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Netflix’s lady assassin movie Kate is getting an action roguelike tie-in gameMovie tie-ins are morally obligated to be pixel-style
Movie tie-ins are morally obligated to be pixel-style
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Kate: Collateral Damage
“A time bar at the top of the screen constantly marches towards your inevitable death at the hands of the deadly radioactive poison, Polonium 204,” developers Ludic Studios say. “Killing enemies slows the rate at which the time bar depletes, awarding your deadly precision.” You can top up your time with syringes, trade out guns and swords routinely as you use them up, and make use of Ani’s support abilities.
The literal interpretation ends at the roguelike part, as I’m sure you won’t be surprised to hear that Kate doesn’t end with her doing it all over again with a damage +10% buff. In Collateral Damage, Ludic Studios say that you’ll unlock permanent upgrades between runs and temporary perks between levels within a run.
Ludic Studios do look to have the chops to make good on a Kate adaptation. They’ve already done the arcade action shooter thing with their 2018 gameAkane. That one’s set 100 years from now in the Tokyo of 2121 in which you “take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.”
Yup, that sure is just about the same thing. The Steam user review hivemind has bestowed Akane an overall “overwhelmingly positive” from more than 1,500 reviews. Sounds promising, I’d say, to let Ludic go on and do more of what they’re good at.
Kate: Collateral Damage is launching overon Steamon October 22.
