Announced as part of today's Indie World Showcase, there's a 100% chance of precipitation this summer as Gearbox confirmed Risk of Rain 2 is heading to Switch. While the original is available on Switch, this was previously announced for PC only, so for now it's a Nintendo console exclusive.
The sequel to Hopoo Games' roguelike 2D platformer, Gearbox is taking over publishing duties from Chucklefish with the previous game. There are plenty more obvious changes to the game, though - Hopoo has shifted the perspective to 3D and transplants the core loop of the first game into the body of a third-person shooter.
The game is built in the Unity engine and has been in Early Access on PC since March this year. The blurb from the Nintendo game page promises that "no run will ever be the same with randomized stages, enemies, bosses, and items".
Play solo, or team up with up to four friends to fight through hordes of monsters, unlock new loot, and find a way to escape the planet. Additional survivors, stages, items, enemies, and features are still in active development and will be added in multiple free content updates.
The Indie Showcase stated 'up to three friends', so we assume that's just a minor error above. The Switch announcement trailer certainly looks nice, although we're keen to see some gameplay running on Switch - Unity can be a tricky engine to get running well on Nintendo's handheld hybrid. The game drops this summer and the developers planned to have the game in Early Access on PC until around March 2020, so we're intrigued to see how the Switch version holds up.
The trailer promises more details to come at Gearbox's PAX West show on 30th August, so be sure to check back here for new info as we get it.
Have you played the original? Excited to see the switch from 2D to 3D? Is this sequel likely to be a risk to your wallet? Let us know your thoughts with a comment.
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Looks cool but to be honest I don’t know what this and the first one are all about.
Nothing like an Indie Direct on August 19th showing a game with a release date of summer. Company must be based in South America and planning on releasing it in early 2020.
I need to read up on this before I'd want to put money down on it.
The first one on the Vita was great--I'm certainly interested in this one!
@VoodooTrumpet Thank you! Was just getting ready to ask if the first was worth it. I like rogues, but I’ve got so many currently it’s gotta be worth it to add to my collection. It did grab my attention at first release though.
@rjejr I mean it can still release in September. Summer isn't officially over until September 23rd, when the Autumnal Equinox starts.
Nothing in the trailer looked like the 4 screenshots in this article. Deeply disappointing when the trailer can't just show me the game.
@dartmonkey Gavin, since the Indie Showcase couldn't do it, a sincere thank you for actually showing game screenshots
Day 1 for me. Love the first, and the second has been a lot of fun on PC.
Don't pass on this if you don't have a PC, its a great game and plays like a 3D Diablo with some pretty cool stuff you can do with a couple of the unlocked explorers.
Not for me. Looks nice enough by I’m bored of roguelikes.
It’s amazing how different RoR2 is to the first game.
This game has a really addicting formula of letting you feel extremely overpowered when you get enough items (but you aren't really). Say an item gives you a little bit of attack speed, you can stack one item as much as you can so you could just have absolutely insane speed and melt all the small enemies.
I've played this game with my friend on pc. It is FUN. The roguelike genre never was all that interesting to me, but this game has me hooked. I've put in at least 100 hours into it so far. You start out so weak and slow, but by the time you've cycled through the maps a few times each, you will feel like a god. You will feel invincible, and then you will meet your demise when you least expect it. Then you crave to best yourself.
I will say that if you plan to play solo, it can still be fun, but it didn't keep me hooked nearly as long as with my friend.
@Ernest_The_Crab But then why not say "September"? I mean if it was releasing in June or July it would have already been out, and if it was releasing in August that leaves this week or next, so they should know that as well. Which only leaves September for summer, so say September.
Honestly anything at E3 or later that says that same year bothers me, b/c if it's coming out now in 2019 you should have a smaller time frame than just 2019, so this really did bother me.
If this is well optimized for the switch, I'm buying it without a doubt. The first game is absolutely bananas, and a modern skin on similar gameplay would be- as the kids say- clutch.
@Ernest_The_Crab Equinoxes and Solstices mark the middle of the season. lol So unless the game releases in the next 3 days it's not releasing this summer.
@Raw_Dawg
"Astronomical summer
In the Northern Hemisphere spring ends and summer starts at the moment of the June solstice, which occurs every year between June 20 and June 22. Summer ends and autumn starts at the moment of the September equinox, which occurs every year on September 21 to 23."
@rjejr Could also be later this month. Apparently, they had another announcement for August 30 at the Gearbox event. Could be a same day release?
@Ernest_The_Crab Traditionally, in many temperate regions (especially Europe), the summer solstice is seen as the middle of summer and referred to as "midsummer".
@Raw_Dawg That would be more relevant, if this had been an Europe specific presentation.
The Indie World Showcase was put up by NoA
@Ernest_The_Crab It's not just Europe. It was just using Europe as an example. Maybe you should lay off the videos games and open a book. lol
@Ernest_The_Crab From my previous comment, I'm sticking w/ it.
"and if it was releasing in August that leaves this week or next, so they should know that as well."
@Dm9982 You mentioned you liked rogues. Do you own Streets of Rogue? (I'm just curious).
@Reigestugatensho Not yet, however it’s on my eshop wishlist. I’ve heard good things and I think NL gave it a good review - yeah just checked an 8/10. And usually if a rogue gets 8+ I love em.
Nice article!
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