"Since there are always people better at your own game than you are, we want to look closely at those factors, we expect to find some things over-powered or exploitable, and also to see if there’s room for new weapons that could fill a role that none of the current ones do." Some weapons are more twitchy and require good aim while others require good positioning and so forth. "We had started out with very few weapons that had distinct differences and are easy to understand," he explained, "then we added more weapons where we felt there was something interesting missing. For Englund, nailing the combat balance was absolutely vital.
There's a trade-off however, as guns are considerably weaker than swords or a pair of fists. Treading new ground by making an all-out multiplayer deathmatch game was exciting as well, and we feel like we’ve learned much along the way."įirearms are a key difference between The Showdown Effect and similar fighters, giving players the option of going long-range when melee strikes simply won't cut it. "The Hollywood theme was a result of us wanting to find a framework within which we could do stupidly awesome cliché things and still make it feel like a natural part of the setting. "We had been talking about making a platform/shooter for a while when Paradox approached us with a similar concept and we felt like the match was great. "After working with Magicka for so long, we really felt like we wanted to make something radically different," Englund explained. I caught up with design director Emil Englund to chat about what sets The Showdown Effect apart. clone, but the reality is that yes it's an arena-based fighter with platforming elements, but the differences under the hood run much deeper. On the surface it may appear to be a Smash Bros. The result is punchy, violent and highly skill-based. It's a combat game that hurls a bunch of Hollywood stereotypes into movie-themed arenas and sees them waging bloody war all over the set. With a tag-line like “Fight to the death, or die trying!", you know you're in for a chuckle with The Showdown Effect. You can buy it from the official site, or over Steam.Īrrowhead's announcement trailer is a good laugh, and sets up the brand of humour the team is going for. The game's combat mechanic mixes up gunplay, platforming and good old-fashioned melee attacks into a single, lightning fast experience.
VG247's Dave Cook speaks with the team ahead of tomorrow's launch.ĭeveloped by Magicka creators Arrowhead Game Studios, The Showdown Effect is a PC arena fighter based on Hollywood stereotypes. The Showdown Effect is the movie-based brawler from Magicka developer Arrowhead Game Studios.
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