The Callisto Protocol developer Putting Distance Studios has introduced its subsequent recreation, Redacted. Set in the identical sci-fi horror universe as The Callisto Protocol, the sport will see gamers return to Black Iron Jail and face off in opposition to mutant prisoners and different survivors seeking to escape the ability. It’ll launch for PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S on October 31.
Billed as a roguelike dungeon-crawler with a punk-rock angle, the sport will observe the style formulation of combating, dying, dying once more, combating some extra, and dying but once more till you ultimately get an ideal run. As a safety guard caught in the midst of rioting prisoners and scientific abominations, you will have entry to an arsenal of weapons, abilities, and extra that can assist you survive.
Putting Distance says it’s taking the basic roguelike formulation and “cranking it to 11” in Redacted, whereas additionally throwing in just a few concepts of its personal to make every run really feel totally different. The one fascinating twist is that when your character inevitably dies, the subsequent run will see you ultimately struggle your individual reanimated corpse from the earlier run. The stronger you had been, the stronger it is, as your corpse is armed with the identical weapons, upgrades, and abilities out of your final run.
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If that wasn’t unhealthy sufficient, the opposite survivors trying to succeed in the final escape pod in Black Iron Jail will throw challenges at you or try to take you out earlier than you’ll be able to attain the pod, including one other wrinkle to the survival expertise.
In case you missed it, Putting Distance’s first recreation was The Callisto Protocol, which was launched again in December 2022. Recreation director Glen Schofield, who left the studio following the disappointing important and industrial success of the sport, not too long ago claimed that the sport was compelled to ship early, which resulted in content material being minimize from it and impacting its improvement.