Players can build weapons and gadgets that will help improve their survival rate. Before sneaking in, players are allowed to know the potential enemies they face and they can gear up with that in mind. The fact that death is so punishing creates tension when players board a foreign ship. The only elements that stay constant is the fuel, food and cargo aboard the Void Ark.
That means players can’t run for long but they can pick up items that are farther away.Įach inmate offers his or her own set of positive and negative characteristics. That means the character is closer to the ground and the screen is black and white. Similar to “Rogue Legacy,” each unfrozen protagonist has different set of traits. That means death is permanent and players must start from scratch with a new character. If they die, players lose all their supplies and the prison ship’s computer unfreezes another inmate on board. Each turn consumes fuel and food, so each decision must be strategic. Each move also means “Void Bastard’s” AI moves other ships across the play space. If they escape, they can continue exploring the nebula by moving their ship across a board game-type map. Fight or flight? Players face danger and tough consequences either way. Faced with an enemy onslaught, they can run or shoot to kill. That means players will eventually run into combat. That’s done by boarding ships and scavenging for materials, but the problem facing players is that the owners don’t take kindly to inmates stealing fuel, food and other materials they can get their hands on. The goal is to survive as they navigate through the depths of the Sargasso Nebula. The artificial intelligence system releases one prisoner, and that inmate has to help the ship. They’re on a prison spaceship called the Void Ark when the vessel goes haywire. If you were to bring a pulp sci-fi comic to to life through a video game, it would look like “Void Bastards.” Filled with screens divided into panels and an art-style that’s reminiscent of “Valerian” or “Flash Gordon,” the indie title from Blue Manchu puts players in a challenging position.
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