Between its history, artstyle, and title, Brut@l is a unique game. With these features, it’s certainly a head-turner, but initial impressions can only get a game so far. As a rogue-like (in a time where gamers are flooded with rogue-likes), it needs to impress mechanically. It has to be addicting, egging the player to play one more level, or ...
As the ASCII inspired, roguelike dungeon crawler Brut@l approaches its PlayStation 4 release date, developer Stormcloud Games is revealing some new information about how co-op works. Specifically, does the loot drop for each player individually, or is it communal? Can a downed buddy be revived? And perhaps the most important question of all, can I throw a potion at my friend's head to heal him or her?
Some of the very first dungeon crawlers used ASCII characters, i.e., @, #, !, and the like, in order to portray the environments you explored and the enemies you fought. Developer Stromcloud Games has taken those visuals and reimagined them in a 3D space for their own roguelike/dungeon crawler, Brut@l.
You remember when games didn't really have graphics? Back when an uppercase D make you freeze in a cold sweat? Stormcloud Games remembers, and the indie studio is bringing those ASCII days back with the reimagined 3D roguelike Brut@l.
