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Imsim Core Decay looks polished, but maybe too Deus Sexy for its own goodNew trailer shows off violent, stealthy and sociable methods
New trailer shows off violent, stealthy and sociable methods
Image credit:3D Realms
Image credit:3D Realms
Core Decay Trailer - Realms Deep 2023 TrailerWatch on YouTube
Core Decay Trailer - Realms Deep 2023 Trailer
A bit of backstory, to wash that down. It’s 2089, the Earth is jiggered, natural resources are kaput, living conditions are in the toilet, cats and dogs are living together, etcetera. You play a recently vat-spawned cybernetic dude who must somehow save society in the course of a single player campaign spanning seven locations around the world. Being a roboman, you can upgrade individual limbs and senses so as to turn invisible and jump higher, amongst other things. There’s also hacking, needless to say, and what look like some rather elaborate boss battles further in. Mind the laser beams, Roboman!
It certainly walks the walk in footage. The environment art seems a bit monotonous, perhaps, but there are some lush effects to break up the boxy,Metal Gearsqualor of it all, like pouring rain or the glow of furnaces. Core Decay does feel genre-bound to a fault, though. I’m getting tired of immersive sims in which the broad options are essentially Talk To The Monsters, Stealth Down the Flank or Go in All Guns Blazing (with the secret fourth option usually being Glitch The Physics). I want to hear about the rest of the alphabet.
With any luck,Core Decaywill muster a few radical flourishes of its own and join the crowd of indies pulling down the well-worn statues of Deus Ex and co, rather than being a polished rehearsal of their achievements. After all, the whole point of an imsim is to experiment.
