RAD Takes You To The Post-Post-Apocalypse For 3D Roguelike Action

Double apocalypse from Double Fine

by Gavin Lane Wed 20th Mar 2019

Veteran developer Double Fine today announced an all-new game coming to Switch this summer. RAD is a 3D action game set in the Fallow, a wasteland of a world that has been ravaged by not one, but two apocalypses.

Players will have to battle all sorts of creatures and work to heal the cracked and barren land you can see the the trailer and the screenshots below. It appears that your teenage protagonist doesn't react very well to the toxic radioactivity he encounters, with various mutations that will help, and we assume hinder, your progress.

From the official blurb:

The fate of the world depends on the player, a sweet bat, and whatever new abilities they gain as the world around them ravages their body, twisting and mutating them into something far less than human, but far more powerful.

The old favourite term 'roguelike' got rolled out again for this one, but Double Fine's trademark humour (glimpsed in the trailer reveal as studio head Tim Schafer put in a cameo appearance) should help stop this particular apocalypse from getting stodgy - we'll find out more this summer.

Are you a fan of Double Fine's games? Let us know if this catches your eye in the comments below.

Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 before joining the site full-time the following year, rising through the ranks to become Editor. He can currently be found running from a Switch backlog the size of Normandy.

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GarlicGuzzler
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Time to time I catch myself unironically saying radical. This made me realize that

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321gofast
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Is this the same Rad as the one with Nitro Rad voicing in it?

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Kalmaro
Wed 20th Mar 2019

@Fake-E-Lee Whew, thank goodness. Got enough r*dical people here.

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Dpullam
Wed 20th Mar 2019

I am just here waiting for Pyschonauts 2 to be announced for Nintendo Switch. As for the game in the trailer, the only issue I have with it is the seemingly simple combat. The level design looks great, and the characters/monsters look unique to this game's world, I just hope the combat has some depth to it.

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JaxonH
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Wow, this looks great.

And it's from Double Fine? Run that

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KIRO
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Looks good and I like the 1980s straight to video music too.

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Randomlight
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Now i just want stacking on switch

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Jokerwolf
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Looks like a better version of Freaky Awesome (which is pretty fun in it's own right).

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Beermonkey
Wed 20th Mar 2019

I like this a lot. Sadly seeing it also makes me want a zombies ate my neighbors or ghoul patrol remake/sequel.

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Ulysses
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Personally I wasn't very impressed with this title, which is ironic since they put more emphasis on it in the Direct. Just looks like another Bastion to me, with yet another derivative post-apocalyptic setting.

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WalterHW
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Looks nice for Now. I wish a 8 on 10 review.

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Painkiller_Mike
Wed 20th Mar 2019

Day one purchase. Would be "rad" if "RAD" had local co op.

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ThatNyteDaez
Wed 20th Mar 2019

I'm intrigued. I need more information before I completely jump on board. But It has potential, definitely.

I'm just wondering if you can control the kinds of mutations you get as well as other factors. And if it's Co-Op or not for 2-4 players. Do you get to keep those mutations indefinitely? Can you store them? Is there a time limit to them? Can you swap them for another? So many questions and my purchase will depend heavily on those answers.