For me, though, the star of the show is the incidental enemy dialogue. His writing is impeccable, at times reaching Douglas Adams-esque peaks. The cast includes The Stanley Parable’s Kevan Brighting as the Void Ark’s morality-free AI. There’s a decidedly British sense of humour running through the whole game. My most recent character was just incredibly short, making it easy for him to hide, but impossible for him to reach a sandwich on top of a locker. Some are so excited by the prospect of loot that they’ll scream out loud every time they pick up an item.
Some can open doors and hack turrets from a distance because they have really long arms. Some are able to recover extra scrap from stolen loot. The AI wastes no time pointing out that it’s probably fine to murder them, because they’ve taken on an unauthorised aggressive form, whilst also making sure to refer to them as ‘citizens’ at every opportunity.Įach playable client has one or two genetic traits, ranging from beneficial to humorous to disastrous, and sometimes all three. All of these are guarded by the twisted forms of the ship’s former crew, corrupted and given strange abilities by the nebula’s void energy. You’ll find the required scrap on various derelicts that litter the void nebula, along with the food, fuel and ammo you need to survive. Each playable character is a ‘client,’ a rehydrated convict shoved into space to find the parts necessary for repairing the Void Ark – the prison ship you’re being transported on. Because you’re in a void, and there are bastards. Every single screenshot could be a frame from a comic book, but to see it in motion is where it truly shines.
2D sprites and 3D models are effortlessly blended to the point where it’s hard to tell the difference from a static image. Taking the cel-shaded aesthetic and running with it, it’s the closest thing to a comic book made flesh I’ve seen in a game. Let’s get the obvious out of the way – Void Bastards looks exceptional.
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