According to a new teaser, fans of pirates and Metroidvania-style games will only have to wait a few months until Curse of the Sea Rats sails sail on a number of systems. The trailer from publisher PQube provided fans with a sneak peek at several of the boss bouts that players will face in Petoons Studio’s latest action platformer. Both small studios are hopeful that Curse of the Sea Rats’ visual style and local 4-player co-op will pique gamers’ interest when it is released later this year.
Petoons Studio just released Curse of the Sea Rats as its second game in 2019, after the release of Petoons Party. Despite the fact that Curse of the Sea Rats is a significantly different sort of game from its predecessor, the developer is hopeful that their new “ratoidvania” game will make an impression in the busy independent video game sector. PQube is noted for its increasing catalogue of independently produced indie games such as Potion Permit and Super Bullet Break.
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Only one day will pass until players may start Curse of the Sea Rats on April 6. The new video, which has exquisite hand-drawn imagery, shows off a variety of boss battles against opponents such as The Necromancer, giant rat and monster hybrids, and a few odd marine animals, such as a crab riding another crab and a rat riding a big and mean-looking Toucan parrot dubbed Banana. Most opponents seem to employ a variety of surrounding elements to aid in their struggle, such as cannonballs fired from a ship at players on both sides and octopus tentacles hidden partially behind vegetation bordering the screen.
Four people have been cursed and turned into rats in the game’s 18th-century setting on the Irish coast by a famed pirate witch called Flora Burn. To break the curse, the four playable characters, American settler David Douglas, Cheyenne hunter Buffalo Calf, slave rebel leader Bussa, and a warrior on a secret mission, Akane Yamakawa, must rescue an Admiral’s son and capture the witch. The game has a non-linear and vast map with hundreds of rooms, unlocked skill trees, and a mix of 2D models and 3D surroundings as players visit a variety of locales either alone or in local co-op mode with three friends.
Over the last several years, local co-op with and without a split-screen has had a comeback in popularity in the video game industry. KeyWe, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and TMNT: Shredders Revenge are just a few instances of this apparently long-overdue renaissance in the ability to play with friends or adversaries. Non-local multiplayer has been the focus of numerous games over the past decade, thereby removing a player’s ability to see someone in the eyes and ask them why they just did that thing that killed your character. Curse of the Sea Rats, perhaps, will assist to continue the resuscitation of that virtually always welcomed the opportunity to game together on the same TV.
