It also doesn’t help that Void Bastards currently stutters a lot on the Switch. The on-screen text can also be really tough to read on a larger screen and I did have to get a lot closer to read it while playing than I would have liked. When playing handheld, this just isn’t ideal. Unfortunately, there’s also a border that can be changed from white to black and there’s not an option to just remove the border altogether on the Switch, which shrinks the screen a bit and makes the viewing port that much smaller. Speaking of the comic-inspired visuals, Void Bastards looks stunning and has this beautiful teal-heavy color palette. This adds to the comic book feel of the game and it also appears for things like explosions. Thankfully, by taking one’s time, one can figure out what’s in a room by listening and looking at the visible onomatopoeias that hover in doorways. The Screws fire off these spikes that bounce all around and most areas of the game are fairly tight quarters so running into a Screw in a hallway can mean a quick death. I especially like the design of the Screw creatures, large hulking beasts that are kind of like the Big Daddy of Bioshock but with less combat variety. I actually recommend shooting for a higher difficulty level because the game can get trivial on lower levels. Most of my efforts of rummaging through derelict spacecraft just resulted in turtling in a corner, throwing Kittybots to distract foes, and then following up with proximity mines. Even though enemies are flat, there are weak spots that do extra damage which is a fantastic addition to this style of shooter.Įnemy design can lead to some interesting combat encounters but due to the nature of the random levels, it sometimes feels like just taking on whatever was spawned at the start all at once.
What makes Void Bastards a retro shooter is how the enemies look they are reminiscent of games like Doom or Duke Nukem 3D where the monster is a 2D sprite that is given depth by changing depending on the viewing angle. Void Bastards is a retro-styled first-person shooter where players take control of prisoners that are reconstituted by an emotionless robot who just mixes up a new person out of an endless supply and then kicks them out the door to fetch items to fix various parts of the main ship.
#Void bastards rating Pc
That or I’ll just pick it up on PC for a better experience.
On the Switch, things mostly go as expected from a port but there are things holding this one back that leaves me hoping for a patch.
#Void bastards rating Ps4
The game has already made some waves on PC and Xbox One but now players on PS4 and Switch can explore the dangerous reaches of space as a bastard. Coming from the minds of Looking Glass veteran and the indie team Blue Manchu, Void Bastards has elements of System Shock 2 with roguelike elements and modern sensibilities all wrapped in an impressive comic book style. Whether citing the game as being an inspiration or having a previous designer on System Shock 2 or the other notable projects from Looking Glass Studios on the project, players of the original title can usually connect the dots when a game makes a callback. As one of the most groundbreaking and influential PC titles of the late 90s, System Shock 2 created a ripple effect throughout just about every corner of the gaming industry.
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