WAR NEVER CHANGES
NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT?
The end of the world as we know it, in action-RPG form
EXPECT TO PAY
$30
DEVELOPER
Airship Syndicate
PUBLISHER
THQ Nordic
REVIEWED ON
GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 8 GB RAM
MULTIPLAYER
2 player co-op (online or splitscreen)
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There’s good reason to welcome the return of the horsemen of the apocalypse, and not only because of what’s on your social media feed. In the world of videogames they star in a great series that didn’t deserve to pass like wind with the somewhat lame third entry. And lo, Airship Syndicate did rise from the ashes of Vigil Games—who did once develop entries first and second—and thus it spake unto the industry, “Let’s do this”.
has always bounced gleefully from one influence to the next. The first game borrowed heavily from Nintendo’s series, while the second—which starred a hilariously ripped version of Death—clearly took its reboot. Then, the Gunfire Games-developed decided to join the wearisomely long line of titles trying to copy . Given the history of the series, the move to an entirely different genre isn’t really as jarring as it might be.
