Rustler

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: Modus Games
Developer: Jutsu Games
Release Date: Aug. 31, 2021

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'Rustler' Comes To PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch this Year - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on March 18, 2021 @ 12:21 p.m. PDT

Rustler is an open-world, top-down action game paying tribute to the good old GTA 2 style and gameplay, fusing it with a historically inaccurate medieval setting.

You are nobody, and have nothing. Not even a name, as the creativity of your parents didn’t go much further than calling you a “Guy”. The miserable state you’re in does have one advantage, however: it doesn’t get much worse than that. So, you can either keep sitting on your buttocks, do nothing about it, waiting for your sad life to come to an end, or you can try to get out there, earn a coin or two, have fun with the ladies, drink a beer or ten, and get everything that you’re currently missing. Legally or illegally; that’s secondary. What matters is having it all, having it now, and preferably with as little effort as possible.

Imagine GTA 2 or San Andreas, but set in medieval times, where you steal horses instead of cars. Enter the merciless criminal underworld, where a local Bard is your private human radio, with all the top rap songs available.

Embark on a mission to find the Holy Grail, help the nobleman in becoming a gangster rapper, fire someone who believes the Earth is round from a trebuchet, or choose others from the huge range of absurd tasks available in-game. You can also ignore the missions and just simply take the sword, spear, crossbow, or whatever you have at your disposal to start the madness in your town by challenging all the knights in the realm. How long will you survive being under the city’s militia radar.

Play as The Guy, whose parents were apparently too lazy to give him a proper name. Experience feudal injustice, inquisition, witch-hunting, and join The Grand Tournament. Meet valiant, yet incredibly stupid knights. Complete a wide variety of twisted missions and quests, or don’t give a damn about the plot and bring mayhem to the villages and cities. Choose to go on foot, or by stolen horse. Fight with a sword, or pick a fancy automatic crossbow. All that, spiced up with an inappropriate Monty Python-inspired sense of humor.


The horse-stealing, medieval madness-inducing Rustler will careen onto PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch this year for $29.99 USD.

Today’s news was accompanied by a brand-new gameplay trailer that showcases the absolutely wild ride that you will be embarking on. Take a look at the video, which provides a glimpse at your chance to betray literally everyone you know, pay a man to follow you around as a human stereo and generally be a problem.

The game is available now to pre-order physically on the official website.

Rustler’s world is filled with humor, anachronisms, and pop culture references. Remember Monty Python? Ever been towed for parking in a “NO HORSE ZONE”? Speaking of horses – what if they were treated like Pokémon?

Key Features:

  • Be a bold, bald thug in a medieval sandbox: The world of Rustler is filled with humor, anachronisms, and pop culture references. Remember Monty Python? Ever been towed for parking in a “NO HORSE ZONE”? Speaking of horses – what if they were treated like Pokémon?
  • Wreak havoc with top-down, old-school combat: Use swords, spears, turds, and crossbows. Not efficient enough? Try a holy hand grenade or your horse. Nothing’s deadlier than a galloping set of hooves.
  • Screw everyone over to win half the kingdom: As a poor peasant, you need to get creative to win the Great Tournament. Form strange alliances, double-cross your foes, and dig up dinosaur bones in a light, easy-to-understand and hard-to-empathize-with story.
  • Hire bards to aid you musically in battle: A bard is your sweaty personal radio. He’ll never leave your side, even amidst the bloodiest of conflicts, and he’ll change the song's dynamic depending on the action. Or, if the tune isn’t to your liking, make him change it by punching him in the face.
  • A lot of horsin’ around: Shoot cows into the sky, dress up as a guard or Death himself, smoke weed by accident, draw fancy shapes with a plowing cart, survive a full onslaught from the guards after killing half the city – just some of the crazy things you can do in Rustler.

Currently available through Steam Early Access, Rustler is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) in 2021.


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