SHOUT OUT - I Am Your Beast evokes the jolliest AA experiences of yesteryear
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By Jonathan Garrett
23/07/24
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Maybe we’ve got an unsatiated hankering for old school FPS romps, or maybe we’re just starved for new shooters in general. But here we are, three weeks out from I Am Your Beast’s release and we felt it deserved a nod. It stylistically evokes XIII, which was a clear highlight of the GameCube era, and is trying to encourage repeat playthrough’s with scoring and setting timed runs.
We also really appreciate the notion of a micro sandbox, where there’s flexibility to your approach without requiring you to deviate too far from a set path. There’s something to be said for appropriate scaling, particularly in a game with such simple mechanics, but it also appears that developer Strange Scaffold are keen to reinforce the idea that there’s no unnecessary fluff here.
At a time where triple A publishers are supposedly becoming more budget conscious and less willing to take a punt on new IP, we will inevitably find ourselves gravitating to these types of experiences. Here’s hoping it manages to find an equally enthusiastic audience and carve a niche for itself when it launches August 15th on PC.
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