I keep in mind earlier within the 12 months being hooked by a reveal trailer for Polaris, one of many many upcoming extraction shooter video games which have been introduced in latest months. Nicely, the time has come for gamers to get their fingers on it throughout Steam Subsequent Fest and provides its chaotic but trendy co-op motion a attempt.
Sure, Polaris has obtained a free demo over on Steam proper now. Within the third-person co-op sport, you and as much as three different friends drop into missions with restricted lives and a timer ticking down with one purpose in thoughts – destroy dozens of ships belonging to the evil group generally known as the Regime. There aren’t any battles towards different foot troopers right here – it’s simply you and your teammates towards some colossal plane.
As you progress all through a match and take out increasingly ships, you’ll earn tokens that you should utilize to purchase higher weapons and objects. Nonetheless, there comes a degree the place you want a bit extra firepower than simply Polaris’ arsenal of weapons, and that’s the place aerial fight is available in. You’ll be able to take to the skies and have a shootout with the Regime in a ship your whole personal. Ought to you end up with inadequate funds, you possibly can nonetheless get airborne, as particular person characters can fly round, Superman-style, due to their grav boots.
With absolutely destructible environments and its distinctive artwork fashion (I barely acknowledged it in comparison with the way it regarded when it was first revealed) Polaris does seem like a singular member of the Extraction Shooter Newcomers Membership. The precise ‘extraction’ aspect does appear slightly skinny when in comparison with its rivals, however there’s nonetheless some enjoyable co-op mayhem available right here.
Whereas Polaris is a approach off launching but, you possibly can play its Steam Subsequent Fest demo from now till Monday October 21. You’ll be able to obtain the demo, wishlist the sport, and discover out extra about it proper right here.
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