There’s a trailer taking X, previously Twitter, by storm of a espresso bean armed with two pistols participating in acrobatic shootouts that’s giving Max Payne meets Simply Trigger with a little bit of GTA sprinkled in, and I’m completely obsessed.
Dubbed Killer Bean, the sport is billed as a first-/third-person shooter with procedurally generated parts that have an effect on every thing from the characters to the story itself. Primarily based on the Steam description, the venture sounds formidable.
“You’re Killer Bean, a rogue murderer who takes out the trash on this world, one bullet at a time. The procedurally generated story adjustments each time you begin a brand new marketing campaign on this first-person/third-person, roguelike shooter,” the outline reads.
Taking part in as Jack “Killer” Bean, you had been betrayed by the Shadow Company. Thirsting for revenge, you got down to murk the individuals who backstabbed you, using bullets, punches and kicks, and acrobatic slow-motion strikes to get your vengeance. It’s like John Wick, however as an alternative of enjoying as Keanu Reeves, you’re…Keanu Bean. Pun apart, Killer Bean makes use of procedural era in an thrilling means: All the things adjustments once you play, in keeping with its description.
“Each time you begin a brand new single-player marketing campaign, every thing adjustments. The areas change, the missions change, the characters change, the bosses change, and most of all, the story adjustments. Characters who you trusted earlier than, could flip in opposition to you. Enemies who tried to kill you, could find yourself serving to you. Easy missions can flip into lethal traps. No two campaigns are the identical.”
That sounds fascinating if it’s executed properly, particularly contemplating its GTA/Max Payne/Simply Trigger vibes. I imply, watch that above trailer another time. Killer Bean begins by butterfly twisting right into a James Bond-looking sports activities automobile and instantly finds himself in a shootout with motorcycle-riding beans earlier than leaping out in slow-motion to blast up one other bean. It’s amazingly ridiculous, particularly as you watch Killer Bean windmill to dodge bullets then take management of an assault helicopter to destroy some industrial-looking bridge. I’m not completely certain what’s taking place right here, however I’m all for it regardless.
Whereas this can be the primary big-budget Killer Bean recreation, it isn’t the primary to return out. Primarily based on two quick animations from 1996 and 2000, in addition to a feature-length movie from 2008, the franchise noticed the side-scrolling motion platformer Killer Bean: Unleashed launch in 2012 for Android and iOS gadgets. I performed slightly little bit of it, and yeah, it’s fairly ridiculous. It’s received in-app purchases (you could circumvent by watching advertisements), clunky touchscreen controls, and a plethora of ranges to shoot by. It isn’t precisely an gratifying expertise, but it surely does present a semblance of an thought of what the large Killer Bean recreation would possibly play like.
Killer Bean doesn’t have a launch date, however you’ll be able to wishlist it on Steam now.
