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Supernatural spaceship shooter Underspace shows admirable ambition in its Next Fest demoA self-described “spiritual successor to Freelancer”
A self-described “spiritual successor to Freelancer”
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pastaspace Interactive
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pastaspace Interactive
Underspace Early Access Release Date Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Underspace Early Access Release Date Announcement Trailer
While the Steam Next Fest ended on Monday, you can still download Underspace’s demofrom Steam(or if you’d rather not get Steamy, an older demo ison Itch).
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pastaspace Interactive
Singleplayer spaceship shoot-o-traders aren’t really my sort so I can’t really judge what folks might make of it against other games (including Freelancer). Flight controls and combat are definitely arcade-y and scrappy; it’s certainly notspacewitch shooter Chorus. I was bumbling on, not sure I was digging it, then a spacestorm hit and the flashes illuminated impossibly vast octopoid tendrils beneath the fabric of reality and I had to fight a giant skeletal snake to kill the storm and oh, okay, I’m in.
I later bumbled through a side-mission, ended up between layers of space, saved someone, accidentally picked a fight with spacecops and fled (I say accidentally; I radioed them and threatened them), bought a new ship, bought new weapons, bought pornography I might sell elsewhere for a profit, flew through a shoal of spacejellyfish and felt bad for accidentally killing one, lost a fight with pirates who jumped me at a jumpgate after I declined to pay them off, realised my last save was ages ago and decided I was done with the demo, but yeah, yeah, okay, I’d like to see more of this when the full game hits.
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pastaspace Interactive
While the Steam Next Fest has ended, you can still download loads of other demos too. Check outour recommendationsfor everything from roguelikelike poker to a typing dungeon-crawler with a delightfully daffy companion.
