Movement is equally fluid – you can jump, double jump and slide. It works as smooth as silk and becomes second nature within seconds. Added to this rather handy tool is a Bionic Commando-esque grapple which can be aimed at platforms, vehicles and allows you to zipline your way around or dangle precariously in battle. Your hero is equipped with a whip-like melee weapon that can be employed multi-directionally, and comes off like a cross between Simon Belmont’s whip and Strider’s Cypher, and can be upgraded with power ups that add projectiles and all kinds of mayhem to it’s mechanical flail.
If you are of a certain vintage age-wise, it takes just a few minutes play to see that Assault draws upon just about any decent title from your youth. This is a resolutely old-school experience that has beautifully designed linear levels, just like days of yore blasting through a Rockman X or Contra game. Raised as I was on the games that clearly inspired it, this long-in-gestation Kickstarter labour of love grabbed me the instant I fired it up, and didn’t let me out of its grip for the next several hours of hardcore run and gun action.ĭeveloper Zenovia have proudly boasted that this is not a Metroidvania, or a roguelike, or anything remotely bowing to modern trends. Their goal is to create arcade-style games that are beautiful, vibrant, and detailed: games that the present can enjoy, and that the past would be proud of.I won’t beat around the bush – as far as future-retro modern titles go, Steel Assault is an absolute banger. They specialize in classic 2D genres, namely side-scrollers. Zenovia Interactive is a small game studio currently based in New York City, founded by Sri Kankanahalli in 2019. In 2020, Tribute Games announced the start of a publishing division to help smaller developers publish their games. The Montreal-based studio has been steadily creating entertaining, challenging and retro-inspired games since 2011 using modern game development processes and technology. Tribute Games is a studio developing and publishing video games with a focus on pixel art and classic game design. Steel Assault on Steam Steel Assaul on Switch To learn more about Steel Assault and our other projects: The signing of Steel Assault in November 2020 marked Tribute Games' debut as a publishing partner for other developers. The studio is currently developing the highly anticipated official TMNT beat-em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. Tribute Games is the developer and publisher of beloved pixel games Panzer Paladin, Mercenary Kings, and Flinthook. Steel Assault’s official cover art, also revealed today, was made by prolific illustrator Hungry Clicker and can be seen at the end of the new teaser trailer and on the game’s Steam store page. Players will be able to experience the game on “retro hard” or tone it down to a more casual platformer with a variety of different difficulty options.
It offers a true ‘90s arcade game experience thanks to challenging gameplay tailored for a 4:3 screen resolution with optional arcade bezels.
Published by Tribute Games and developed by Zenovia Interactive, Steel Assault is a fast-paced, action-packed, 2D platformer in which players punch, whip, and zipline their way through a post-apocalyptic America.
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15, 2021 - Tribute Games has released a new teaser trailer revealing that the ultimate retro arcade throwback platformer, Steel Assault, will launch in parallel on Nintendo Switch & PC (via Steam) on September 28. Tribute Games' 2D Retro Action Platformer Steel Assault Comes to Nintendo Switch & PC on September 28
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