Black Future 88 from Good Shepherd announced exclusive for Switch / Release TBA

[ItsOKAY]

Black Future '88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of deadly traps, homicidal AI, crazed junkies and colossal Wardens standing in your way in a stylish alternative version of 1988. The world is reeling from a nuclear cataclysm, created by Duncan, the tower architect. The First of his bombs fell in the summer of 1988, and by December they had blacked-out the sun with endless rain. We decided to stop keeping time after this, and it's been 1988 ever since. Everything that lived through the initial attack will die in the extreme floods that followed. These are the times after, where there are no more months, or even weeks…everything is measured in minutes left to live. Take on the mantle of one of the last remaining misfit survivors, and fight your way to the top of the tower to kill the architect and stop the endless nuclear rain. Ascend to die, and die to survive.




Looks very good:)

 

[Fonst]

Could be fun, reminds me of another game Nintendo showed in an old direct.

 

[Opa-Opa]

I like it. But the choices for this type of games are so vast it's hard to choose!

 

[Bane]

I feel like a few years ago this would have been amazing looking. Now it feels a bit generic. I hope it turns out great nonetheless.

 

[ZanderEzekial]

Played this at E3 last year and it ended up being my game of the show.

EDIT: Yeah this is probably just a trailer thing, it's definitely coming to PC.

 

[salromano]

Do you have an announcement press release on hand or are you just assuming it's Switch-only because it's a Switch-specific trailer?

Because it's also coming to PC and PC is not mentioned in that trailer.

 

[The Cellar Letters]

Yeah it's on PC.
The beta is fun.

 

[ItsOKAY]

Do you have an announcement press release on hand or are you just assuming it's Switch-only because it's a Switch-specific trailer?

Because it's also coming to PC and PC is not mentioned in that trailer.

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Hey, thanks for seeing this. Yeah, it´s on PC as well. Will correct it. Thanks.

 

[Calibro]

>BLACK FUTURE
>no Vektor music

 

[bobbychalkers]

On paper this game sounds like several other games but goddamn that trailer looked dope.

 

[SapientWolf]

"Stylish" doesn't even begin to describe the game.

 

[Eggiem]

88 is a terrible number to include in a name. At least from the German perspective.

 

[Deleted member 7572]

It's a switch console exclusive, but coming to PC as well. It looks awesome!

 

[Bitanator]

>BLACK FUTURE
>no Vektor music

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I like the cut of your jib Calibro, need good people like you in the Metal Thread

 

[DigitalOp]

88 is a terrible number to include in a name. At least from the German perspective.

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88 is also considered lucky in Asian spheres

Game looks dope, I'm a big fan of Switch getting stylish shooters and games with vibrant artstyles.

Just feels right on the system

 

[Eggiem]

88 is also considered lucky in Asian spheres

Game looks dope, I'm a big fan of Switch getting stylish shooters and games with vibrant artstyles.

Just feels right on the system

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Will buy it day 1 on switch, no doubt.

 

[GDGF]

Switchbought! Game looks dope as hell.

 

[Colloco]

This looks fantastic. People can say what they want about there being too much of one genre, but if a game has its own unique spin on it, and is a quality game overall, it shouldn't deter its success.

 

[sredgrin]

I wasn't hugely sold on the Beta, things felt a bit wimpy in practice. They certainly look pretty cool in the trailer, so hopefully just a bad first impression / tweaks have been made, and I admittedly didn't play a ton of it.

 

[dirtyjane]

Immediately after booting this game on the switch you see one of the biggest issues, the text is too small, and I mean even if I squint real hard small, unbelievable that something like this gets through q&a. Seriously, you can't read any of the upgrade descriptions even with an magnifying glass in handheld mode.

Also the button layout feels cramped on the joycons.

Thing is on PC it probably plays wonderful without these IO issues.

Reminds me of Nuclear Throne, EtG and Bleed. These type of games just don't fit the handheld that well.

 

[AntiMacro]

I've been struggling with this game for a while, but it's not the game that's frustrating the shit out of me - it's the hardware. The drift in the right stick makes the gun fire, which wastes ammo in the secondary guns and makes some jumps just impossible. I love the Switch, but the joy-cons are just hot garbage. I've picked up two joy-con bundles at $99.99 plus tax Canadian and have zero to show for it as they've all developed absurd amounts of drift.

I don't feel like I can even review this game fairly because of the hardware issues.

 

[Rehynn]

I've been struggling with this game for a while, but it's not the game that's frustrating the shit out of me - it's the hardware. The drift in the right stick makes the gun fire, which wastes ammo in the secondary guns and makes some jumps just impossible. I love the Switch, but the joy-cons are just hot garbage. I've picked up two joy-con bundles at $99.99 plus tax Canadian and have zero to show for it as they've all developed absurd amounts of drift.

I don't feel like I can even review this game fairly because of the hardware issues.

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It's weird to have to say this at this point in the Switch's life, but Pro Controller.

 

[AntiMacro]

It's weird to have to say this at this point in the Switch's life, but Pro Controller.

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I play in portable mode 99% of the time. I'm not carrying a controller around so I can play games - especially if it's to cover for shitty hardware.