We have good and bad news about Delta, the new character. The bad news is that he has to be unlocked, and you probably need to be pretty good to unlock him. As I lamented in our co-op review, 30XX is pretty hard - a bit too hard for me to beat. The addition of a new character for beating the game is a sweet incentive indeed, but I wish he was more easily attainable for we of the unwashed masses. Maybe completing 5 level 5 runs will be easier (see patch notes below).
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Capcom has shown precious little interest in keeping the Mega Man franchise alive, hence it’s up to indie developers to carry the torch. Chief among those developers is Batterystaple Games, whose well-received 20XX first appeared on Steam in 2016 and made its way to consoles over time. After a period of early access, the sequel, 30XX has full...
After a short single-player tutorial, 30XX begins with players taking control of a newly awakened robotic life form. A beautiful mad scientist has apparently awakened the heroes and challenged them to either stop her from destroying the world or die trying. From there, players emerge in a lobby from which they can switch characters, talk to NPCs, join co-op games, start a run, and more. The game can be played in Roguelike Mode or Mega Mode, the latter of which provides a more traditional experience without permadeath.
