![]() ![]() The number of weapons available in this game is simply baffling, well over 100, and with numerous methods of acquisition ranging from simple purchasing to rare drops from loot acquisition, it’ll take you some time to complete your collection. The wide selection of crew members available each maintain a different class, dictating the weapons they have access to and the special abilities they’ll gain access to through levelling up. ![]() The way you go about dispatching your steam-powered foes in Heist is quite different to its predecessor the pickaxes and drills of old have been replaced by firearms of a wide variety – revolvers, rifles, rocket launchers – everything you’d expect from a steam-powered, sci-fi wild west, and with these new toys come more than a few new tricks the game’s ‘trick shot’ mechanic gives firing a stylish edge, allowing you to bounce bullets off of the walls and ceilings of the battlefield the enclosed nature of the ships in the game means that this can lead to some rather creative shooting strategies, even in situations where it seems impossible for you to land a hit on your foes. I can safely say that getting a clean kill with a carefully guided bullet in SteamWorld Heist is one of the most satisfying gaming experiences of 2015! This adds in a real incentive for replayability, as well as maximising the strength of your crew members to fulfil each target on the more challenging missions. Each mission comes with a variety of special requirements to meet, with success increasing your reputation within the galaxy, in turn allowing you to access new areas of the map, recruit new crew-mates and buy higher level weapons. Conditions in battle can vary from destroying targets, retrieving specific items or on several occasions, fighting plot-related characters and bosses in lengthy and tense shootouts. Each mission sees you boarding ships belonging to a variety of villainous factions (each with a role to play in the game’s plot), taking turns to move your crew of up to five automaton space pirates through the hull, picking off enemies and grabbing as much loot as you possibly can, before making a daring escape. Now in 2015 we’re greeted with a third instalment, SteamWorld Heist. However, rather than simply follow up the cult hit of Dig with a direct sequel, this new entry into the series turns things on their head, taking a familiar atmosphere and setting and re-inventing it as a turn-based game of tactics and shooting. The second title in the SteamWorld series, it was a game that invoked more emotion than you’d image from a title about mining steam-powered robots, so clearly illustrating the divide between risk and reward and innocently challenging players to make life and death decisions, often with both a big payout and your pride at stake. People who missed out on SteamWorld Dig missed out on a game with brilliant atmosphere, compelling gameplay and a subtle yet magnificent plot that kept you coming back again and again to watch it slowly unfold, truly putting this franchise about some rusty old robots trying to get by on the map. Reviewed by Oliver Jameson ( Image & Form’s SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirtwas a game that caught a lot of people by surprise. ![]()
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