As a part of RazerCon 2022, Apogee Leisure confirmed a revamped take a look at Exocide (opens in new tab), an early 2000s throwback FPS the place you defend humanity from legions of genetically engineered big bugs.
Exocide’s look instantly appeals to me. It is a souped-up “the way you keep in mind it” tackle PC graphics from between 2000 and 2004—higher-res textures and extra outlined fashions than what got here earlier than, however not fairly to the “approaching photorealism” stage of the Xbox 360 period.
It appears similar to the upcoming Phantom Fury (opens in new tab), in addition to Apogee stablemate Turbo Overkill (opens in new tab). The whole lot’s punctuated with these sickly neon greens and yellows, which jibe completely with the sport’s concentrate on mutant bug extermination.
Man’s attain has exceeded his grasp but once more, and our genetically engineered soldier bugs have turned on us. As a “Handler,” you not solely struggle the bugs with the requisite boomer shooter arsenal of shotguns, machine weapons, and rocket launchers, but in addition have two extra fingers that can assist you out. They maintain bonus weapons, or else aid you deal with super-sized big weapons, and stay within the higher proper and left corners of the display screen.
It is not clear how precisely you will management them, however I already love the idea. Your eyes are all the time drawn to the middle or backside of the display screen in FPSes, and I prefer it after they discover methods to upend that and current a weirder form of first-person view. I am considering of mechanics just like the shoulder cannon in Doom Everlasting, the arc soul in Future, or the hanging lantern in Coven—they actually assist spice issues up.
It does not appear to be we’ll have to attend lengthy for Exocide both. There isn’t any demo, but it surely’s presently marked as coming into into early entry by the top of this yr on Steam (opens in new tab).
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