Blacksea Odyssey Is Bringing Space Harpoons And Cosmic Beasts To Switch This December

Top-down rogue-lite shooter action

by Darren Calvert Fri 2nd Nov 2018

We love a good old top-down rogue-lite shooter here at Nintendo Life, so we were pleased to hear that indie publisher Digerati is bringing Blacksea Odyssey to the Switch eShop on Thursday 20th December.

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This unique action game pits space-faring hunters against the universe’s most dangerous beasts in the titular tournament. It all looks like riotous fun, we're sure you'll agree.

Have a watch of the trailer above and let us know if you plan to pick up this cheeky rogue-lite shooter in December with a comment below.

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nkarafo
Fri 2nd Nov 2018

Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, now Blacksea Odyssey. Ok, the Greek Odyssey is pretty popular nowadays..

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Nemodius
Fri 2nd Nov 2018

$15, (for a physical copy), anything more is ridiculous

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rjejr
Fri 2nd Nov 2018

Game appealed to me, which is saying a lot for an indie. Enough for me to Google it. There's a demo on Steam, and a lot of really good reviews. Also $3 cheaper which isn't too bad as far as Switch tax goes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/369550/Blacksea_Odyssey/

OTOH, it's also on PS4 for the same price, which is nice, but the reviews are much worse. I think PC gamers may be more willing to put up with indies being indies than PS4 gamers are.

Might finally be time for me to look up the difference between rogue-LITE, as refereed to here and on PS4 related sites, and rogue-LIKE, as it's refereed to on Steam.