Smashing and crashing its way to Nintendo Switch later this month is Octogeddon, an action arcade title that has caught our eye for a number of juicy reasons.
The trailer above gives a good sense of what to expect here; you play as Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with just one mission: destroy the world. As you progress, you'll grow more tentacles and evolve them into even more deadly weapons, taking out everything in your path in your ultimate rage.
Aside from having a nice, comical edge to it in the trailer, and simply looking like a whole lot of fun, the game also grabbed our attention thanks to the fact that it has been made by the folks who created the original Plants vs. Zombies. This humble writer has a huge soft spot for that original game - especially before the series went all shooty shooty bang bang - and we're hopeful that the team's quality workmanship has remained firmly intact since then.
Key Features:
Easy to pick up, hard to put down
Deep customization: Attach different animals as weapons to each of your arms! The combinations are endless, and deciding what to upgrade is super satisfying!
A variety of enemies each requiring different tactics to fight. And boss battles too!
Wreaking havoc and destroying cities as a massive mutant octopus = Great stress relief! Some doctors will agree!
You've played Shoot-Em-Ups, but have you ever played a brand new genre of game called Spin-Em-Up? Dive into this new experience and SPIN TO WIN!
Ridiculously fun and ridiculously ridiculous!!
A listing on the official Nintendo site says that the game will launch on 16th May for $14.99. Perhaps this is one to keep an eye on in a couple of weeks' time?
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Not for that price!
Look's great! £8 would be a good price
And you thought Sebastian took the grim reality to heart again back when.
Looks quite promising indeed, from weapons to enemies to environments.
I’ll keep my eye on this. Love the team and the trailer/press release made it seem interesting. But I’ll need reviews first.
Only if Sharktopus is included
I immediately clicked on the article when I saw “creators of plants vs zombies”. The game looks just ok though.
Have the original plants Vs zombies on so many devices. Love it. Still have a bitter taste in my mouth from Microtransaction filled sequel. Will see how this reviews but colour me interested.
Doesn’t suggest anywhere near the same level of quality as PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES but I’ll wait and see what reviews say before I dismiss it entirely. Much rather we got PvsZ on Switch. Damn you licensing devils!
Also a huge PvZ guy, damn you EA, but this looks meh.
Not sure what the price is now but Dynamite World Fishing plays a lot better than this looks, and I got that for 9 cents.
For those who don't know Dynamite Fishing is a blow-em up similar in style, though not exactly game play, to the Worms games. Just scoring for single player but a little more in multi-player.
I'll buy this for 9 cents, maybe even 99 cents, but that's my ceiling based on this trailer. Looks like a free web game.
wishlist material, I'll pick it up when it's below 5EUR.
I get that people are getting a mobile vibe from this, but it's controller-based game controls and no microtransactions or ads and likely a more traditional game progression through the game based on skill and strategic upgrading.
It's a shoot'em-up with a fun idea and great artwork and presentation, lots of destructables, options to make boss fights more interesting.
Price seems right to me as long as there is a decent amount of content (5 hours?), this is the PvZ developer, so quality and polish is a given. $12 would be a stronger impulse buy for me, admittedly. I mean if you don't like shoot'em-ups, it's a different story.
I played it on Steam. Not my cup of tea.
Rampage meets Einhander?
How about you just port PvZ 1.
Not impressed. And certainly not for that price
I'm down. Reminds me of rampage a bit
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