Wild Bastards has you travel from planet to planet to recruit, manage and gun sling with a team of 13 outlaws, each of whom has their own weaponry, special power, and growth tree. On planets, you’ll wrangle loot and start showdowns that are then played out in intense, bite-sized shootouts.
Wild Bastards finds its lawbreakers hunted and nearly eradicated by Jebediah Chaste, a ruthlessly puritanical magnate. After killing all but two of the Bastards, Jebediah’s final targets are miraculously saved by a mysterious, sentient spaceship known as The Drifter. The Bastards flee an unwinnable standoff, exploring an ever-changing and lawless galaxy rife with precious weapons and spoils as well as grisly fates in a grand attempt to resurrect their compatriots while living to steal another day.
While working to demystify The Drifter’s intentions in saving them, you will amass a gang of 13 playable and uniquely talented criminals, managing the relationships between them and guiding their growth. Juggle injuries and feuds while plotting a path through the galaxy, exploring and fleecing planets and, of course, shooting anyone or anything who gets in the way. Prevailing through Wild Bastards’ campaign also unlocks a Challenge Mode which adds modifiers and a steadily ramping challenge to keep outlaws on their toes.
Wild Bastards’ debut trailer showcases its titular gunslinging bandits in high-stakes firefights, as well as an evolution of the series’ core gameplay as the group flies between the stars, rides across planets and performs heists.
Each character wields distinct weapons, stunts and traits, but to make best use of these, players must understand their match-ups against the huge variety of enemies they’ll encounter and the role of the different environments they must fight in. Thoughtfully calling the shots is just as important as a steady aim in this sci-fi shooter.
Key Features:
- Intense Showdowns: Prove you’re the ultimate gunslinger by blasting an array of enemies in bullet-flying shootouts.
- Tactical FPS Combat: Use your wits to overcome crafty enemies that utilize cover, flank you, and employ a huge variety of special moves from teleportation to homing poisonous quills.
- 13 Outlaws to Play: Rebuild a gang of 13 outlaws, each with their own unique weapon, stunt, personality, relationships, and ability tree.
- Build & Maintain Relationships: The gang know each other well, but that doesn’t mean they like each other. It’s your job to manage their dynamic relationships, but good luck getting feuding outlaws to ride together.
- Keep The Gang Thriving: Accumulate resources to heal injured gang members, level up characters, improve relationships, and more.
- Strategize for Victory: Evaluate each planet’s terrain, enemies, and traits before selecting which gang members you want to land there. Collect items, level up, and use special locations carefully to turn the odds in your favor!
- An Ever-Changing, Lawless Galaxy: Roam the procedurally-generated galactic sectors and planets with varying parameters such as gravity, terrain features, weather, and more.
- Challenge Mode: After completing the main campaign, a challenge mode unlocks to offer a sequence of challenge sectors with increasingly difficult levels and mutators to modify the play experience.
Wild Bastards is coming to PC (Steam) in 2024.
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