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[PC] [MAC] Rustler

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[PC] [MAC] Rustler

Unread postby icycalm » 13 Jun 2020 00:02

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This is a GTA: Chinatown Wars-style game skinned in a medieval parody theme a la Monty Python. The closest thing to it I can think of is that Bard's Tale parody ARPG from the early-2000s, but this seems way more extreme. The developer is Polish, but the publisher Canadian, which is why the Kickstarter was in Canadian dollars. The game looks REALLY well-made for what it is. With such a theme you'd expect a gimmicky rush job, but take a look at the trailer (the first, older trailer is the better cut) and tell me the game doesn't look like a good laugh.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ga ... heft-horse

https://store.steampowered.com/app/8442 ... eft_Horse/

Jutsu Games wrote:Grand Theft... Horse
Rustler is an open-world, top-down action game paying tribute to the good old GTA 2 style and gameplay, fusing it with a historically inaccurate medieval setting. Play as Guy, whose parents apparently were too lazy to give him a proper name. Experience feudal injustice, witch-hunting, and join big tournaments. Meet valiant, yet incredibly stupid knights. Complete a wide variety of twisted missions and quests, or don’t give a damn about the plot and bring mayhem in the villages and cities. Choose to go on foot, or by a stolen horse. Fight with a sword or pick a fancy automatic crossbow. All that, spiced up with an inappropriate Monty Python inspired sense of humor.

Be a bold, bald thug in a medieval sandbox
Rustler’s world is filled with humor, anachronisms, and pop culture references. 'Member Monty Python? Ever been towed for parking in a “NO HORSE ZONE”? Speaking of horses – what if they were treated like Pokémon?

Wreak havoc in top-down, old-school combat
Use swords, spears, turds, and crossbows. Want to get more efficient? Try holy hand grenades or... horses. Nothing’s more deadly than hooves galloping in your direction.

Screw everyone over to win half the kingdom
As a poor peasant, you really need to get creative in order to win the Great Tournament™. Form weird alliances, double-cross your foes, and dig up dinosaur skeletons in a light, easy-to-understand and hard-to-empathize with story.

Hire bards to aid you musically in battle
A bard can be your sweaty personal radio. Not only will he not leave your side, even in the midst of the bloodiest of conflicts, he will also change the song's dynamic depending on the action on-screen. Moreover, you can express a desire to change the tune by punching him in the face.

A lot of horsin’ around
Shoot cows into the sky, dress up as a guard or even Death himself, smoke weed by accident, draw fancy shapes with a plowing cart, survive a full-on guard onslaught after killing half the city... And that’s only a few of the many crazy things you can do in Rustler.


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Kickstart the Rustler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YLCtk7RiE

Gameplay Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3j58raDUPQ

Gameplay Trailer (newer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1NcyEMGss

On Steam it's TBA but on the KS page the estimated delivery of the rewards, that include copies of the game, is "Oct 2020".
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