Firestarters promises to mix Rollerdome, arena shooters and visual novels into a government-sanctioned bloodsport

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This is astir apt the umpteenth clip I've said I'm not idiosyncratic who plays galore shooters, but present I americium saying it again, due to the fact that an FPS has rocked up that has clocked my interest. It's called Firestarters, an arena shooter that's a spot similar Quake, a spot similar Rollerdome, and looks similar good, bloody fun.

To commencement with, the setting. Set immoderate clip successful the future, everyone's favourite livestreamed lawsuit is known arsenic STEEL, a "gladiator bloodsport owned and operated by the nation's astir notorious transgression syndicate." You play arsenic erstwhile thoroughfare delinquent Kera who has to combat for her friends' state and to marque up for her ain past mistakes successful said bloodsport. Classic protag stuff!

Mechanically, the shooting looks to beryllium precisely what you'd expect from an FPS, there's guns, you constituent 'em astatine immoderate enemies, bada bing, bada boom. There are a fewer guns disposable by the looks of things, similar dual wielding pistols, a shotgunny thing, and besides a not-a-gun-but-a-baseball bat, which tin deflect atrocious feline bullets. The existent amusive comes from the skate parkland adjacent level plan that sees the arenas dotted with ramps, half-pipes, and grind spots for you to enact immoderate Jet Set Radio roller skating shenanigans on, each portion trying to instrumentality down the androids you're fighting.

In betwixt matches the communicative itself is relayed done ocular caller benignant cutscenes, with an appropriately animey look to them. There are 2 disclaimers I'm thrilled to spot successful the astir conception too, 1 being that nary generative AI tools were utilized to marque it ("This crippled is simply a specialty merchandise hand-crafted by humans," it notes), and that "This crippled does not beforehand smoking oregon the usage of cigarettes. It's lone chill erstwhile anime girls bash it." So true, developer Studio Kerosene.

No merchandise day attached to this 1 isolated from sometime this year, but you tin wishlist it connected Steam successful the meantime.