While it might be thematically applicable for a sport named Assault Spy to sneak by fully unnoticed, this upcoming brawler from Japanese indie studio Wazen (and printed/localised by NIS America) has landed itself squarely on my radar, because of its Devil May Cry impressed combo stylings. That, and the truth that you get to beat up quite a lot of weirdly cute robots with a briefcase and umbrella. This week, it made its early entry debut through Steam.
I need to admit that not less than half my curiosity on this sport does stem from the straightforward pleasure of with the ability to flip out and wreck a military of robots armed with nothing greater than formal office-wear and a brolly. Sure, it could be some sort of high-tech spy umbrella designed for whacking issues with, but it surely’s a glance I can get behind. It additionally helps that the trailer has some good beats and a constant tempo. Good to see extra Japanese indies making the leap to Steam too, and in addition taking up extra demanding genres corresponding to this.
The first early entry construct of the sport does sound prefer it’s somewhat gentle on content material. Right now, it solely options one of many two deliberate playable protagonists (dapper anime spy Asaru – the opposite deliberate character is a woman CIA agent who fights robots bare-handed), and solely takes you so far as the primary main boss battle of the sport. There’s clearly a superb chunk of content material but to be developed, though Wazen reckon that it must be completed someday round Autumn.
The first handful of person critiques appear constructive on the entire, though they do affirm that there’s not a lot meat on Assault Spy’s bones proper now. The environments may also change into somewhat monotone – whereas I respect the intent of getting gray backgrounds and flashes of color to attract your eyes to the characters, they may have gone somewhat far on the drab cubicle aesthetic. Still, it’s comparatively early days but, contemplating that a lot of the sport remains to be in improvement.
If you don’t thoughts getting in on the bottom flooring and taking the steps, Assault Spy is £15.49/$20 on Steam right now, with a value improve deliberate for as soon as the sport is completed.
