Once I first noticed the title Laika: Aged By means of Blood, I instantly assumed that it will be some kind of bizarre tackle firing canines into house within the identify of science—like Area Tail, perhaps, however with extra of an alt-history foundation. However no, it is truly stranger than that. It is a “motorvania” a few Mom Coyote on a motorbike who embarks upon a quest for vengeance in a post-apocalyptic world crammed with anthropomorphic, gun-totin’ animals.
I actually do not know what to make of Laika. I like the artwork model (that is what caught my eye within the first place) and it seems to be deeply darkish: Let’s be sincere, watching a cute, bipedal doggo bleed out from a intestine shot is fairly grim stuff. However the description on the Steam web page appears considerably extra upbeat and energetic about the entire thing.
“Race by way of the wasteland and carry out harmful jumps, shoot enemies in slowmo and reload your gun by performing a backflip! Use skill-based power-ups and persist difficult battles towards huge bosses!,” it says. “The very first MOTORVANIA!“
That is weirdly hype, proper? And this man, a presumably-villainous flunkie of some kind (who Laika shoots within the face), seems to be like a supporting character from DuckTales (woo-oo!):
But additionally, there’s “a deep story a few mother-daughter relationship, vengeance and loss,” and truthfully that simply feels so utterly out of line with the gameplay vibe, I am unsure what to make of it. You are going to do candy jumps and blast dangerous guys and land epic slo-mo backflips—and in addition, your little one is useless and you will not relaxation till you watch the eyes of her killer go chilly and darkish. On the face of it, that is a mighty unusual one-two combo.
(I am unsure in case your little one is definitely useless or what, however Mom Coyote positive is pissed off about one thing.)
Laika: Aged By means of Blood would not have a launch date but, however the excellent news for these interested by it (like me) is that what it’ll have very quickly is a demo: One is about to go reside with the beginning of the upcoming Steam Subsequent Fest, which kicks off on June 19.
