#VOID BASTARDS ENEMIES FREE#

If you get ahold of some torpedoes, you will destroy them on contact instead! Then there are pirates that will chase you around, board the derelicts with you, and of course, try to kill you. There are space whales that will kill you if you occupy the same space. Having a derelict eaten that housed a part you wanted can be a real punch to the gut. You will also find space squids on the map that consume the derelicts they run into. It feels like FTL inspired Void Bastards a little bit here. Lux ships tend to have a ton of food for example. The galaxy map is procedural and different derelicts you encounter will house different types of resources.

#VOID BASTARDS ENEMIES FREE#

You are free to choose your own path and what derelicts you board, but beware of pirates and space whales! Run out of fuel and you will find yourself coasting to the next point, consuming significantly more food in the process. Flying around the galaxy requires fuel and you need to eat some food every day. Starting with just a simple pistol, you are thrust into a galaxy map where you are free to choose your own path. They could also be beneficial, such as being able to sprint faster. These traits might be negative, a smoker who coughs every now and then alerting enemies. I say, prisoners, because when you die (and you will) you are replaced with another freshly hydrated body with their own traits. Void Bastards puts you in the shoes of prisoners being recruited by a posh talking computer and tasked with searching derelict ships to obtain parts to fix the various aspects of the home ship. The entire game oozes with comic book flavor. The sound design plays up the comic style sound effects to further immerse that comic book feeling. When they die, they explode in a visually satisfying manner. The enemies sprites look like a combination of two and three-dimensional.

You can visually hear enemies through a doorway as the words, step, step, step appear in front of you. Playing the game feels like walking through pages of a comic book and every aspect of the game oozes with that theme. They aren’t photorealistic, but they are incredible.

However, I have to talk about the visuals of Void Bastards. As long as they are of an acceptable level, all is well. Yes, some look better than others, but overall I feel like graphics more than any other aspect of a game have the largest amount of diminishing returns on enjoyment. Frankly, there is very rarely an ugly game anymore. Graphics aren’t a subject I usually focus much on these days.

This review was conducted on a standard Xbox One system by Joseph Pugh. It will be available on May 29th on Steam, Humble Bundle, and Xbox One for $29.99, It will also be available on Xbox game pass. Void Bastards is a first person, rogue-lite, action, strategy game developed by Blue Manchu.

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