The Square Enix Collective has announced its Gamescom 2017 lineup in a recent press release. Their showcase will include five indie games that are “full of contrasts” for a broad gaming experience.
Below is a full list of all the games that will be featured on behalf of the Collective at this year’s event.
Battalion 1944
Leading the lineup is Bulkhead Interactive’s Battalion 1944, a multiplayer first person shooter game. The developers are seeking to recapture older styles of FPS gameplay, where skill and stats determined victory, as opposed to powerups and other add-ons. Square Enix London’s Director of Community and Indie Development, Phil Elliot, mentioned that this game has garnered quite a bit of attention and shows how popular both retro mechanics and World War II still are for gamers.
Forgotten Anne
Also featured is Throughout Games’ anime adventure Forgotten Anne. Billed as a cinematic adventure with “light puzzle platforming elements”, Forgotten Anne sees you take on the titular role of Anne as she tries to stamp out rebellion in the Forgotten Lands — a place where forgotten things from socks to letters are refashioned into magical creatures called Forgotlings.
Oh My Godheads
On a lighter note is Titutitech’s Oh My Godheads, a multiplayer game born out of love for classic franchises like Worms and Street Fighter. This title offers a variation of capture-the-flag where the flag happens to be a talking stone head.
Tokyo Dark
On the JRPG side of things, there’s Cherrymochi’s Tokyo Dark — a title that combines psychological and anime horror. It also builds on the point-and-click visual novel style by adding various branching story paths that are uncovered based on your decisions as the main character, as you try to find your lost mentor in the darkness beneath Tokyo.
Deadbeat Heroes
Finally comes Upstream Arcade’s Deadbeat Heroes, another multiplayer title that’s a 3D brawler. The goal in Deadbeat Heroes is to stop the new wave of 1970s super criminals from having their way with London — only you play as civilians with no crime-fighting experience. You must borrow your powers from others, while “not getting shot, sliced, lasered, exploded, vaporized, eaten…”
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All of these games are part of the Square Enix Collective — a curated platform for indie games where developers pitch their ideas, get approved for funding, and publish through Square Enix. All the titles above, and many others, will be taking the stage at Gamescom later this month.
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