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Zombie Survival Sim ‘Undying’ Receives Revamped Controls in Latest Update
Sticking to their word, Vanimals’ zombie survival game Undying is still receiving weekly updates while in Early Access. The latest update is a biggun, which revamps how you can control Cody, but also redesigns his entire skill system to add that much more convenience when playing.
For starters, Cody now has a command wheel with four simple commands to better predict his behaviour: Stay and assist in the fight, Follow and assist in the fight, Stay, and Follow. The update goes on to talk about in detail how Cody will now react to situations when using the command wheel, including his default state being to Follow and assist in the fight, and how if players want to issues commands and Cody is frightened, he will need to be calmed down in order for the command to be issued.
Cody’s Skill Tree has also seen a complete revamp, with the previous Talent Tree Unlock missions and previous skill trees being replaced with 62 “Basic Skills” for Cody. These skills can be learned from the player performing actions, or by practising them by himself.
Cody also now has 36 upgradeable “Advanced Skills” in Craft, Survival, and Combat, with each type being drawn from the skill pool by spending 100 experience points and can be “bought” directly after selecting the skills you want to learn. Both the Basic and Advanced skill pools will be expanded in the future “to provide more interesting gameplay experiences”.
The update isn’t all just Cody, as the combat system has also received an update. One-Handed Weapons now have a combo system, which will produce a three-hit combo that deals 100%, 100% and 140% damage, respectively. You can also now use the move command to cancel the attack recovery animation after an attack. Weapon Hit Recovery has also been tweaked, with those weapons with higher strength having a greater chance to knockback, stun, and interrupt the target, depending on the enemy.
This is all on top of the various tweaks and bugfixes for Undying, which you can read up on from the update. Currently, Vanimals sees Undying exiting Early Access on Steam in May, with plans for the game to launch on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, as well as Android and iOS devices.
Retroware surprised everyone last year with the announcement that they’re working on a throwback beat-’em-up based on the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. Grab your mop and get ready: the side-scrolling beat ’em up game is heading our way later this year.
Toxic Crusaders is now available to preorder on Steam, with the game set for Fall 2024 release. Exact date TBA.
Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the characters from the 1991 cartoon “Toxic Crusaders” back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players.
In the game, “When the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, Earth’s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four-players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
“Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!”
Considering this is set in Tromaville, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see more Troma characters beyond the Crusaders here. Toxic Crusaders will also feature fully voice-acted motion comic cutscenes, featuring voice acting by TeamFourStar, industry veterans, and of course, Troma actors.
Check out the gameplay demo below for a closer look at the Toxic Crusaders in action.
Toxic Crusaders is coming soon to Xbox Series X + S, Playstation 4 + 5, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store. But you can wishlist on Steam in the meantime.
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