BE-A Walker is a better game than I thought it would be

[Harthwain]

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It's a fairly simple game where you play basically as AT-ST on Endor, killing Ewoks on a planet with Pandora's atmosphere.

The premise is well done (basically it's Avatar) and the game starts on a high emotional note with news about your brother. I am going to add that the voice acting is splendid and helps build the atmosphere.

Graphics is 3D, but game plays like a side-scroller (with some width, as there are basically two "lanes") and you have to use the controls to actually pilot the mech, which is part of the challenge. It is interesting way to play the game and makes it stand out from similar "shoot-em-all" type of games.

The visuals looks pretty neat - I like the colors, the art style. It looks a lot like one of these cleanly drawn Star Wars comics. Big plus for them for using the foreground and the background in addition to the main stage in order to create the illusion of depth.

There is a demo on Steam so you can try it out. After playing it myself I have to say it surprised me how fun and unique the game is, despite being very straightforward as a concept. I guess shooting down natives with lasers and stomping them into red puddles with a giant mech feels better than it sounds on paper.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Looks pretty much a copy of old Amiga game by DMA Design.