The ocean depths are a fairly good Metroidvania setting, seeing as we all know so little about them. In truth, it wouldn’t shock me that a lot if the weird glowing creatures of Outbuddies actually have been down there, simply ready for a misplaced explorer to detect them. Submerge your self within the trailer’s neons and the skulls which might be apparently littered in every single place on the ocean shelf. Again, not stunning.
Once, as a teen, I completely shredded my leg in opposition to a barnacle-encrusted pier, which is maybe why the colorful partitions of this game evoke such a robust sense reminiscence. But nonetheless, their weirdly bulbous, eye-like roundness is objectively creepy. On the opposite hand, this bioluminescent/supernatural robotic glow mashup that’s taking place within the color palette doesn’t solely look good, it additionally is sensible contemplating the weirdness that seems to be taking place below the ocean:
Enter Bahlam, a sunken metropolis of the Old Gods, positioned deep within the South Atlantic Ocean. Following a shipwreck, adventurer and maritime archaeologist Nikolay Bernstein regains consciousness 36,000 toes below the ocean. He’s severely wounded and unwillingly related to a supernatural Buddy-unit. Searching for solutions about his displacement our foremost protagonist digs deep into the misplaced undercity, regularly realizing an ominous presence hollowing in its shadowed caverns.
This explains the ominous cranium piles.
Bernstein may not be thrilled to be related to that sea/cosmic nightmare/different??? robotic*, however he would possibly really feel higher if you happen to get a pal to regulate it by way of the game’s native co-op choices. “This will also provide an opportunity for team-speedrunning as a very unique take on the scene,” write the builders, which, yeah, I may see myself watching.
*it may not even be a robotic? Who is aware of when there are undersea Old Gods concerned.
Outbuddies is scheduled to launch earlier than the top of this yr, and you could find it on Steam.
