Archvale released a couple of days ago on PC, Xbox (Game Pass for both), and Switch. In a nutshell, it’s a non-roguelike Enter the Gungeon with some light RPG elements. It does so many things right and is absolutely worth your time, but has a collection of fundamental flaws that keep it from being truly great.
First, the good:
The developers idoz & phops have clearly put a huge amount of effort into making the basic mechanics of moving, shooting, and dodging look, feel, and sound incredible. The moment to moment gameplay of entering a room, dodging shots to close distance, and firing back at enemies is polished to a mirror shine– the controls are snappy and responsive, enemy bullet patterns are varied and easy to read, and the sounds and vfx make every action punchy and satisfying. Based purely on the core gameplay loop alone, this game is more than worth the price of admission.
Archvale has a somewhat open world full of about a dozen sizeable areas, each with many …
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We’re the developers behind Rain on Your Parade, a genre-bending comedy game where you play as a jerk cloud and ruin everyone’s day! It has over 50 levels each with unique goals and alternating playstyles, with a cute diorama style (ala Paper Mario). The gameplay is a mix between Untitled Goose Game and What the Golf, with a bit of Donut County and Katamari vibes.
It’s out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch and Xbox (including GamePass!)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIQsmC6At1I
For those who might have already heard of it, the big news we wanted to share is…
Here’s the DLC trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDhEwPfAELw
The DLC will add new levels, new powers, new achievements, developer commentary mode and development museum, new cloudy decorations, as well as tons of new gags and spoofs ;)
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The base game is out now, and you can wishlist or pre-order the DLC …
The team says they are working with Steam to figure out why. It has been this way for 16 hours now.
Have you ever heard of this happening before? Steam has made no statement so far.
I hope it didn’t turn out to be a hidden cryptominer or worse. The developers are a relatively unknown game studio from China. There are many official servers with no monthly subscription, plus the game incentivises people staying in game to level up experience points.
The game has been out in Early Access for about 2 weeks.