Category: Coming out

Revolve. Boosting it’s way to consoles soon

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Revolve is a new action, puzzle platformer developed by ‘Rusty Bolt’. It’s coming out September 22nd for Xbox One and PS4 but already out on PC. We at X35 Earthwalker came across this game but we have never heard about it. Let’s see what’s good.

In the world of Revolve, players control Reevo, which is a drone. Reevo is trying to escape a dystopian world. So what? another flying away to escape game? Not exactly. In Revolve, you do not control Reevo directly. You can only jump, use speed boosts, brake and switch gravity. These four actions however; require energy to do.

This is where the challenge of the game comes from. Reevo’s energy refills by itself but slowly, meaning you can’t spam jump and boost all the time. It’s up to the player to make quick and good judgments on when to boost, when to switch gravity and when to jump or brake to keep going. The timing has to be right. Don’t jump when you don’t need it, wasting energy. This is actually a good mechanic.

Revolve is said to have physics and momentum based gameplay. So take that into account.The steam version of the game has a level editor so get creative. There are 70 levels and some have zero or inversed gravity. You can also race against the ghosts of other players to see if you are top escaper or not.

Overall this game seems very interesting. The mechanic at work here is a great idea. The graphics are very good. The music and sounds are very nice also. The environment fits what’s happening in the world of Revolve. We like what we see. The developers ‘Rusty bolt’ did a very good job with this game. We at X35 Earthwalker appreciate games with interesting mechanics. This is worth checking out. You may be able to switch gravity in this game but you can’t switch… the ‘Earth Walk!’

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Super Hydorah. Blasting it’s way to us soon

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Super Hydorah is a non-linear horizontal shoot em up game developed by ‘Abylight, Locomaltio and Gryzor86’. It’s coming out the 20th of September Xbox One and PC. Super Hydorah from the looks of it might be trying to go back to old school gaming styles. Let’s take a look.

In the world of Super Hydorah an evil force has started an invasion over Omios star. Players take control of the most skilful and deadly pilot in the galaxy (quite the claim there) to take on the Meroptians. The Meroptians are bio-mechanical creatures that are on a conquering campaign pretty much. So players must go from planet to planet fighting, destroying and taking on the Meroptians wherever they are.

Now Super Hydorah is basically one of those what you see is pretty much what you will get. It has the old school graphics style. It has taken from older games but adapted them to make something challenging, fun and appeal a lot to the old and new gamers. Now there are routes in this game and you must choose the one you want to go. Super Hydorah is larger than you initially think though.

There is said to be 21 different levels and those levels are split into 35 sublevels. 35 bosses which is a lot by the way and over 100 enemies. You must watch out for not just projectiles but enemies and even the environment. Over a sound track with 60 tracks, multiple endings, secrets and 3 game modes: single player, co-op multiplayer and a mini game called “robot chase”. So there is a lot here.

Overall Super Hydorah is another horizontal shoot em up game with many enemies, dangerous environments, large bosses and many levels. So it is what you probably expected but it’s got a lot in it. So if you liked retro games or the old school types then this game might be your thing. The developers ‘Abylight, Locomaltio and Gryzor86’ did a great job with this game. Super Hydorah might be worth checking out. Now old school games may be your thing but what’s everyones thing is… the ‘Earth Walk!’

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Tricky Towers. Coming to Xbox soon

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Tricky Towers is a multiplayer physics based tower building game, developed by ‘WeirdBeard’. It’s coming out on Xbox One the 15th of September but already out on PS4 and PC. This game is strange but interesting.

Tricky Towers is basically Tetris but with some modifications. Yes, if you liked Tetris then Tricky Towers should be your thing instantly. The aim here is simple. You must build your tower using Tetris like pieces but while you are building, your opponent is building their Tricky Tower as well. The aim is to build yours before they do. So what’s the modifications? Well not only do you want your tower to grow but you can use magic to protect your towers and use dark spells to ruin things for your opponents. 

This is another fun and simple multiplayer game for gamers to enjoy with their friends and family. We honestly need more good multiplayer games. Tricky Towers gets it right by making the game simple and best of all, it has four player local multiplayer. Off course their is online as well so practice first for a while and then head online to beat or get beaten by random strangers around the world. Things can get chaotic though when bricks are falling off ands peels are just being cast everywhere.

Now there is more to Tricky Towers then just bricks. For the single player gamers out there, there are 50 single player trials for you to take on. They will test your skills and give you all the training you need. There are some game modes like Survival, puzzle mode and race. By the way this the towers are physics based, meaning if they lean over a bit too much they will fall. Watch out for gravity!

We checked out the game and everything is looking kind of funny and sounding silly which we do need at times. The graphics are very good for it’s style. The sounds are sort of what you would expect from this game. There are some variety to the levels. 

