If you consider successful mixtures in videogames, the partnership of meaty, satisfying fight and a heavy steel soundtrack is correct up there as among the best. 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 to be like the half – however intriguingly, it weaves in components of Hades and even Pokémon into the combo too.
The newest newcomer within the ever-growing checklist of latest 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 with a view to free the Gods of Metallic. This entails 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 must develop in power, permitting Chaozborne to evolve, Pokémon-style right into a extra highly effective (and extra steel) creature.
There are 13 monsters in whole that you just’ll be capable to management in Munch, and as you’d anticipate, 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 putting designs that characterize a unique style of steel music – I can’t lie, I’ve been ogling the character artwork for these for a while now. They appear superior.
Fight entails patrolling pretty open ranges from an isometric perspective, doling out assaults and dodging, and absorbing the weather dropped by eradicated enemies to turn out to be stronger. Consuming sure sorts of components is the way you resolve which beast you need Chaozborne to evolve into. There will likely be new expertise generally known as Mutations to unlock when you attain new ranges to additional modify your creature and improve their energy. Nonetheless, the roguelike twist to issues is that you’ll by no means know which enemies and Mutations will likely be current earlier than you head into battle.
In fact, a recreation like Munch can be nothing if not for an authentic steel 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 received a free demo which you can check out too. So as to add it to your library, play the demo, or simply study extra in regards to the recreation, head over to its Steam web page right here.
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