After making a surprise appearance at February's Indie World showcase, we have had a steady stream of SteamWorld Heist II news as we sail towards the sequel's 8th August release date. Today there's a new extended gameplay trailer on the block, giving us our closest look yet at what to expect from the maritime world of machines and mystery.
The above video showcases a whopping 15 minutes of turn-based action as the game's art director, Brandt Andrist, plays through one of the early missions.
Alongside the swanky ricochet shooting and job roles that we saw in the last Heist II gameplay trailer, this new look takes a deep dive into the game's treasures, upgrade system, turn-based combat and more. If you stick around until the end, you'll even catch a tease of something mysterious happening on the ship.
Even if such trivial matters as story and gameplay aren't your bag, the trailer is a great chance to check out those distinctive Steamworld visuals and treat yourself to a few minutes of its toe-tapping soundtrack.
It's got us sufficiently excited to see more when this one hoists the mainsail on Switch this August. If it's anything like as good as its predecessor, we're in for a treat.
What do you make of this new gameplay trailer? Will you be checking this one out in August? Let us know in the comments.
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All the stuff is cool and all but I'm still waiting to find out how much they plan to have the game sold for if it's like how dig One compared to two was. I just hope they keep it to the same price as the first heist game was but I doubt it
@edgedino yeah I’m in if the price is right!
Don't have the time to watch this trailer right now but still, looking forward to the game and hopefully Nintendo Life's review of it although I should play at least the first SteamWorld Heist before playing it myself!
@edgedino @datamonkey It's been in the coming soon section of the eShop for a while so check that to see the exact price for your region. Here in Australia it's $44.94 AUD which is like 50% more than SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition which is $29.99 (when it's not on sale like it is half the time).
I wonder if Steam Powered Girrafe will be doing any tunes for this one. They really knocked it out of the park in the original Heist, but I could see how they might be leaning towards something with a "sea chanty" vibe this time around.
3DS Steamworld Heist was great until de update dumbing down the game.
I hope that they do not make this one easier for everyone, since the games have a lot of difficulty options.
Do not buff my steam loot, please.
It's hard to care when 1) They paused headhunters because they spent their time andcash on the dumb city builder and 2) They took away the awesome space setting, and now they're sailing around on water, despite it being the currency in the last game.
@Poodlestargenerica SteamWorld Build was developed by a different team from the other games, with zero indication that said team was also working on Headhunter (it's far more likely that's what the main Image and Form team's next project was meant to be and that it ran into development troubles).
@PikaPhantom I know! It doesn't make sense. But they literally said they had shelved Headhunter because build didn't sell well.
Oof, reminds me I still need to complete the first game!
@Poodlestargenerica
Headhunter had apparantly been put on long-term development hiatus long before Build even released. So to me, that there sounds like they're coming up with a more "edible" explanation than the real one.
Or, Headhunter was proving a little too expensive early on, so they paused it and really did hope that finishing Build first would buy them some time and audience excitement.
@Pod Which calls me more to my second point that I'd love to throw 30 bucks at a sequel to get Headhunter back on track, but this one doesn't excite me. Yeah they were probably scapegoating, I just realllly want Headhunter.
@Rozetta
A mandatory rebalancing update for a single player game?
What did they change?
@edgedino SteamWorld Dig 2 is a fantastic game. SteamWorld Dig (1) felt like a tech demo. If anything, the price differential between the two should be greater than it is.
@LastFootnote I very much agree on that I held off getting the second dig game for as long as I did because I figured it would be a very similar albeit slightly different in design game but it was great when I got it
@Desrever if I recall steam powered giraffe is doing the music at least for the bar areas
@BenAV thanks for that I didn't realize its price was already shown on Nintendo
Heist is my favorite Steamworld game, really looking forward to this
I just hope it doesn't get too bloated with systems and currencies.
@Pod
The major complaint were that the drops/rewards were too scarce, so they made the game easier in all difficulties and expanded the inventory if I remember right.
Still being patient for Dig 3.
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