Overall Tricky Towers looks like a good game. Simple but good chaotic fun. The developers ‘WeridBeard’ did a great job with this game. We at X35 Earthwalker will see how the Xbox community responds to Tricky Towers. this game might be worth checking out.

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Planet of the Eyes: New action-puzzle adventure

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Planet of the Eyes is a new action-puzzle adventure game developed by ‘Cococucumber’. It will be released 12th of September for Xbox one and PS4 but already on PC.

Planet of the eyes looks real cool. Another 2D platformer action game. Players control a service robot who is stranded on a mysterious world. It’s a narrative story style so make sure to listen to fully know what’s going on. Through out the game you will find audio logs which are fully voiced. There are physics based puzzles that need solving. So you can see why Planet of the Eyes is classed as a action-puzzle adventure game.

It’s what you would expect from a 2D platformer. The controls are simple in terms of jump, move and action from what we can see. You can interact with objects like pull, push, hold onto etc. Ledges fall from above to crush you or environmental hazards like crushing ceilings and floors, pits, electrical and heat hazards. There is a lot of dangers in this world. The developers on the website made it clear that deaths are in abundance. It says, “Robot deaths galore”.

We checked out some gameplay and everything looks good. The graphics are excellent for what it is. The sounds and music are definitely high quality. The environments and many different levels in this game are of a great variety. 

Overall, Planet of the Eyes seems like a real good game. The developers ‘Cococucumber’ did a great job. This isn’t exactly our type of game but we know for a fact that some gamers will love this. This game might be worth checking out.

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Ink. An inky fast paced platformer coming soon

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Ink is a new inky but fast paced platformer game developed by ‘ZackBellGames’. It’s coming out the 22nd of September for Xbox One, 19th for PS4 and already out on PC.

Now this game has been seen and liked by a lot of people for good reason. Ink has reminded many gamers of super meat boy. Basically players control a white square that releases different coloured ink as it moves, jumps and especially double jumps. The ink is important because you can’t see the terrain. It’s completely invisible and the ink reveals the terrain, especially when you die and go splat. There are spikes and falls which will destroy you.

Now there is some more to the game than that. There are enemies that want you to splat too. You have to defeat all the enemies by jumping on them and reach the goal. It’s literally a simple game. Nice and simple so that people can just jump on and give it a good go. There are 75 levels which means players have quite a lot of work to do. There are also bosses in Ink as well. They really shake things up.

Overall Ink just seems like another simple, quick fun game that any player sort of can just pick up and play. We checked out some gameplay and it really does remind us of super meat boy and a few others but it looks very good. The developers ‘ZackBellGames’ made a good game. This game might be worth checking out.

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Hob. A new action adventure, coming soon

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Hob is a new suspenseful action adventure game developed by ‘Runic Games’. It’s coming out 26th of September for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. This game instantly looks weird but let’s take a look.

Not much information is given on Hob but we do know that it takes place on a world in disarray. The players job is to slowly figure out their role in saving this world and the life here. Hob is certainly not short on exploration. The environments are large and have a lot to offer. There are puzzles to solve and it is even said that players can transform the planet itself. That sounds very interesting.

In Hob players must rely on the giant mech arm. This arm is capable of warping, punching and grappling. Now to get these abilities and grow more powerful, players must use the GUS (Glove upgrade system). It’s like Metroid, you will need these abilities to access certain areas in the different environments. Also there are different creatures around as well and some of them are not friendly, meaning you will need your arm to fight them. Remember this.

We checked out some gameplay and it made the game much better in our minds. The graphics are excellent. It all looks smooth and well done. The environments and their designs are great. Thy look worth exploring which for games like this is very important. The sounds are excellent as well. When you land on a platform that then descends it sounds like platforms from ancient ruins. 

Overall there isn’t much information as of now to go on concerning this game but from what we know it looks like a good game. A bit interesting but hasn’t interested us enough. It’s not our type. Gamers who are explorers will like this and those for a bit of a mystery. The developers ‘Runic Games’ did a great job with this game and it shows. We at X35 Earthwalker will listen out for news concerning Hob. This game might be worth checking out. Make sure you do though as we ourselves know how hard and long it takes to make games. The world of Hob is in danger but guess what’s never in danger… the ‘Earth Walk!’

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Raiders of the broken planet. The raids start soon

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Raiders of the broken planet is a new 4v1 online action adventure game, developed by ‘Mercury Steam’. It’s coming out the 22nd of September for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC. This has gotten quite a lot of attention so far. Let’s see why.

