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Game News Our Darker Purpose Released on Steam

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Crooked Bee, Jan 30, 2014.

  1. Crooked Bee (no longer) a wide-wandering bee Patron

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    The Binding of Isaac-like action roguelike Our Darker Purpose - which had been Kickstartered and which we briefly covered earlier - has now been released on Steam:



    Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!

    When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos. Cordy must battle feral classmates and dangerous creatures as she ascends to the cruel Administrators’ offices atop the Edgewood Home for Lost Children.

    Our Darker Purpose is a top-down, rogue-like action RPG that combines the ingenuity of genre-defining classics with the expansiveness and accessibility of modern day action adventure games. The gameplay is steeped in a variety of influences ranging from A Link to the Past to The Binding of Isaac to Diablo. We love games with great mechanics and awesome, bizarre storylines, and that’s what we’re creating with Our Darker Purpose.

    Each playthrough features a unique set of procedurally generated levels. Death is permanent, but your accomplishments earn you resources to buy lesson and upgrades in the afterlife... and your education lasts forever. Every game teaches you more about the Edgewood Home for Lost Children, the disappearance of the adults, and the darker purpose of the Administrators.​

    Buy it here. And do share your impressions if you've already played it.
     
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    Word; I'm eager to here how well this stacks to BoI or if it is different enough (but also worthwhile).

    Anyone whose played it, please share.
     
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    Shameless rip-off.
     
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    Holy shit, did you just say something negative about a game?

    Anyway, the game looks interesting. It's not like there is a massive excess supply of Binding Of Isaac styled games. Also, this one seems to have more depth than the original.
     
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    What does this do on the front page?
     
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    Because the Codex shares work amongst its staff. Bee's job is to advertise games that we'll bitch about less.
     
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