There’s a trailer taking X, previously Twitter, by storm of a espresso bean armed with two pistols participating in acrobatic shootouts that’s giving Max Payne meets Simply Trigger with a little bit of GTA sprinkled in, and I’m completely obsessed.
Dubbed Killer Bean, the sport is billed as a first-/third-person shooter with procedurally generated components that have an effect on every little thing from the characters to the story itself. Based mostly on the Steam description, the challenge sounds formidable.
“You’re Killer Bean, a rogue murderer who takes out the trash on this world, one bullet at a time. The procedurally generated story modifications each time you begin a brand new marketing campaign on this first-person/third-person, roguelike shooter,” the outline reads.
Taking part in as Jack “Killer” Bean, you have been betrayed by the Shadow Company. Thirsting for revenge, you got down to murk the individuals who backstabbed you, using bullets, punches and kicks, and acrobatic slow-motion strikes to get your vengeance. It’s like John Wick, however as a substitute of taking part in as Keanu Reeves, you’re…Keanu Bean. Pun apart, Killer Bean makes use of procedural era in an thrilling manner: The whole lot modifications once you play, based on its description.
“Each time you begin a brand new single-player marketing campaign, every little thing modifications. The places change, the missions change, the characters change, the bosses change, and most of all, the story modifications. Characters who you trusted earlier than, could flip in opposition to you. Enemies who tried to kill you, could find yourself serving to you. Easy missions can flip into lethal traps. No two campaigns are the identical.”
That sounds fascinating if it’s executed properly, particularly contemplating its GTA/Max Payne/Simply Trigger vibes. I imply, watch that above trailer yet one more time. Killer Bean begins by butterfly twisting right into a James Bond-looking sports activities automotive and instantly finds himself in a shootout with motorcycle-riding beans earlier than leaping out in slow-motion to blast up one other bean. It’s amazingly ridiculous, particularly as you watch Killer Bean windmill to dodge bullets then take management of an assault helicopter to destroy some industrial-looking bridge. I’m not completely positive what’s taking place right here, however I’m all for it regardless.
Whereas this can be the primary big-budget Killer Bean sport, it isn’t the primary to come back out. Based mostly on two brief animations from 1996 and 2000, in addition to a feature-length movie from 2008, the franchise noticed the side-scrolling motion platformer Killer Bean: Unleashed launch in 2012 for Android and iOS gadgets. I performed somewhat little bit of it, and yeah, it’s fairly ridiculous. It’s obtained in-app purchases (you can circumvent by watching adverts), clunky touchscreen controls, and a plethora of ranges to shoot via. It isn’t precisely an pleasurable expertise, however it does present a semblance of an concept of what the large Killer Bean sport may play like.
Killer Bean doesn’t have a launch date, however you possibly can wishlist it on Steam now.
