2K and developer thirty first Union are throwing their hats into the fashionable recreation ring with Undertaking Ethos, a roguelike hero shooter with an emphasis on co-operative gameplay.
There is not a lot info obtainable in regards to the recreation proper now; its new Steam web page describes it as a “free-to-play third-person roguelike hero shooter” that is at present in growth, and there is not rather more information apart from that.
Nonetheless, a number of screenshots have been launched alongside stated Steam web page, and so they present a recreation that appears an terrible lot like Overwatch and even Fortnite, all smoothed-over character designs and pseudo-cartoony visuals.
In accordance with an early IGN preview, Undertaking Ethos can also be an extraction shooter, with its predominant gameplay mode apparently taking after the likes of Escape from Tarkov or Grey Zone Warfare to some extent.
Given how early the sport is in growth, it is not completely encouraging that IGN’s previewer ends their time with the sport by saying that it “fails at being a brand new expertise that gamers will crave…time and again”.
Different gameplay modes in Undertaking Ethos are described as “cookie-cutter and unexciting”, and truthfully, the character designs within the recreation are already giving me Harmony vibes, which, given the destiny of that recreation, in all probability is not what 2K desires to listen to.
I do not need to be pessimistic about Undertaking Ethos earlier than it is even seen the sunshine of day (and, in fact, earlier than I’ve even performed it), however what 2K and thirty first Union have launched to date makes me query whether or not the gaming trade actually wants one other recreation like this proper now.
If you wish to get an opportunity to check out Undertaking Ethos, 2K says it is reside for a single playtest this weekend earlier than the builders head again in to proceed engaged on the sport.
You possibly can join the playtest right here, however the catch is that you will want to observe at the least half-hour of a Twitch “companion creator” enjoying the sport in an effort to safe a drop that incorporates the important thing.
On the signup web page, you will additionally discover an overview of what sort of PC specs you will must play Undertaking Ethos, in addition to which international locations can participate and extra. Glad searching!