If you consider profitable mixtures in videogames, the partnership of meaty, satisfying fight and a heavy metallic soundtrack is true up there as top-of-the-line. The likes of Brutal Legend and Metallic Hellsinger have proved that through the years, and now Munch is right here to attempt to be the newest member of the band. With some hellish aesthetics and crunchy top-down fight, it appears the half – however intriguingly, it weaves in parts of Hades and even Pokémon into the combo too.
The most recent newcomer within the ever-growing listing of recent roguelike video games in 2024, Munch sees you embark on a journey as Chaozborne, a headless bat (Ozzy Osbourne reference completely meant) who goals to navigate a fantasy hellscape in an effort to free the Gods of Metallic. This includes slaying all of the demonic creatures that inhabit this world, and as a tiny bat with no head, you aren’t going to get very far. Because of this you’ll have to develop in power, permitting Chaozborne to evolve, Pokémon-style right into a extra highly effective (and extra metallic) creature.
There are 13 monsters in whole that you just’ll have the ability to management in Munch, and as you’d count on, these aren’t lovable little critters. As a substitute of Pikachu and Squirtle, you’ll be slaying out because the likes of Gutpuncher, Krakenstein, Whipflesh, and Motorsaurus. Fuck yeah. Every monster has actually hanging designs that symbolize a distinct style of metallic music – I can’t lie, I’ve been ogling the character artwork for these for a while now. They appear superior.
Fight includes patrolling pretty open ranges from an isometric perspective, meting out assaults and dodging, and absorbing the weather dropped by eradicated enemies to develop into stronger. Consuming sure sorts of parts is the way you resolve which beast you need Chaozborne to evolve into. There might be new expertise referred to as Mutations to unlock when you attain new ranges to additional modify your creature and enhance their energy. Nonetheless, the roguelike twist to issues is that you’ll by no means know which enemies and Mutations might be current earlier than you head into battle.
In fact, a sport like Munch could be nothing if not for an authentic metallic soundtrack. Metallic musician Bryant Clifford Meyer has composed the OST, which options distinctive tracks for every of the 13 monsters that draw inspiration from the subgenres every beast represents.
Munch is out proper now on Steam and the sport is presently having fun with a ten% low cost, bringing it right down to $14.99 / £12.61 for a restricted time up till Monday November 18. It’s obtained a free demo that you would be able to check out too. So as to add it to your library, play the demo, or simply be taught extra in regards to the sport, head over to its Steam web page right here.
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