Livelock Review | Entertainment Buddha

EB: Livelock is a cooperative twin-stick shooter created by Tuque Games, an independent Canadian developer. In this game’s alternate reality, humanity had to store their collective consciousness into machines known as Intellects after an extraterrestrial object crashed into the earth and made it uninhabitable for organic life forms. The players take the role of one of the three Capital Intellects, the first to be uploaded into a robotic Chassis, trying to free humanity from the machines known as the Abaddon. These include Catalyst, a support specialist, Hex, a skilled marksman, and Vanguard, a soldier of brute force. After the Cataclysm, humanity created Eden, a device that could bring organic life back to the world. Humanity created an advanced AI known as SATCOM, who serves as the player’s guide, to guide humanity’s transition back to organic life. When the game begins, the player is one of the few remaining Capital Intellects whom SATCOM guides through the game to strive for humanity’s salvation.