A few modes are initially locked and require certain accomplishments to be met before they open up, which is done through this regular mode. I say this because regular is the core of the game experience that other modes then modify to switch up the challenge. This is not necessarily a dig at past roguelikes, but when something comes along that claims to be inspired by the hyper-action of Doom, then yeah, the player is already expecting something from the developer, and thankfully the team knows this and has incorporated frantic action into the classic roguelike formula. It does away with any of the overly complicated mechanics that can sometimes be part of roguelike games. This is due to Jupiter Hell being easy to understand.
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If Doom 2016/ Doom Eternal taught me anything, it is that I love to wreck demons to some quality metal tunes, although Jupiter Hell is a bit more generic in its metal music, it does make the action more satisfying.Įverything is quick in Jupiter Hell, even the tutorial joins in this by letting you know that it will only be a couple of minutes long before you are set free to journey into hell.
The hero likes to swear, is ready to kill without hesitation and has many one-liners ripped straight from other games/movies of that era, and of course, the music is heavy metal, which fits well with the theme of the game. The visuals are old school, given a stylised CRT monitor look by bending the image every so slightly on the screen. This is going for the 90s sci-fi feel and look. The player is an alone marine who has to make an emergency landing on one of the moons of Jupiter, where he finds out everyone is dead, so must make his way through the legions of zombie humans, beasts and demonic forces to escape what is essential hell on Jupiter…get it? Yeah, okay, so it is not the most imaginative name, but it is straight to the point, just like the game itself. The game keeps it simple and straight to the point to set up the themes of the game through a flashy animated cutscene. Jupiter Hell is looked upon as a spiritual successor to DRL, starting life on Kickstarter back in November 2016, then jumping to Steam Early Access in 2018, and now releasing version 1.0 in August 2021.Īs with Doom, Jupiter Hell skips any notion when it comes to story. DRL took the themes of Doom and Doom II and morphed, as the title suggests, into a roguelike. The developer, ChaosForge, initially created a fan-made game called Doom, the Roguelike, shorten to DRL after a cease and desist notice was sent to the developer by ZeniMax Media to stop using the Doom name. This is because there is some history behind the birth of Jupiter Hell. Jupiter Hell is going to have to do a lot of ripping and tearing to get through the noise of the competition to show the audience why it should be played this year – hint: it should.ĭoom fans might have noticed that little nod to id Software‘s first-person shooter in the opening paragraph. It easily takes the gold medal – searching for the tag on Steam brings back over 3,000 titles, so fans of those games have plenty of options to pick from. That win surely belongs to the roguelike. Having handled a lot of Trailer Attacks on the site, I feel I should correct myself and apologise to the battle royale genre because clearly that is no longer the leader in been overused. That’s how it goes sometimes.I remember when I was covering a battle royale game last year called Spellbreak, a rather good one I might add, and in that opening paragraph, I mentioned how the Buzz Lightyear meme of “ X, X Everywhere” was so appropriate to that genre. As you’ll hear in the video, it doesn’t really do anything different, and it doesn’t look particularly exciting.īut Kickstarter users aren’t having any problem with that, as it’s reached almost half of its goal in a matter of days.
There’s not much to write home about with regards to Jupiter Hell. Assuming the game does get made, of course.īut it’s reliability is its biggest flaw, in a way. This is one of those campaigns where you can feel comfortable knowing you’re going to get what you’re backing. The Kickstarter page is well laid out with plenty of information on the game and the developers, ChaosForge Ltd.
It’s a “modern turn based sci-fi roguelike,” modeled after just about any turn-based strategy game out there right now. Jupiter Hell has exploded on Kickstarter, now raising over $30,000 as I write this. Not that there’s anything wrong with this week’s pick, Jupiter Hell, it just doesn’t do much for me. But sometimes no such campaign exists, and we more or less give it to a campaign that’s been very successful. Something totally unique, amazingly presented, or even something flawed, but still interesting. We usually like to pick a game for Game of the Week that really inspires us.
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