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Voidling Bound may not yet have surfaced on your radar, but this new June launch is impressing players with its Pokémon inspired twist on the third-person shooter formula.
That sounds a little grisly, but I assure you that Voidling Bound is wholesome and fun.
Developed by Hatchery Games and available on PC storefront Steam, Voidling Bound sees you step into the shoes of a space wrangler.
You’ll be tasked with overcoming “bubonic swarms” and “pestilent bosses” on a lush series of planets that have become overrun by corruption.
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Once you’ve restored balance to an area, you’ll be able to take control of Pokémon-esque creatures called Voidlings.
From there, you can send Voidlings into battle, pursue their evolution paths, upgrade their abilities, and hatch new offspring.
“Shoot, slash, slam, and blast your way through battles,” devs note.
“Evade, block, or parry incoming attacks. Sprint, jump, and dash across diverse biomes and planets. Charge and unleash devastating ultimate abilities to defeat the most challenging foes.”
As you can actually embody your Voidlings on the battlefield, there’s a great variety of attacks players can make use of adding a perfect sense of breadth to the game.
There’s no set evolution path for your Voidlings either as there is in something like Pokémon; you can actually choose from a number of paths, determining the sorts of attacks they’ll have.
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Skill points can be attributed to strength, vitality, essence, recuperation, and agility.
You’ll also need to harvest and locate various resources as you set about restoring the corrupted sci-fi worlds you visit.
All of your Voidlings, when not travelling with you, will be situated in the game’s vivarium where you can breed new additions.
For you completionists, there’s a handy collection guide so you know when you’ve got all of the available Voidlings. You can even track which genes you’ve collected if you want to formulate your own Voidling.
There’s a roguelike mode too called The Abyss for those looking to up the challenge.
The full experience of Voidling Bound is out now and will set you back £22.49, or you can simply check out the accompanying free demo.
This allows you to play through the game’s opening missions. You can discover up to two Voidlings and take them into battle.
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There are two enemy factions to face off across six maps in this free slice.
It boasts an impressive rating of 96% on Steam, with the full game sitting at 94%, both correct at the time of writing.
“10/10 game,” declared one happy player, while another added, “I'm having such a phenomenal time with this game, it's such a fresh experience that has had me excited to keep playing and staying up all night when i should be sleeping, things are introduced at a nice pace and while some loops may be simple they are still a lot of fun to try out all the new builds for my little guys.”
Someone stated, “10/10. Great creature designs, Great gameplay loop, smooth performance and nearly perfect replayability.”
You should be able to get at the very least an hour’s worth of playtime from Voidling Bound’s demo.
