Lugaru HD - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Brendan Caldwell)

Every Monday we send Brendan into the early access fighting pits to face all types of terrifying wildlife. This week, the rabbit kickboxers and ultra strong wolves of Overgrowth [official site].>

Overgrowth is a game that has been eight years in the making and still isn t anywhere near finished. An anthropomorphic fighting game of swift kicks and raw punches to the side of the head, it is beautifully animated, pleasingly ragdoll, and Bruce Lee fast. There also isn t very much to do. There s a lot of pleasure to be got from executing the perfect series of kicks and punches against its tough, intelligent opponents, especially when they re armed with heavy one-hit-kill swords. But unless you reeeeeally> like that, the joy of it soon dries up. … [visit site to read more]

Overgrowth - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Brendan Caldwell)

The kung fu rabbits of Overgrowth [official site] have been around in a playable form since I was a small and ancient protozoa, so I won t accept the game s sudden switch from alpha to beta as news. But I will take notice when told that the story campaign of its predecessor, Lugaru, has been adapted into the fisticuffs framework of the sequel, meaning there should now be something to do in the game besides biffing anthropomorphic wolves in the skull until they fly across the map in ragdoll pain. … [visit site to read more]

...

Search news
Archive
2024
Mar   Feb   Jan  
Archives By Year
2024   2023   2022   2021   2020  
2019   2018   2017   2016   2015  
2014   2013   2012   2011   2010  
2009   2008   2007   2006   2005  
2004   2003   2002