Code Name S.T.E.A.M. is a fun embarrassment – Kill Screen Daily
Kill Screen Daily: Is this really what we sound like? Star-spangled, teeth gritting and augmented with pulsing robot arms? A clankity jamboree opening with a Merry Marvel Marching Society theme? Is this the after-taste of that recent lunar eclipse when we took space marines and steampunk games really seriously? Is Japan making fun of the west for that? I kind of hope so. I do. It’s healthy. It’s like that wince when you hear a recording of your own voice. “Oof, I gotta stop saying uhm.” In Japan, the country where this XCOM-inspired alliance was made, Code Name S.T.E.A.M. is called Lincoln vs Aliens. It is Nintendo’s take on another time zone’s games—and it’s fun, if not embarrassing.
