It isn’t a clone by any means, but instead has periodic upgrade mechanics that are well-spaced, puzzles that you’ll be able to complete on your first pass and others you’ll need to hit later, and enemies that will continue to challenge you the further you go into the game, especially if you’re not carefully upgrading yourself in the areas you need most. SteamWorld Dig 2 is well-designed, entertaining, aggravating (in the right places), polished… essentially everything you could hope for in a somewhat Metroidvania game, but it very much has a unique style all its own. It helped me to see independents with ambition could deliver experiences that could minimally nip at the heels of the bigger publishers, or perhaps even overtake them.įast forward to today and the launch of SteamWorld Dig 2 and I believe that both Image & Form and the indie scene as a whole have fully come into their stride and are fulfilling that promise I’d seen. SteamWorld Dig was one of the earliest titles, though, that began to change that perception for the better. To that point my experience with them had been hit or miss, most of them feeling more like “budget” titles that were good for kicking around a short while but that were at least cheap. At the time I didn’t really know much about independent developers on the market, as a whole, and was weary of picking up titles from companies I didn’t already know. HD graphics: Beautiful, high-resolution (1080p) graphics.Back when it came out on the 3DS I remember deciding to pick up SteamWorld Dig on a bit of a whim because there had been some positive buzz around it.Randomized worlds with emergent gameplay.ĪdditionsCompared to the Nintendo 3DS version, this release has:.Uncover the remnants of human civilization, a degenerate race of dynamite-wielding troglodytes.Explore an underground world full of secrets, treasure and terrors.A rich world of steam-driven robots, inspired by Steampunk and Western themes.
Introducing HD graphics, achievements and more, the game has been optimized for Steam! Key Features Dig your way through the old earth, gaining riches while uncovering the ancient threat that lurks below.Īfter making a huge impact on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, we've decided to bring SteamWorld Dig to PC/Mac/Linux.
Take the role of Rusty, a lone mining steambot, as he arrives at an old mining town in great need. SteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure with strong Metroidvanian influences.
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