Now Raiders of the broken planet takes place on a far away broken planet. A force of humans are made there way there because of an incredible discovery on one of Saturn’s moons. This might just be their biggest discovery yet. This is at the far reaches of the universe. Apparently there is a source of energy called the ‘Aleph’. This energy somehow grants ultimate power to whoever controls it. That’s scary.

Now gamers can easily guess that since Raiders of the broken planet is 4v1 that makes it clear that players can choose to be on one of two sides. You can either be one of the raiders or of the otherside. So either be the one or be one of the four. It’s up to you. Now this Aleph is some crazy stuff. You can use it increase resistancen speed up self healing and improve aim. That sounds like quite the buff. You have to make sure to collect as much of it as you can from your enemies. Aleph is extremely volatile and if you don’t absorb it quick it will disappear, also destroying ammo in the process. So this calls for rushing in but then that means you may have to get physical with some enemies. 

Like Gears of war there is a lot of cover available and you don’t need button presses or stuff like that to use them. Now stress is bad for you but it gets real bad in Raiders of the broken planet because if you get stressed, your Aleph signature will be revealed to enemies… even through obstacles. If you choose to fight against the raiders then you and the space demon, bosses and enemies fighting alongside you. There is more groups out here than you think. There are the locals, Hades division, Fifth council and the Umbra Wardogs. Each have their own characters who have their own skills, weapons and story. With different groups, different characters and different worlds, there is a lot going on.

Overall Raiders of the lost planet seems really interesting right now. We checked out some gameplay and everything looks smooth and well right now. There is quite a bit of sneaky and stealth action in order to get close range. If you mess up, you can die quite quickly. Graphics look very good. Sounds are very nice as well. This game doesn’t really impress us yet. Off course more information will be released later which could sway our view. This game is cool and you can see that Raiders of the broken planet was a big project and lots of work has gone into it.

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Morphite. The rare material is soon here

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Morphite is a new atmospheric exploration sci-fi shooter game developed by ‘Crescent Moon Games’. Morphite is coming out the 7th of September for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4, IOS and PC. Talk about making a game accessible. We at X35 Earthwalker love that.

Morphite did get our attention straight up we can say that this is for gamers who like exploration, space and future like stuff. This game was inspired by some old classic games like Metroid Prime and Ratchet & Clank. So already we have certain expectations of Morphite. Sort of think of this like a more combat focused, deep story, poly style graphic looking no man’s sky but better.

There is a mysterious rare material called ‘Morphite’. Your goal is to unravel this mystery by traveling and exploring the galaxy. On your journey you will need to research animals & plants while taking on hostile entities in combat. Not everything you see is friendly. So with Morphite, players can expect an open-ended player driven discovery and exploration. The developers stated that this game is set to be “a deep and enriching single player experience”. If you haven’t guessed it by now, Morphite is set far in the future where humanity as already populated the distant reaches of space. Count us out. In terms of the story, the official website says, “The player takes on the role of Myrah Kale, a young woman residing on a space station and workshop under the care of her surrogate father, Mr. Mason. What starts as a simple exploratory mission to gather supplies to support their shop rapidly turns into a journey revealing Myrah’s unknown past and her relationship to a rare, coveted, and nearly extinct material called Morphite.”

Now Morphite has quite the amount to offer in terms of gameplay action. After all this game is about exploration. There are many worlds in Morphite and they are all random generated. There are a wide range of things for players to find and check out. You will find many different caves, landscapes, rivers, various creature types; however in space there are space stations to explore but they may not be normal ones as some space stations are abandoned or ruled by alien life. Scanning creatures is important because that information can be sold to upgrade your ships and weapons. Real time space combat. There are random vehicles and weapons that can be found on various planets. Environmental puzzle solving. Fully voiced main storyline. Best of all there are huge bosses to fight and hopefully defeat and much more.

Overall Morphite looks like a lot of fun. It certainly has lots of deep mechanics and features within. The graphics are Poly styled and the sounds are nice. The way the health and ammo floats to you after you kill an hostile entity definitely reminds us of Metroid. The developers ‘Crescent Moon Games’ did an excellent job with this game. It is worth checking out. Now Morphite is rare indeed but not as rare… as the ‘Earth Walk!’

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X-Morph: Defense. The defense starts soon

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X-Morph: Defense is a new top down shooter, tower defense game, developed by EXOR Studios, and coming out 30th of August for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. This game so far looks real cool.

X-Morph: Defense shakes things up with the story. This time players aliens. Players will be invading and taking on Earth. Players are… the X-Morph. The alien species that wants earth’s resources and to terraform the planets surface. Now off course earth isn’t going to roll over and let this happen. They send their units and fight back. Players must get strategic in this fight. Use the build mode to select and place various different alien towers to counter the humans. Blow up buildings to block of paths or create paths. Whatever supports your towers and style. What’s also great is that you can join the fray yourself. Use a cool range of weapons to take them on. It’s up to you how you want to play. X-Morph is said to provide “exceptional planning freedom.”

