While I beloved its space-trucker aesthetic and dirty rock soundtrack, Double Damage’s area fight and buying and selling sandbox Rebel Galaxy by no means actually grabbed me. Its prequel – Rebel Galaxy Outlaw – however, has my full consideration.
Announced as we speak, it’s placing the participant straight within the cockpit of smaller, extra agile craft (now with totally 3D flight), making it look and sound deliciously much like DOS basic Wing Commander: Privateer. Below, an announcement PSA that includes snarky alien Sandar D’Truz, some extra selection screenshots and a few bite-sized gameplay clips.
Set a technology earlier than the unique Rebel Galaxy, Outlaw places gamers within the boots of Juno Markev, a roguish outlaw kind, down on her luck and making her manner again up the prison ladder from scratch. There’s smuggling to do, dogfights to get into with pirates and different prison types and dirty bars to hang around in. The bars are extra than simply mission hubs, and even function arcade games, playing and billiards. The game additionally guarantees a twenty-hour rock and blues-heavy soundtrack, which as anybody who heard the tunes within the first game can affirm is rattling excellent news.
And right here’s a trio of spaceflight clips, sadly mangled by Twitter’s video compression, however nonetheless thrilling. The first offers us a peek at what third-person flight appears like, together with some deliciously swirly swarm missiles.
— Rebel Galaxy (@RebelGalaxy) May 20, 2018
This second clip includes a bit extra dogfighting and apparently looting from an enemy wreck mid-flight.
Alright ONE LAST ONE after which I’m carried out. Lots extra issues flyin’ round. And a swear. pic.twitter.com/DjKksL8Sjj
— Rebel Galaxy (@RebelGalaxy) May 21, 2018
And this final clip is simply sassy. Come for the raised center finger, keep for the participant switching to a turret on the fly-by to allow them to blast an ejected enemy pilot.
OK, I admit, that was fairly coldhearted – however to be honest, I used to be terrible beat up, and so they have been imply. pic.twitter.com/ZkwLy4jpBH
— Rebel Galaxy (@RebelGalaxy) May 22, 2018
And right here’s a couple of extra screenshots, that includes extra cockpits, minigames, space-scoundrels and explosions.
It all appears quite beautiful, and really nostalgic for anybody who grew up by the ‘golden age’ of area fight games. Double Damage say that whereas Rebel Galaxy Outlaw’s area fight ought to be accessible to all, these with a HOTAS setup handy gained’t really feel neglected both.
Being roguish types, Double Damage aren’t fairly wiling to pin down a launch date, however reckon the game ought to be launching within the first quarter of 2019. One factor they will affirm – and talked about within the PSA above – is a $30 price ticket.
