SturmFront - The Mutant War: Übel Edition Will Shred Up the Switch Soon

So we are getting a SNES Contra soon?

X-)

I'm overthinking it, I'm sure, but there are some WW2 and nazi references here:

• the title that is one letter away to sound like two different nazi references, as Stormfront is the first nazi website and a nazi character in The Boys (or still sound like a nazi reference because they put "sturm" in the name of everything, from military corps to newspapers, but "sturm" is still a german word so I feel it would be a stretch)
• than the main character with a german name, not any German name but Siegfried, which is the name of the mythological hero, but also the last line of defense of Germany on the west front during WW2 (and is fitting with the name as the last line of defense of humanity in the game)
• but Hammerstein-Equord was a german general who plotted to kill Hitler during a visit to the Siegfried line and later a member of the german resistance, and with the year the game is settled that could be a reference to the book (which talk about dictatorship) it could be the opposite of where I was going

So, I'm sure in the mind of the developers the "evil mutants you have to kill to save humanity" are a clear stand-in for something, but I'm not sure what that something is...

@AuroraBoreale yes, you are indeed overthinking it. Try playing the game if it’s fun first. If not, find something else that’s fun for you instead and won’t make you overthink. Have a good day wherever you are and take care.

@AuroraBoreale I am german and the whole thing is full of the stuff you mentioned.
BUT it is clearly a over the top ironic thing without a political meaning in that direction.

If I had to guess, I think they do it like Starship Troopers or Warhammer 40K though. Where the human military are actually the bad guys if you think about it for a second. (And both are based on germany in WW2 as well)

Reminds me of Total Carnage, which wasn't that great.

Yeaaaaaaaaaa! Thats it! Some 80s badass shooter! Day one!

@Severian Well, I like things I can overthink and analyze in every detail (complex wordbuilding, eviromental storytelling, symbolism, historic references, etc...), and if I see a WW2 reference my mind goes mad []~(￣▽￣)~*

@Yanina I don't think it will be a nazi propaganda game or something like that, maybe it is even all a big coincidence (Siegfried von Hammerstein is not exactly an impossible name to create by chance without referencing anything), but now I am curious to play the game to find what is.
Anyway, I would love a Starship Troopers-style game but I don't think the world is ready (there are still people that think that the humans are the good guy in the book and in the movie)

@AuroraBoreale Well, just remember that übel also means disgust.

after valvaris, i gotta get this too, that music really awsome

@AuroraBoreale
Even if humanity is exterminating a completely innocent insect species, they are the good guys for me. So yes I am ready.

Anybody know if it is twin stick?

Does not look like it in the video. But I can't tell for sure.

Seems like doom

@AuroraBoreale considering that the developers are German, these names are certainly not a coincidence. (other than Siegfired von Hammerstein - Siegfried IS a mythological name after all) However I also do not think that this will be a game shilling for right wing propaganda (like Rebellion: Heimat Defender does), they are just using these names for a pulp setting. The publisher's other games are rather inclusive (at least Monster Prom was) and looking at the social media profile of the lead developer, I don't see any red(-white-black) flags either.

Big mistake not having a physical release for Switch. I'll probably wait for a sale on this one as it'll probably just going to be a short time killer title, doesn't seem like there's co-op multiplayer either.

@GlowingOrb I didn't know they are German, so I suppose is not a coincidence, anyway I was reading about the game (it's out for pc) and it looks like are just random references for a "pulp setting" as you said. I think I will probably try it anyway, it caught my attention and is more than what I can say about 80% of eshop releases.

I didn't know about "Rebellion: Heimat Defender" and is... something, apparently. It's looks like a window on an alternate dimension where Leni Riefenstahl created games instead of movies. And it's made by a german developer (´。＿。｀), with real people as pc and even a real AfD's politician as a pc, bad taste at is fullest, probably a new low point in the history of videogames

It’s Tom! Wow! Hopefully this means excellent Nintendo financials breakdowns once again!

If it's not 2 player, why bother. Seems silly to make a game like this and not have any co-op

Yeah! Siegfried the Frontstürmer in an übel geile Edition! Sex sells, Nazis sells, Violence sells,....
Btw: Hard to find someone in 1984 who's name is Siegfried von Hammerstein or Dr. Hartmuth Griesgram.

But maybe just the German Nazis made everything that sounds German sounds Nazi as well. How about Grünkohlsuppe or Hatschi or Rasenmäher. Just let it sound "nazi" by screaming it and roll the R's like a champion.

Sounds fantastic. Hope NL has a review soon.

@Scrubicius SNES Contra came out over a year ago, it's called Blazing Chrome.

@Yanina I assume it is from the look of the gameplay.

@superderper thanks!