So how do you complete your objective? Well you must defend the X-Morph harvesters from waves of incoming human forces. Now use the setup phase to carefully decide how you want to set up your defense and take your time because there is no time limit. X-Morph boasts about the ability to allow players to build towers virtually anywhere. So how will you build. Normally X35 Earthwalker himself likes to create long winding paths in games like Defense Grid 2 to make things as hard for the enemies as possible. Use the environment to your advantage. Everything is almost completely destructible. So collapse bridges, buildings and more to shape the field to your advantage like block or paths and make complex mazes.

What’s really cool is how far the humans have advanced in technology. They have created large, massive mechanical units that can destroy the X-Morph. These giant war machines can also be boss fights. These bosses have the power to damage and influence the environment as well. Prepare for awesome battles full of destruction. City sized threats indeed.

What really makes us at X35 Earthwalker very happy is the fact that X-Morph: Defense is split screen co-op. That’s right. You heard us. In co-op, there are more enemies and they come from more direction which honestly is how it should be to make the challenge balanced. There are different gameplay scenarios for co-op so you will have a different experience from when you played single player. So how will you work with your partner? Will both of you attack the enemy head on or will one build while the other attacks. It’s all up to the players.

We have checked out some gameplay and it’s looking real epic right now. The graphics and sounds are excellent. The action is continuous and explosive indeed. The buildings are shattering. The attention to detail is great as well. You can easily see that a lot of work went into this game.

Overall this game is looking awesome. The gaming mechanics are great and add layers to the tower defense aspects of X-Morph: Defense. Like we said, the graphics and sounds are excellent. The environments are designed well. The developers ‘Exor Studios’ have done a magnificent job from what we can see. This game is worth checking out. stealing a planets resources is mean but one thing is never mean, and that’s… The ‘Earth Walk!’

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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. New enemies

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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is getting closer but as it’s getting closer more information is being released. More information about the enemies. Believe us when we say, things are getting completely real.

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen not only has the Chosen who are coming after us. The Assassin, Warlock and Hunter. Powerful well trained prideful beings who keep coming after you and can kidnap your soldiers. Sure they are the biggest threat but there are some new faction enemies that are more than happy to give us a fight for the planet. 

The ‘Lost’ are the result of the aliens bioweapons and bombardments. So yes they were once humans but now just husks. Their bodies are fragile meaning they aren’t a problem really but when they are in large numbers that’s when things get real. They pretty much rule the abandoned cities. They are attracted to loud nosies meaning when you are busy fighting aliens and you maybe use a grenade or whatever, the Lost may show up. The worst things about these guys is that they will swarm you continuously. They just keep coming. You can’t hold them off forever, they will eventually get you, so make sure to move on and retreat. Sounds frightening honestly. This enemy is a really game changer. You can use them to attack the enemy or they will ruin everything for you.

The Priest carry regular weapons like the magnetic rifles but their main threat is simply their psionic powers. They can use stasis on units, mind control enemy units and even somehow shield and heal themselves when they have taken heavy damage. They can use ‘Holy Warrior’, which is similar to what the sectoids in XCOM 1 could do, where they merge minds and one boosts the stats of the other. This also has the same weakness as well meaning if you can kill the Priest then the boosted unit will die as well. Do not forget that. It’s already clear that the Priests are going to be a huge problem. Mind control is pretty much the worst thing.

The Purifiers are the most straight forward and simple of the new factions. Their job is to clean up the Lost and any civilian retaliations. How do they do that? Well they use their flamethrowers off course. These guys specialise in dealing low but continuous damage in a wide area. It gets worse. They can throw incendiary grenades. Lastly when they die, there is a chance that they will explode. So when dealing with these guys make sure to not be grouped up together and take them out from a distance. We are loving the variety so far.

The Spectre can turn into a black nanorobotic cloud at will meaning it can disappear. It’s ‘Shadowbind’ ability can lock soldiers in place. It gets worse. It then creates a shadow version that have the same skills as the soldier it locked in place. The Spectre can also use the ‘Horror’ ability which damages the enemy but heals itself. Sadly they automatically have the ‘Lightning reflexes’ ability which means the first overwatch shot ALWAYS misses. The Spectre is already getting on our nerves.

So these are four new factions with three being advent units while the Lost are natural enemies that will attack anyone. Everything so far about XCOM 2: War of the Chosen sounds awesome. We at X35 Earthwalker are looking forward to this. Some are looking forward to this game but everyone is looking forward to… the ‘Earth Walk!’

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