There are titles that seem destined to succeed from the very moment they set foot in one of the digital stores that roam consoles and computers. They are small wonders that everyone is clear that they are going to give the chime, one way or another, simply because of the simplicity of your bet and how well they are reflected on the screen. Y FromSpace is one of those names to follow, like vampire survivors either Cult of the Lamb: simple but thugs.
The threat comes from space
This game has been developed by Triangle Studios and was originally not only planned to be released for PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch, but also It was going to be one of Stadia’s bets. But you know what has happened with Google’s cloud gaming service, which will close all its servers in January 2023, so the developers of FromSpace they have eliminated that third alternative from the equation.
Now, why should we pay attention to this game? Well basically because it’s a load of fun enjoyed by teams and that, saving the graphic and conceptual distances, reminds us of other such celebrated successes as Left 4 Dead or, more recently, Back 4 Blood. That is to say, we will have to join forces with three other colleagues and sweep the maps of all the alien filth that has had the holy arrests of trying to conquer Earth.
Now, what does he have that we have to fall in love with him? well first of all its graphic section is striking, with a perfect isometric perspective, adorned with some really beautiful 3D environments and a superb set of lights and effects, the kind that invite you to explore them to the last corner as well as a progress system that travels according to the number of enemies that we encounter, both in quality and in quantity. Furthermore, its technical requirements are not exactly draconian.
What makes you fall in love with From Space?
If that graphic aspect does not make you fall in love, nor do the scenarios, the enemies, the reward system or the ranking either, then we have an ace up our sleeve which is its control system. Like in FromSpace no need to adjust the perspective with the stick Right – as we should with first or third person games – the developers have turned to an old feature of a classic from almost 30 years ago: SmashTV.
Williams’ legendary arcade game allowed us to move the character around the screen with a stick specific and, with the right, direct the shot, in such a way that it was possible to move in one direction and eliminate the enemies that attacked us from the opposite, without losing face. That same characteristic prints FromSpace a dynamism, control and management that smells like an old classic, of quality, that will be especially liked by gamers comb gray hair and who wish to relive those old duels with friends in cooperatives as well known as Quartet, gauntlet, etc. and who don’t want to crash their PC’s hard drive, or Switch’s internal storage.
Also, FromSpace has a demo available right now and ready to download on Steam, so you can test how it feels to exterminate a horde of aliens at the controls of one of the four classes of characters that we can select. You will have it on sale from November 3.
