Steam, Homepage, Kickstarter, Steam, Community: Download. Two and a half years later and the game is only a few months off from its Early Access release. Set on the moons of Jupiter, the game pits a lone space marine against overwhelming demonic forces. Rip and tear zombies, demons and unmentionable monstrosities, using classic weaponry, including (but not limited to) shotguns, chainguns, railguns and the trusty chainsaw. Controls are immediate and accessible while retaining the back-end depth of a turn-based RPG. Jupiter Hell is rated Strong after being reviewed by 19 critics, with an overall average score of 79. Meaningful RPG progression – Customize your character with new weapons, items and abilities gained as you progress through a permadeath-prone hell. Tags: ChaosForge Jupiter Hell Roguelikes have never been a primary focus of this website, nor of our chief content officer Darth Roxor, who in fact has very little experience with the genre.As a fan of Doom, one roguelike he has played extensively is DoomRL, the venerable Doom-based roguelike by Kornel Kisielewicz.
Jupiter Hell - Kickstarter Teaser thumbnail. DoomRL 'spiritual successor' Jupiter Hell hits Kickstarter Gotcha Alice O'Connor 5 years ago 12 Vacating Mars: Jupiter Hell Is The DoomRL sequel Hell on Ganymede. Beat the game to unlock more difficult challenges rather than grinding to make the game easier. Randomized levels set all over Jupiter’s orbit – Blast through procedurally-generated civilian sectors, military space bases and mining colonies on the violent moons of Jupiter. Every playthrough you’ll find new ways to experience familiar settings. Important Jupiter Hell notes (for advanced players)- medi-fibre armour healing is not increased with the 'health monitor' perk - For the sake of weapon perks, an entire turn's burst of bullets is calculated against the target when the turn begins. Original shooter roguelike lineage – Jupiter Hell is the crowning achievement of a 20-year roguelike development saga, coming from ChaosForge, the team that’s been making top-down, cosmic hell roguelikes since 2002. This means perks like 'ripper' and 'finisher' will not kick in half-way through a burst. The story of Jupiter Hell has players control a marine facing off against zombie and demons on the moons of Jupiter. The game really wears the DOOM influence on its sleeve. Jupiter Hell was a Kickstarter project with the campaign having 2083 backers with funds raised being £70,067. The original campaign for Jupiter Hell had a goal of £60,000.After being in Early Access for 18 months following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the brutal and brilliant roguelike Jupiter Hell will leave Early Access on August 5.Īcting as the successor to DRL (DoomRL which had to be renamed), It's certainly no secret that I'm a massive Jupiter Hell fan, with it's Doom inspired take on the roguelike genre with big moody scenes and some pretty furious action. The movement system in it is so good it almost feels real-time but it's very much turn-based. Not only does it now have a 1.0 release date for August 5, ChaosForge have also now announced they've teamed up with Hyperstrange to help them with the publishing side of things. There's still 5 big updates due before release, and they've confirmed their intention to continue updating the game after release which is exciting.Īs for the most recent update, Jupiter Hell 0.9.7 'Expanse', it expands the game quite a bit.
Each of the three moons now have 7 levels to blast your way through along with unique level generation with different branching paths and special levels too along with a new tileset so levels will feel a bit more fresh and unique. At least that’s what the Kickstarter campaign promises, with a hardcore metal soundtrack to back it up. The trait system was massively expanded too with each character trait now having 3 levels, and some of these new traits have completely new effects. Built on an entirely custom engine, Jupiter Hell allows the team to bring classic roguelike gameplay to modern audiences.ĬhaosForge is seeking 74,503 to drag the project, kicking and screaming, to life. Monster generation was improved too with monsters generating in larger packs (especially on higher difficulties) and fights should be more interesting overall thanks to the tweaks.
#Jupiter hell release date update#
Safe to say this update makes it a much bigger game.
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