
There's a lot of slime in Void Bastards, too. She also used to be Alice Oh's roomie, and I mind Alice talking a lot of guff about slime videos when the three of us first met at a bar up here. Until September 25th, there's a 20% slash to Void Bastards on all platforms, bringing the base game down to £20/€24/$24.ĭisclosure: Former RPS chum Cara Ellison was a writer and pirate on Void Bastards. Tricky stuff, that.īang Tydy is out now on Steam and Humble for £4/€4/$5. Polygon - Russ Frushtick - Unscored The magic of Void Bastards is that, while it’s scary and dangerous and random, it’s also within my control. It could use some more incentives to keep playing, but it's a blast while it lasts. These are unlocked by beating the game or unlocking "Brownie points" and range from slopping oil on everyone's feet to slashing all but one of your hitpoints. Void Bastards is a terrific game that balances the joy of exploration with the fear of failure in a wonderful way.
VOID BASTARDS UPDATE
Today's update also adds free Workplace Challenges, modifiers you can flip on and off to mix up your boarding actions.

Sucking can go both ways, and these cheery-voiced vacuum cleaners can rip the air clean out of your lungs, winding you faster than a tumble off your new space-BMX.ĭon't worry if you're not planning on investing in Bang Tydy right now. Roaming vans drop off new fiendish Tydy bots on any ship they pass. These new ships also carry a healthy number of Heart-starters, nifty wee things that respond to death with a swift "nah, actually". Tydy vessels bring new layouts and scrap to scavenge, letting you put together the Whackuum gun, a weapon that literally sucks (the life, out of your enemies, get it?). Bang tidy, bobs yer uncle, cheek a peek at this 'ere trailer on the telly.īang Tydy adds a new corp to the nebula, meaning new ships, loot and foes. Oh, but it's all quite British still, innit.

Today's Bang Tidy update might not reinvent that wheel, but it does shove a few more cats into the mix to keep things interesting. Even if it's a lark for a few evenings, Graham felt it needed a bit more direction in his review. Don’t worry though, as any crafting progress you’ve made is retained from one to another. When one dies, another steps forward to carry on the fight. There's only so many times a chavvy wee sod can tell you to shove a blaster up your arse before it starts to grate, y'know. Void Bastards features a 12-15 hour campaign that you can complete with an endless supply of prisoners, each with their own unique traits. Void Bastards was a right laugh, yeah? I had a proper good time blasting my way around the daftest comic 2000AD never made earlier this year, but it did get a little stale after a bit.
