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The Desolate Hope (Video Game)
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The Desolate Hope is a video game made by Scott Cawthon, whom you might know as the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy's games, The Desolate Hope is a Metroidvania/Boss Game/Top-Down View Shooter/...well, it's a lot of things, but its main focus is on the boss battles.So, what's the story? Well, on the edge of an unknown planet sits the Lun Infinus, a huge unmanned station. In it lies five...er, four Derelicts, huge sentient robots. They were created during Earth's golden age, programmed by the world's brightest scientists to run simulations which would explore the possibilities of off-world expansion, in case the Earth was ever made uninhabitable. Unfortunately, it seemed that humanity lost interest in the project, as the last transmission came in thirty years ago. Did we mention that they were only supposed to run the simulations for only five years? Since they've been running for so long, the simulations have gotten a bit... weird. Adding to their list of problems is a computer virus that's recently been overtaking the station, forcing the Derelicts to use more and more of their CPU power to fight it off.So, in order to fight off the virus while also trying to keep the Derelicts properly maintained, Coffee (a walking, talking, pot of snark-flavored espresso) has been making Digital-Counterparts, or "D-Co"s, with whatever non-vital programs he can salvage. The virus slowly kills off a grand total of eight D-Cos, but maybe the ninth will get things done...Oh, that's you, by the way.You play as D-Co 9, and control Coffee's body (NOT Coffee himself, he's devoting his CPU to much more important things, like flagging where the virus is). During the day, you start in Lun Infinus itself, and download yourself into the Derelict's simulations to fight the virus directly. At first, you only have access to Malenz, but after you defeat the first virus, you get access to all the rest: Mirad, Alphus, and Bio-Beta (Don't bother going into Amos' room, he broke down before he was able to get his simulation up. Doesn't stop his body from draining power though...). During the night, you go out and recover objects to bring to the Derelicts, which in turn make them devote more of their CPU to you during your battles, leveling them up.The simulations themselves play at a platformer where your main goals are to gather bits (the game's currency), shoot hostile programs before they shoot you, and locate terminals. Accessing these terminals brings you into a mini-dungeon crawler, where completing it grants you new abilities in combat, but only when certain conditions are met (getting hurt, getting a critical hit). You can change when what ability activates, to suit your playstyle.But all this is really just to prepare you for the boss battles, where digital representations of the bots come to battle a super-powerful aspect of the virus. It plays like a fast-paced JRPG battle, where you select options using your mouse. To prepare for these battles, you buy upgrades at the game's merchants using the bits you gather. As the bosses get harder and harder, you have to keep on grinding and grinding in order to keep up. Oh, and did we mention you only get fifteen days before the station runs out of power for good?Are you the last hope in this desolate station? Only you can prove that...Available on Steam for free right now.WARNING: The Desolate Hope features bright, flashing lights, intense static, and other eye-straining things in its boss fights. If you have a record of seizures due to this, please take caution before playing this.—The Desolate Tropes: | |
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