Gory Metroidvania Cookie Cutter is coming soon to Switch in upgraded form: Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition is scheduled for a spring launch and will bring new content and "enhancements" to developer Subcult Joint's award winner.
If you missed its first coming on other platforms in December 2023, Cookie Cutter serves up some search-action ultraviolence with Cherry, a "fembot" doing what she must to get by in a neon-soaked world filled with unsavoury sorts.
It's sci-fi dystopia 101, although with more monsters, chainsaws, gore, and gunge than a rain-soaked Harrison Ford typically has to deal with. The trailer above gives you a great idea of the "Techno-Pop-Punk Post-Kawaii" tone and animated style of this one, so check it out for a taster.
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When it comes to the Switch's Overkill Edition, there's new VO, new moves, new cinematics, new balancing; generally a whole bunch o' 'new'. Here's a list of the extras mentioned by the publisher Rogue Games, plus a handful of screens:
- Fully voiced dialogue for every character in the game.
- New map features including the ability to gauge completion status.
- Brand new special moves and upgrades for Cherry.
- New cinematics adding more style and background to the story.
- Tons of gameplay tweaks and progression balancing.
- Nintendo Switch-specific easter eggs.
The original game picked up a Team Choice Award at PAX West 2022 and was generally well-received at launch, with 'Very Positive' reviews on Steam and a 'Generally Favorable' 79 on Metacritic at the time of writing. People seemed to enjoy its punky aesthetic, dynamite animation, and general 'tude, although a common criticism was a lack of polish in other areas.
Here's hoping that laundry list of additions and tweaks can iron out the kinks in this Overkill Edition, because it's certainly got style. "Spring" is the release window we've got at the moment, so we'll find out how Cherry scrubs up on Switch in the coming months.
Have you played Cookie Cutter elsewhere? Like the look of Subcult's joint? Let us know below.
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Not particularly interested in it myself but still, happy to hear it's coming also to Switch and with all those additions for those who are!
I used to really like punk stuff as a kid, but realized pretty soon that it just made me come off as an angsty brat. Now I can't really look at anything in that style without feeling some second-hand embarassment.
I just bought this on PS5 recently, but haven't played it yet. Hopefully some of these features come over. Especially completion gauge.
Looks fantastic to me!
The movement reminds me of Earthworm Jim.
The cookie lookin' pretty thicc. I might have to pick this one up when it releases.
Looks super obnoxious to me. Ill pass but im glad theres people who are interested in it
Game looks great.
It's a pretty cool game with great animation, a large world to explore and decent writing, but some annoying quirks too. Nothing game breaking, but its reliance on a hard-to-time parry to deal the most damage gets frustrating especially when dealing with multiple threats. Enemy projectiles can't be parried and pass through solid walls... it was annoying enough for me to put the game down for a while, but I'll also attribute it to a skill issue.
If you like MVs, you can do a lot worse.
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The visuals look the part! Need a review on how it plays in game.
Looks great. Love the art style. Someone above commented on burning out on these kind of games, which I totally get, but they are very hard to resist for an old 80s 90s gamer like myself.
I love metroidvania but I don't like this kind of design so I'll pass this I think.
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