Carlos writes "Whether you’ve heard of Spanish studio MercurySteam or not, there is no denying you’re aware of their previous masterpieces. From the eerie domain of Clive Barker's Jericho, to the magnificent Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series, you can be pretty sure that if MercurySteam have had something to do with it, then it’s been a top title. So, when I was given the chance to jump into the closed beta of their latest title, Raiders of the Broken Planet on Xbox One, I knew it wasn’t one to be missed."
Spacelords (previously known as Raiders of the Broken Planet) is a multiplayer online asymmetric adventure where you fight the invaders by teaming up with other Raiders, or turn the tables and storm into battle with those invaders fighting at your side!
"These SpaceGuilds can even be formed up by cross-platform players, with Steam users allying with PlayStation 4 players, or with Xbox One and Windows 10 players." Sony hasn't done anything 😥
The Spanish studio on its failed business model for Raiders of the Broken Planet, and its rebirth as Spacelords.
Castlevania lords of Shadow was amazing. Mercury steam are at the same level as ninja theory, I think MS should think of acquire them and get them working on a hack and slash game.
indeed LoS was a great game, one of the best i played actually. LoS2 was a mess on the other hand, despite maintaining the solid action gameplay mechanics.
That is because Kojima was not involved with the sequel. Mercury Steam is a very talented studio BUT they require good leadership.
The last time I remember Microsoft acquiring a studio they started making mediocre games and a pathetic excuse of a game that was focused on cars rather than the 3D platforming the originals were all about. And sea of thieves.
I dont want Microsoft near any of the studios that make games I enjoy.
why not come up with something genuine, something fresh. something that is going to convince people to buy your product at full retail price instead of having to resort to shady f2p-trickery?
oh, i know, that is difficult and involves some real effort. well, life is hard. *shrugs*
But almost all of them involve some kind of monetisation or push to get you to spend money on the game. Its how they make money after all. Only a genuinely select fews that are real gems and real “free” to play games.
Good they learned their lesson the hard way hopefully now we’ll get quality titles from them.
Spanish developer MercurySteam is relaunching its third-person-shooter Raiders of the Broken Planet as Spacelords and removing all price barriers.
It was definitely under my radar, but I really like the art style. The art director is a badass :D
Raiders was a pretty cool game, but paywalling the campaign made me stop playing. I hope they also reduce the grind a bit.
That's funny I think the exact opposite is what is needed. Release the game with all the content included, no paywalls, no microtransactions. Unlock things through gameplay.
In other words release a full game, not bits and pieces of a game then gouge you fanbase for every unlockable character, weapon, or skin.
It should've been f2p and focused on cosmetics from the start. I'm just glad because the game has AAA quality production. Mercury Steam is a great developer who never made a bad game in my book. With this though, they screwed the monetization and grind factor. AND please for the love of God fix the annoying sound after you shoot which reminds me of Killzone and get ANYONE who knows decent English to do the dialogue instead. Also remove the image of the guy talking to you because that's just bad.
Mechs? Cyborgs in mechs?
If such is in the actual game, there are segments where you pilot mechs, all I can ask is: why haven't I heard of this before now?
