It’s been intriguing us ever since the first reveal, but now finally we have a confirmed release date for the rather stylish, highly rogue-like shooter, Polygod.
Coming to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC, Polygod will blast into action on the 17th August 2018. Coming with a minimalist style, it brings rogue-like randomly generated FPS action, a hugely brutal difficulty curve and some stunningly epic boss fights. The addition of arena style online multiplayer and co-op, along with some local options just cements its place on our radar.
It’ll arrive with a £16.19 / $14.99 / €16.59, as it tries to bring something different to each and every gameplay session. With Krafted Games having put a ton of love into it, they are just hoping that the deep weapon customisation system, and hardcore gameplay will hit the spot for many gamers.
“It’s been a long road to release and we’re super excited to finally get the game into the hands of our community” commented Dominic Obojkovits, co-founder, Lead Designer & Programmer at Krafted Games. “ We firmly believe PolyGod offers a unique take on the FPS genre and are confident that our ideas and game direction will strike a chord with the hardcore fans of the genre worldwide ”
Having run in Early Access on Steam already, the distinctive and bold visual style and solid gameplay mechanics will very soon be ready for full launch, and that is where the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch brigade come in. If you’re ready for a big old challenge, Polygod promises to bring it.
Features include:
- Infinite level possibilities – maps are randomly generated and seeded providing a tonne of replayability, but then shareable among friends in order to encourage competition with full leaderboard support
- Brutal Difficulty curve – Only the most skilled gamers will ascend to Godhood
- Online co-op and versus multiplayer – Allows for competitive fun to be had among friends featuring daily leaderboards. (Versus multiplayer not available on Switch.)
- Skill based gameplay – Built upon a principle that if one lacks skill, it can be substituted for strategy and vice versa. Eg. unskilled strategic players will be just as good as skilful nonstrategic players.
- Unique ‘Blessings’ based weapon customisation system – Combine and stack ‘blessings’ to create hundreds of thousands of unique weapons, blessings combine to give a high level of depth. Deep understanding is required to fully utilise the blessing system which in turn gives a high replay value
- Classic FPS controls – POLYGOD’s controls are reminiscent of Quake 3 and the original Doom, bringing a classic gameplay vibe back having been absent since the 90’s!
- Gyroscopic controls – Nintendo Switch version only
- Super fast paced and addictive – requires hundreds of hours to master, a speed-runner/hardcore gamer’s dream
We’ll be sure to let you know when Polygod rocks up onto the Xbox Store. The latest announcement trailer should sort you out for now though.
