Stealthy sci-fi shooter Skin Deep, newest from Blendo Games (Quadrilateral Cowboy, Flotilla, and so on) cites the best Christmas film ever – Die Hard – and Far Cry 2 as equal inspirations. As the resident barefoot badass aboard a spacecraft crawling with murderous pirates, it’s as much as the participant to filter the unhealthy guys, ideally whereas not being vented into area, bleeding out or in any other case dying horribly. The game was simply introduced with no launch date but, however beneath you’ll discover a debut trailer that includes acrobatic sharpshooting and a devoted ‘cough blood’ button.
What it lacks in graphical constancy, Skin Deep makes up for in its attention-grabbing methods. Stealth is simple once you’re an a larger-than-life undercover agent, but it surely seems to be just like the participant is a reasonably fragile character, requiring frequent medical help, and typically simply liable to sneeze once you’re attempting to keep away from a struggle. One attention-grabbing twist appears to be that aiming appears not less than partially automated, with the participant touchdown two excellent headshots in speedy succession, one whereas dangling upside-down. Being set in area, oxygen can be at a premium, and home windows could be damaged.
Oddly sufficient, this all jogs my memory of Die Hard for the NES. On prime of hitting many of the plot beats of the movie, it gave you a strict time restrict, and a finite variety of unhealthy guys in all the tower to take care of. Ammo was restricted, and accidents to your ft didn’t simply make motion slower, however took a much bigger chunk out of your restricted time each time you needed to traverse a flight of stairs. I’m to see simply how far the percentages are stacked in opposition to the participant in Skin Deep. Given developer Brendon Chung’s documented love of Far Cry 2’s unwelcoming world, I’d guess ‘very’.
Right now, there’s no launch date for Skin Deep and given Blendo’s historical past I wouldn’t even hazard a guess at when it may be launching. The game will probably be single-player solely, and is at present a solo growth venture, utilizing Blendo’s outdated favorite Id Tech four engine – the beating coronary heart behind Doom 3. You can discover it on its official page here or Steam and observe Blendo on Twitter here.
