Shopper Softproducts’ follow-up to 2021’s shared fever dream, Cruelty Squad, is now listed on Steam. Psycho Patrol R is now out there for wishlisting, although there isn’t any introduced launch window.

I had seen Shopper Softproducts tinkering round with a mech recreation for the reason that launch of Cruelty Squad, however with such issues, generally an finish result’s by no means seen. Nevertheless, it’s trying extra doubtless with the official title and fancy retailer web page.

Psycho Patrol R has you play as a federal police officer of the eponymous Psycho Patrol. You’re tasked with piloting a V-Stalker to unravel “psychological crime, amongst different issues.” It payments itself as a “mixture of high-intensity tactical FPS fight” and takes place in an open, non-linear world. You’re additionally capable of customise the gear in your stompy V-Stalker, which I feel is an unwritten regulation on this planet of mech video games. It additionally seems that you’ll be spending a while exterior of your robotic womb and might interact in thrilling conversations about cryptocurrency with executives.

Proper now, it seems to be like Psycho Patrol R will tone down the garish and nauseatingly surreal colours of Cruelty Squad, however the recreation’s graphics nonetheless scream jank-pop. I feel I might need been upset if it didn’t.

I reviewed Cruelty Squad again in 2021. I known as out its intentionally stilted gameplay, referring to it as “a purposeful desecration of the holy grounds of recreation design.” That was one of many first occasions I used to be quoted on Wikipedia, however the phrase was finally expunged from the article to make room for extra favorable acclamations. I meant it as a praise. Cruelty Squad has been dwelling in my mind ever since and might be the supply of trauma that has pushed me into the arms of comparable jank-pop titles.

Psycho Patrol R is at the moment set for launch on PC, although no launch window has been said.