. It’s not just your health you’ll need to watch over tho, as Oxygen will slowly deplete overtime and should you encounter radiation, you’ll need to ensure you don’t soak up too much, or you’ll need to seek out solutions on the ship to address this. Luckily, I’ve escape death more times than I can count, retreating back to my ship and refilling my health with many of the sandwiches I’ve discovered in my travels. It’s a very intriguing system that creates interesting situations and makes you really think about where to go and how to go about getting there. You will, from time to time, encounter genetic markers, or on board machines that will change up these traits, so while you may have a character that screams when they find loot, you may end up swapping that trait with anything from having your character run really fast, to being unlucky and then destined to only pick up junk. The character that I’ve been alongside the longest at least so far, had such a cough, making stealth fairly difficult, that is, until he became color blind and had me exploring ships in a black and white vision. Your progress across the Nebula will reset however, and you’ll have to start back at square one. These traits, as well as the prisoner who has them, will reset upon death, but the components you’ve collected and crafted will remain. You’ll leave the safe confines of your ship to explore derelict vessels in efforts to track down fuel, food, and crafting components needed to construct new weapons, gear, and items that will help you battle back the variety of enemy forces that stalk these abandoned spacecrafts.Īt the start of your adventure, you’ll be assigned a random prisoner, one that may have a bad cough, one so loud it attract enemies, or even that of tunnel vision, obscuring much of your view. Void Bastards is FPS roguelite from the development director of BioShock and System Shock 2, telling its story of using convicted prisoners to push through the Sargasso Nebula in search of supplies needed to make that one extra jump. I was never once bored with Void Bastards despite how repetitive it can feel and I honestly believe it is because of how confident developer, Blue Manchu, was in its vision, and how the game understands what it is and never attempts to be anything it’s not. While much of your time will be docking with random ships across the Sargasso Nebula, looting for supplies and food, as well as a hefty collection of crafting supplies, you’ll encounter a wide range of enemies, environmental hazards, and other life threatening conditions that will keep you on your toes for dozens of hours. Void Bastards is another title that offers up such memorable moments with its dry humor and pleasing visuals. When procedurally generated content is done right, such as with the stellar pixel slasher, Dead Cells, the amount of variation added to that randomness can often create remarkable and unforgettable experiences. It’s not uncommon for a title that is procedurally generated to get on my nerves, for its offerings to become shallow and short lived. This space exploration roguelite dug its claws into me right from the start, all the way to its abrupt, but satisfying ending, offering one of my favorite experiences this year, and a title I expect to show up on my top ten of the year. It’s by far my favorite service on the Xbox Platform, and in gaming in general, and has just recently allowed me to enjoy a wonderful little game called Void Bastards, a title that just commands attention. Xbox Game Pass has allowed several titles that I normally wouldn’t have given a second look to consume my time among the vast selection of games that release each month on several platforms.
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