Independent developer Binx Interactive, along with Croteam Incubator and Devolver Digital, has announced that its upcoming shoot ‘em up game I Hate Running Backwards will arrive on Switch in "late summer", sometime after the 22nd May release on other platforms.
The game aims to be a never-ending adrenaline rush, putting the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated, fully destructible worlds. You'll be picking your character and blasting away your enemies with a high-powered arsenal of shotguns, lasers, rocket launchers, singularity cannons and more.
Along the way, you can get stronger and stronger by earning perks, allowing you to take on the most challenging of bosses with a cast of various characters including Croteam’s Serious Sam, Shadow Warrior's Lo Wang, Enter the Gungeon’s Bullet Kin, Hotline Miami’s Richard, and Nuclear Throne’s Crystal. You can go it alone or team-up with a buddy via local cooperative play, with all of these heroes available at your disposal.
I Hate Running Backwards is set to launch at $14.99/ £10.99 / €14.99 and, as mentioned above, the game is currently planned to hit the Switch eShop in "late summer".
Will you be giving this one a go?
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Looks like Minecraft with guns tbh
Well, the idea of a vertical scrolling shooter with your character at the top of the screen is certainly novel. Otherwise it looks like a nice oldschool romp.
Of course it's Devolver, so it could be odd in some other way too.
@Mince-Pie If you take a look at the trailer, it really doesn't. That said, the character design is indeed pretty soulless.
looks too crazy for me, tooo much going on all on one screen. I couldn't even really see the players
I know Minecraft was a world shattering success like almost no other indie title has ever shown... but Minecraft had good reason for everything to be blocky.
Why is this game doing it?
@Heavyarms55
Targeting the Minecraft demographic.
Devolver Digital sure loves their roguelites
As a "grammar enthusiast," this was one of ...
The. Most. Painful.
... headlines I've ever had to read.
Thanks to the devs for a crazy title.
@Heavyarms55 Artistic means
Dont really see anything wrong with it.
I love shoot'em up (or down in this case) ! I love rogue-like/lite ! I love the games these caracters are from !
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Not sure about all of these together though.
Need to get my hands on it to know.
@Mince-Pie only thing that makes this look like Minecraft is the human characters.
I love serious Sam so hopefully this will be good
Looks like a nice effort. All depends on pricing tag for sure.
This looks good...summer 2018...that is when dark souls is releasing.
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