Catastronauts‘s mash-up of FTL’s irritating area fight and Overcooked’s messy co-op is an impressed hybrid and a match logical sufficient to fulfill even a Vulcan. Released at present and made by Inertia Game Studios, it’s a co-op get together game for one to 4 folks, ideally huddled round a TV and free to shout at one another. As a crew of expendable and all-too-fragile redshirts (and different colors, however no matter), you’ve acquired to maintain your ship functioning because it braves stellar risks, fights hostile aliens and customarily lands you in every kind of hassle. Below, the launch trailer.
I acquired to play somewhat little bit of Catastronauts at Rezzed earlier this 12 months, and it actually does really feel like scurrying round as one of many little crewmen in FTL, your tiny fragile physique pummelled by incoming enemy fireplace as you attempt to extinguish flames, hold weapons firing and airlocks shut. While I’ve not performed both extensively sufficient to say this definitively, Catastronauts felt somewhat sooner and messier than Overcooked, with gamers needing to coordinate much less, however look out for their very own well-being somewhat extra. Thankfully, buddies can clone you again to life in the event you get your self (or a buddy) deaded.
Matt took a short peek on the game at EGX for his animal round-up. Initially confused that it wasn’t about Cat Astronauts, he got here to the identical conclusion; it’s a neat little game – “Rad”, even. Sadly, Catastronauts is native co-op solely, however fortunately hooking a PC as much as a TV is less complicated than it was due to the proliferation of gaming-spec laptops and units just like the Steam Link. Not perfect for everybody (particularly these with full tower PCs in one other room), however get together games on PC are extra moveable than they was.
Catastronauts is out now on Steam, and prices £12.39/€13.29/$15.99.
