SlavicPunk: Oldtimer Launches November 6 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and Xbox One - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 October 2024 / 2,231 Views
Publisher Gaming Factory and developer Red Square Games have announced the isometric shooter, SlavicPunk: Oldtimer, will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 6.
The game is currently available for PC via Steam and GOG.
View a trailer of the game below:
Read details on the game below:
SlavicPunk: Oldtimer is an isometric shooter video game, based upon the works of Michal Golkowski, a renown Polish science-fiction and fantasy books author. It is him who created the story of Yanus—a private investigator with a troubled past, now trying to solve an unexpected case revolving around a stolen data carrier, all this while fighting his own inner demons, the urban gangs and a nigh-omnipotent corporation responsible for the downfall of the city he used to call his own.
The game offers solid combat and movement systems, as well as a modular weapon upgrade system, thanks to which the players striding through the dark corners of the city may make every encounter feel and look different. Action-packed levels with stealth elements, hacking, and environmental puzzle solving are intertwined with more slow-paced sequences of city exploration, side quests, and storytelling.
A unique, inherently Slavic take on the cyberpunk world is sure to leave none indifferent thanks to its sharp, caustic sense of humor and a slightly pessimistic outlook at the neon-grey shades of the surrounding reality, at the same time providing a much needed breath of fresh air to the genre itself.
As a team, the question we asked ourselves was: what was the world going to look like in a couple of decades? How would a hypothetical Central and Eastern European city and its inhabitants differ from, say, Blade Runner‘s Los Angeles or Akira‘s Neo Tokyo?
The attempts to answer this puzzle has had a tremendous deal of influence upon the game’s artistic choices, including a mix of futuristic-esque and overly outdated technologies, the grim, brutalist architecture typical of the post-communist countries, the character’s not-so-obvious moral choices and the often crudely makeshift, yank-and-tuck character and atmosphere of an environment overpacked with people forced to cope with the uneven distribution of goods and wealth, often relying on their wits and sheer luck to make it to the next paycheck without losing their minds.
The SlavicPunk: Oldtimer story goes to show that there is more than meets the eye to this dystopian version of the future is, and it is only up to the players to discover what lies beneath the neon glow and the concrete streets – helping Yanus unravel his last case and find out just how brutal and ugly the truth may actually be.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
