![]() ![]() Dorothy, who appears in the sequel as the protagonist, runs a trade shop where Rusty can exchange the ore and gems he mines for currency. Rusty’s digging and dugging is supported by the townsfolk of Tumbleton ( spoilers: highlight to reveal) which later includes a few more residents. Taking up his dearly departed uncle’s pickaxe, Rusty begins to explore the underground macrocosm, uncovering untold riches, lodes of ore and crystals, veins of precious metals, as well as secrets from the past waiting far below. As it turns out, Rusty has inherited the deed to his Uncle Joe’s mine, but when he arrives at the town where the mine’s entrance is located, he discovers that his dear uncle has gone the way of the Steam-dinosaurs. This is Rusty the Steambot and he has reached the town of Tumbleton, population 3 (considering one member of that population is a saloon girl it must be a rather interesting town, indeed). SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirt opens in cinematic fashion with a lone figure trekking through a vast Wild West desert, his glare evocative of Clint Eastwood. I’ve still SteamWorld Heist to play but how long until we get SteamWorld Dig 3: the Steambot with No Name? ![]() That’s not entirely a bad thing because the last thing I wrote of Dig 2 was this: “ Dig 2 left me wanting more, so now I begin the hunt for SteamWorld Dig and Heist!”ĭig 2 instilled in me a hunger for more of this steampunk/Western infused universe, and since the first Dig is a much more compact game, a shorter jaunt through this world, it was an appetizer that doubly whet my appetite. Going back in time from that high point toward A Fistful of Dirt carries with it the added challenge of not entirely coloring my take on the older game with my affection for the newer, but this is nonetheless my necessary perspective on it. Dig 2 is in fact the fourth game in the SteamWorld series following SteamWorld Tower Defense, SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirt, and SteamWorld Heist in that order, so Dig 2 had the benefit of learning from its predecessors to become the great game that it was. I’m sure most of us know someone who insists upon the quality of some tv show though they include the caveat that you have to sit through so many episodes before the series comes into its full flower.Īnalogously, this is true of SteamWorld Dig 2 in terms of its refinement, not to incriminate the previous games of poor quality at all, mind. By then, presumably, the show has gotten good, pardon the expression. The plus side of watching a television series some ten or so episodes in is there’s that opportunity for the show to find its footing and identity, its confidence. This was also my first experience with any of the SteamWorld games by developer Image & Form Games, so I had the unique vantage of ingesting the series at its latest and most refined entry. When last I explored the SteamWorld, it was in SteamWorld Dig 2, released September 2017. When they need to save their sorry souls, folks head for the frontier.” People go west when all bets are off: a reputation in ruins, a love gone wrong. “Historically, people move west more than east. Time will tell if Headhunter keeps up the quality the SteamWorld name is generally known for.This article is available as a well-read review on our YouTube channel!Ĭlick here to see all audio reviews on this site. We do know that the Image and Form name is still being used in promotional materials for The Gunk, its first major game away from the SteamWorld universe. It’s unclear if the former will have any of its fingers in the game’s development, especially given how it was incorporated into Thunderful Games proper. Until now, Image and Form was the developer of the series, but Thunderful itself is billed as the dev for Headhunter. It will be interesting to see how Thunderful Games is going to make the vibe and tone of the SteamWorld series gel in the third dimension, but if the trailer is anything to go by, the series is in good hands. But all those games were firmly rooted in 2D, while Headhunter is a 3D affair. The series even tried card battling with SteamWorld Quest. The SteamWorld series of games are known for reinvention, going from the search action trappings of SteamWorld Dig to the 2D XCOM gameplay of SteamWorld Heist. The final shot is of that same head on four spider-like leg appendages leaping towards the other robot, suggesting that head swapping or hijacking bodies might be a mechanic in the final game. When one robot shoots the other and they go to check the body, the head is missing. The short video depicts two robots having a showdown at high noon. Billed as a third-person cooperative adventure, SteamWorld Headhunter’s premiere is light on details, but does hint at the gameplay’s direction in the trailer. ![]()
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