To the moon, Alice

Comfortable Shabby Video games has introduced that their quirky, Love-de-Lic-inspired journey recreation, 24 Killers, is about to drop on March ninth.

Whereas the identify might sound quite aggressive, 24 Killers is much more healthful than it sounds, having you befriend and assist the island’s inhabitants. By doing so, you achieve energy and further powers that every one you to assist extra of the island’s inhabitants. You play as Residence, an “echo” possessing the corpse of a useless soldier. You’re given orders by an alien named Moon, who guarantees that will help you reverse a curse that’s consuming away at you. Or one thing. If none of that is sensible to you otherwise you’re a visible learner, Comfortable Shabby Video games has offered a trailer.

It doesn’t take greater than a cursory look to see that 24 Killers takes plenty of inspiration from the video games of Love-de-Lic and its offshoots.  Significantly, the 2D-from-3D artwork type reminds plenty of Moon: Remix RPG. Overlapping this can be a quirky soundtrack, and whereas it’s no Hirofumi Taniguchi, it’s the correct amount of bizarre and nice.

Being an incessant fan of Moon: Remix RPG and Chulip, it wasn’t troublesome for 24 Killers to seize my consideration. I’ve spent a not-insignificant gob of time with a pre-release construct of it, and it’s about what I hoped for. It nails the aesthetic and philosophy of Love-de-Lic’s joy-makers whereas nonetheless presenting one thing reflective of its creator. Love-de-Lic followers are the most effective individuals. Simply take a look at how nice I’m.

24 Killers launches on PC March ninth, 2023.