'Soldat 2' Available On Steam Early Access - Trailer
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by Rainier on Sept. 22, 2020 @ 3:18 p.m. PDT
A direct successor to the 2D multiplayer shooter Soldat which took the Internet and LAN parties by storm in the early 2000's.
Soldat 2 aims at recreating the basic Soldat gameplay experience with fresh and enhanced content. Customization and modding will be a core feature with procedurally generated levels, custom game rules and modes, weapons, vehicles, structures and a battle simulator sandbox.
Soldat 2 strives to become a powerful platform for custom created content, mods and other Soldat-like games.
Soldat 2 aims at recreating the basic Soldat gameplay experience with fresh and enhanced content. Customization and modding will be a core feature with procedurally generated levels, custom game rules and modes, weapons, vehicles, structures and a battle simulator sandbox. The German term Soldat (equivalent to Soldier in English) has its roots as far back as the 16th-century, where it was a common designation for a paid or remunerated ordinary-rank member of a military infantry, especially one who was not an officer.In the German language Sold implies 'pay', and as such the term Soldat designated a person in pay (being paid) for providing armed service. Fight in silly jetpack shootouts with the free Soldat 2 demo. Matt Cox. 5 months ago. 7 Some of you will remember 2002's Soldat, a side-scrolling 2D shoot 'em up with multiplayer and jetpacks. You lot might be especially interested in the free demo for Soldat 2, which is the same thing but without the multiplayer.
Soldat 2 is now available on Steam Early Access for $14.99 with 10% launch discount, and will remain so for approximately 24 months, collecting feedback from the players and introducing new features.
Currently the game includes singleplayer and multiplayer, 2 randomly generated levels with 2 game modes with a custom battle sandbox with a variety of customizatons and modifiers.
'Soldat 2 is back in a new, 3D look, but it stays true to its roots with: a high-skill ceiling, high-speed physics-based movement and all the different weapons combined with ragdoll violence. Besides recreating what made Soldat great there are new guns, maps, game modes and experimental features like motorbikes, battle royale and an agar.io inspired gamemode in which you can become a giant”.- says the creator Michal “MM” Marcinkowski.
“The Soldat 1 movement inspired many games including N and was analyzed in the book 'Game Feel' by Steve Swink. I'm happy to have recreated it in Soldat 2 and expanded for even more skill-based fun!” - he adds.
Key Features:
- online multiplayer (with dedicated servers)
- custom battle sandbox
- procedurally generated or designed levels
- famous flow-based movement
- realistic weapons and military equipment
- ragdoll physics and over the top violence
- modifiers (every game parameter is editable)
- UPCOMING...
- full mod support
- level editor + generator
- explosives + level destruction
- more character customizations
- more weapons and equipment
- more levels and game modes
- classes, vehicles and other experimental features
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