![]() ![]() Unsurprisingly, SteamWorld Heist looks sharper and more detailed on PS4 than it ever did on the 3DS. However, while such dangers may lurk in certain areas, exploration often worth it, with hidden epic loot able to give you the edge in upcoming missions. Levels also have their own particular challenges, with activating a turret emplacement likely to quickly ruin your day. In particular, enemies can be just as smart as you, bouncing shells off of walls to lure you out from behind the barrel you’ve sought cover behind, or occasionally simply rushing at you brandishing axes and other melee weapons. Once I had started, I felt compelled to carry on to the next mission thanks to the addictive nature of the game’s complex combat system. Essentially, SteamWorld Heist is great fun to play. This wide variety of choices means the thought process involved in ensuring a successful next mission is astounding and I was constantly thinking what I could equip to make the next mission less challenging. They generally function as you’d expect, with armour increasing health points, grenades perfect for tossing at enemies and health packs replenishing vitality. Items come in many forms, with your characters only able to equip two at any one time. These are just a few of the options available, with more weapons up for grabs within SteamWorld Heist’s great loot system. For example, scoped weapons allow you to aim with the aid of a laser pointer, machine guns fire a burst of shots in one turn, and grenade launcher types can arc to hit enemies from afar. This rather prosaic premise is enlivened and deepened by a wide variety of weapons, items and upgrades. These range from taking out enemies and collecting loot to destroying generators or enemy leaders. At its core, it’s a side-on turn-based strategy game, with Piper and up to three of her ragtag crew taking turns moving through enemy ships and facilities to accomplish an assortment of tasks. In between hub phases, which allow you to visit bars and retail vessels, the latter of which in turn allow you to purchase weapons, items, and recruit members, the main prize is combat scenarios. Gameplay is where SteamWorld Heist shines brightest. By that, I mean a quite literal lack of animation, there are no significant motions or movements that express any sort of emotion or feeling, with characters instead moving like those paper puppets that you made at school with pins for the joints. It’s therefore quite shallow, but thankfully it’s full of personality, important considering the game’s lack of animation. Whilst entertaining, with conversations involving bulky but brainless all-muscle-no-logic members, the plot never branches out into twists and turns. The story is told through the many conversations Piper has with her newly acquired team. Piper is the stereotypical leader type, taking up arms and recruiting a band of merry bots to assist her in her goals. SteamWorld Heist focuses on Captain Piper Faraday, a robotic pirate type who sets off into the vastness of space to eliminate all evil plaguing it, be it plundering pirates, alien invaders, or even a potential galaxy takeover. Somewhat of a sequel to SteamWorld Dig, a platformer released two years ago, SteamWorld Heist is an ambitious and gallant attempt at porting a game built for a less powerful smaller screen to Sony’s powerhouse. ![]() I’m talking about SteamWorld Heist from developers Image and Form. In fact, I can’t believe I just wrote that. It’s not often games that appear first on the Nintendo 3DS make their way to Sony’s PS4. ![]()
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