When American Fugitive was introduced – a game about escaping from jail, staying one step forward of the cops and avenging your dad’s demise – I didn’t count on it to be as massive a tribute to Grand Theft Auto as we’ve obtained at launch right now, regardless of apparent similarities. Still, these in search of one thing extra within the vein of earlier GTA games, the place the vehicles had been small, the individuals had been even tinier and explosions are frequent, this is likely to be price taking for a spin. Not to say that builders Fallen Tree Games haven’t had a number of concepts of their very own. Case the joint and the launch trailer under.
Despite the game’s preliminary premise that you just’ve been despatched down for a criminal offense you’re harmless of, American Fugitive is all about committing loads extra crimes in pursuit of revenge. It’s unmistakably GTA impressed. You meet larger-than-life criminals, do jobs for them (typically involving committing many actually-your-fault murders), generate profits and discover an open-world metropolis. Still, it provides somewhat little bit of grit to the proceedings by letting you work together extra with buildings. You can use crowbars to interrupt into homes, after which rifle by means of the place through a mini-game interface, looting tools for your self and valuables to be bought later, as long as you’ve gotten the stock area.
While I’ve not had an opportunity to play this one myself, I’ve heard some grumbles from these reviewing it, particularly with reference to mission selection. As with the mainline Grand Theft Auto games, particularly the sooner ones, I’ve been instructed there’s a bit an excessive amount of back-and-forth fetch-questing, punctuated by the occasional extra thrilling setpiece mission. Personally I hoped for one thing extra alongside the traces of the Driver games – primarily car-chases – however that’s simply private choice. Even if this isn’t what I’m in search of, it looks like an honest little tackle the GTA formulation with somewhat old-school, top-down spin.
American Fugitive is out now on Steam and Humble for £14.39/€15.99/$15.99, and revealed by Curve Digital.
