Wild Bastards Preview

There’s a new playful roguelite FPS on the horizon, a spiritual sequel to 2019’s cranky comic-book-styled. The sophomore release by studio Blue Manchu, borrows some structural aspects of the original game, but packages them under a sci-fi western space opera wrapper with new systems and mechanics besides. With publishing duties handled by Maximum Entertainment, this action-RPG FPS leverages elements seen in , the lesser-known, and Blue Manchu’s own predecessor, focusing on bite-sized action sequences framed by strategic map navigation, all with that irreverent tone.

hit the scene back in 2019, offering a hard-edged but hilarious narrative centered on a rotation of prisoners as cannon fodder drifting through a foul-mouthed outer space wilderness. Node by node, an assortment of disposable avatars made their way through the comic-art themed corridors of derelict spaceships, snatching up upgrades, ammo, and resources, and doing their best to inch towards the next zone, at the mercy of hazardous defense systems, scores of mutated ship passengers, space starvation, and the dry humor of an uncaring AI.

Two of the developers behind Wild Bastards — a spiritual sequel to Void Bastards — discuss creating a more complex strategy FPS this time around.

recently snuck a peek of in advance of its upcoming release. The gameplay certainly feels a little like, but focusing on abbreviated scraps with randomized enemies in closed-off space-western-themed arenas, all while navigating maps in between the action to snatch up all the goodies and plot the route to the exit. The game feels in touch with the luck-based chaos of the original, but it’s slower-paced overall, and brings over most of the criticisms once levied against the first game intact.

At the start of, players are introduced to Spider Rosa, an arachnid-themed galactic outlaw traveling the stars with her robot partner Casino on their spaceship, The Drifter. With just a pair of pistols, Spider Rosa beams down to the surface