Medical ships, for example, echo the design of Sevastopol Station in Alien: Isolation. In part, it’s a virtue of the universal truth that sci-fi corridors are sci-fi corridors are sci-fi corridors.Ĭrucially, Void Bastards has just enough variety. Void Bastards manages to avoid this problem with its procedurally generated spaceship layouts. Those magical, mathematically created worlds are always impressive, but part of me is also always wondering if the next planet will be even more impressive, or the next, or the next. It’s the main reason why No Man’s Sky never quite took off for me. I like to see the artist’s hand at work, whether it’s in the design of a space to provoke a specific action, or in a beautiful vista composed to generate an emotion. The flip side is that I’m not a particular fan of games that use procedural generation to create environments and levels. Any game that evokes that style – and the feel of British sci-fi comics – immediately has my attention. I’m from the generation that grew up with the original Star Wars, Ridley Scott’s Alien, Logan’s Run, and the homespun charm of the BBC’s Blake’s 7. I’m always excited for science fiction games. Each one can reuse any weapons and gadget upgrades you’ve obtained, and continue the objective of retrieving the required FTL parts. If – or rather, when – you die, another prisoner is “rehydrated” and deployed. But, a tantalising assortment of loot on each ship tempts you to stay longer than is necessary. Limited health and a slowly depleting oxygen supply provide the impetus to make your raid as swift as possible. Salvage the materials required to power the Void Ark for its final Faster Than Light jump home.Įach ship – which is procedurally generated from a set of common parts – is populated with a cornucopia of beasties, mutated citizens, and security systems. Revive a rag-tag bunch of freeze-dried prisoners stored aboard a transport vessel called the Void Ark, and send them into action on a series of derelict but dangerous spaceships. Suicide Squad meets The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as roguelike FPS Void Bastards comes to the Nintendo Switch.īlue Manchu’s Void Bastards has a simple premise.
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