Mechajammer is a cyberpunk RPG with neither mechs nor jam

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Mechajammer is a cyberpunk RPG with neither mechs nor jam

It has got some cool motorbikes though

If the gruesome look of cyberpunk RPG Expiry Trash doesn't quite do it for you, then perhaps the more grungey style of Mechajammer will. Information technology'south an upcoming open-world game influenced by 80s action films, and it's prepare in a cyberpunk city surrounded past killer jungles on an alien planet. In the trailer I've spotted: cool motorbikes, very good eyepatches, and futuristic guns that make very good "pewpewpew" noises.

While the game is inspired a little fleck past the old isometric Fallouts, Whalenought co-founder Hannah Williams told PCGamer it's besides influenced past 80s sci-fi and activity films like Escape From New York and The Terminator.

"In that location'south something wonderfully gritty, nighttime and campy about the way the time to come is portrayed in these films that actually resonates with us," Williams told PCG. "These low tech worlds are both awful and relatable at the same fourth dimension, and while Mechjammer is more of a sci-fi setting, the earth itself is analog and familiar. Nosotros love creating dumbo, abstract visual atmosphere in our games, and we wanted to channel that lack of CGI used in these kinds of sci-fi films. The environments are a dense wall of grungy, sweaty pixels, and we think it captures the grungy experience of movies like these."

Playing Mechajammer, yous'll gather a crew of deserters who desire to leave this hostile colony. Combat is turn-based, and it looks similar there are lots of dystopian weapons at your disposal (like the aforementioned "pewpewpew" guns, also as some skillful swords).

Steam says Mechajammer is "coming soon". When it does come up out, it'll be availble on Windows, Mac and Linux. You tin find out more well-nigh information technology on the game'southward website.

Mechajammer was originally Kickstarted around five years agone, back when it was named Copper Dreams. Information technology's evolved a lot since then, and not just in proper noun. Initially, it had a low-poly look, which has been swapped out for a more stylised pixely appearance.

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