Starship Troopers: Extermination is already a fun game, but the initial Early Access release was short-lived due to a lack of content. Over time, Offworld have really built it up and the new upcoming single-player mode has me really excited. I have a real sweet spot for Starship Troopers, as one of my favourite sci-fi movies.
There's been a lot of performance updates over the last year with DLSS and FSR3 also being added. Weak points were introduced to bugs to aim for; new planets; a new carnage system so the maps will fill up with bug bodies instead of them vanishing, that all have collisions too, creating some interesting interactions; different types of ammo and lots more.
Check out the new trailer featuring Casper Van Dien from the original sci-fi classic movie:
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There's also a new developer diary that goes over the upcoming massive tanker bug addition, appearing just as it did in the 1997 classic movie. Also mentioned is another new planet coming, the icy planet Boreas, where you'll face various mutated bugs.
On top of that there's some new details on the single-player mode, which sees you undertake a multitude of missions that vary in scope and objectives. Mainly, they're designed to prepare you for the 16-player online mode, with more missions planned after the October 11th launch out of Early Access.
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Hopefully at the full release it will have more players, as it's good fun. The biggest problem with it is actually getting into a game, as you're forced to matchmake with seemingly no ability just to start a game by yourself and let others come in later.
It's currently Unsupported on Steam Deck, but does run on Desktop Linux with Proton 9.
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Caldathras Aug 24
Quoting: Purple Library GuyThe movie is not so much a portrayal of the book as a satire of it, poking fun at all the fascism.Now that you mention it, that's how it feels to me too.
Quoting: CaldathrasMy understanding is that that was what the director was specifically going for.Quoting: Purple Library GuyThe movie is not so much a portrayal of the book as a satire of it, poking fun at all the fascism.Now that you mention it, that's how it feels to me too.
slaapliedje Aug 26
Quoting: Purple Library GuyWhen you have the same director as Robocop and Total Recall, both of which are very anti-corporation, it makes a whole lot of sense that Starship Troopers is very much showing how terrible a military based society is. Still brilliant movies, all three of them. The new Robocop game captured the essence of the movie, and is a suitable sequel to it (I think it's supposed to take place between 2 and 3).Quoting: CaldathrasMy understanding is that that was what the director was specifically going for.Quoting: Purple Library GuyThe movie is not so much a portrayal of the book as a satire of it, poking fun at all the fascism.Now that you mention it, that's how it feels to me too.
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