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"You build a little squad of allied characters": Warhammer Survivors' spin on bullet heaven brings a lovely touch of chaos to the battlefield

Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed·Julian Benson·3 days ago
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Bring some friends to the end of the world Image credit: Auroch Digital Bullet heaven games can already be fairly chaotic. Starting with Vampire Survivors , it's a genre that joyously fills your screen with thousands of enemies and tasks you with somehow killing them all before they reach your character in the centre. While Warhammer Survivors treads much of the same ground of Poncle's original, there is a small mechanical twist at its centre that adds a meaningful extra drip of chaos to the action. Rather than control a single character, as you pick up weapons, you assemble a small squad, all of whom act independently of you. You can see a little of this in the new Warhammer Survivors' trailer that announces two new characters, Arbites Vigilant and their cyber-mastiff. Watch on YouTube "Arbites has a shotgun that is very close-range, it shoots in an arc," lead designer John O'Donnell tells me. "It's really good for clearing crowds of people, but it only shoots in one direction.…

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