Top-of-the-line ways in which studios have capitalised on April Idiot’s Day lately is by asserting a seemingly absurd challenge that could not presumably have been greenlit for actual, just for it to wind up being a beautiful actuality.
This time, retro specialist Nightdive Studios is tackling one of the crucial ridiculous, polarising FPS video games from the ’90s: PO’ed.
Launching later this yr, PO’ed: Definitive Version takes the ‘traditional’ 1995 title and provides it a great ol’ spruce, revamping the visuals, modernising the gameplay, and even including in an additional issue possibility for all of you veterans on the market.
For the uninitiated, PO’ed sees you’re taking management of a chef who should escape from a hostile alien planet by utilising gadgets akin to frying pans, knives, and naturally, any extraterrestrial weapons you occur to choose up alongside the best way. It is one of the crucial absurd video games to return out of the ’90s, for positive, and sure the explanation why Nightdive selected to announce it on April Idiot’s Day. Bravo, certainly.
Let’s try the important thing options:
– A plate filled with quality-of-life options to reinforce the gameplay and repair bugs current within the unique sport (which will be toggled off)
– Moist your whistle with widescreen assist for the HUD and different on-screen graphics
– A brand new scrumptious issue mode has been added for hardcore gamers
– 15 appetizing achievements
– A splash of localization assist for English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish
– Complete freedom! Cruise on foot or fly together with your jetpack by 25 wild 3D environments
Most lately, Nightdive Studios launched the distinctive Star Wars: Darkish Forces Remaster, which we referred to as an ‘absolute must-play for followers of far-away galactic battle’. It bagged a rating of 9/10.
We’ll be sure you replace you on additional data as and after we hear it, together with PO’ed: Definitive Version’s eventual launch date.
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