#versus evil

Thread the needle

Things you'll find in the 8-time Eisner Award-winning BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS: Lycanthropy

(art by Jill Thompson from "A Dog and His Boy")

592 pgs for $30. Out Feb 12th. Pre-order now from your comic shop or online!

Lil Guardsman Release Date Announcement

Hilltop Studios and Versus Evil's Lil Guardsman is a point-and-click deductive puzzle game in which you play as Lil, who's just trying to keep The Sprawl safe.

Publisher Versus Evil and developer Hilltop Studios have announced Lil’ Guardsman, a deduction adventure game inspired by the classic point-and-click genre coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in 2023.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

In this deduction adventure, you play as Lil—an unlikely 12-year-old hero—covering your dad’s shift at the guard shed and are tasked with deciding the fate of over 100 unique characters.

You will question humans, elves, goblins, cyclopes, and other fantasy creatures using your powers of deduction to determine who to admit or deny based on how they respond to your questions and your trusty tools. Sending visitors to jail, inadvertently zapping them to smithereens, or letting them go on their merry way are all part of the job. But be careful: who you let through the castle gates will determine the kingdom’s fate.

Key Features

Fantasy / Comedy Narrative – See the Sprawl and its fantastical & quirky citizens through a royal wedding to one of two kingdoms vying for an alliance, and a subsequent siege by whoever you’ve angered in the process. Your decisions can determine the fate of the city and its people!

Interrogation Puzzles – Interrogate over 100 fully voiced characters in just the right way to earn a perfect score.

Tools of the Trade – Spend your hard earned gold wisely on powering up your guardsman toolkit, and strategically deploy these to admit or deny the right people or…goblins?

Rewind Time – Use your trusty Chronometer3000 to go back and get a higher score… but be careful not to break space and time in the process.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

AntiHero

Developer: Tim Conkling Publisher: Versus Evil Rrp: £10.99 (Humblebundle) £11.99 (Gog.com, Steam) Released: 10th July 2017 Available on: Humblebundle, Gog.com, Steam I have to admit I have a soft spot for turn based strategy games, especially ones that have a unique aspect to them and Antihero is definitely one that falls under the 'unusual' category. You take control of a thieves guild and match wits against other opponents that are trying to carve out their own piece of the city (that totally isn't Victorian era London even though you see the Elizabeth Tower). It all starts with your Master Thief, they're the main unit you'll use with their abilities to scout, burgle and occasionally murder.

Through your burglarious actions you'll gain gold and lanterns. Lanterns are used to unlock and upgrade units which in turn are recruited using the gold. There aren't many unit types to deal with (even once all the units are available) and each has their own specific purpose. The aim of the game is to complete all the missions that you're given on a map, this is usually done by doing a objective. Objectives can vary quite wildly but typically they include murdering a specific target or targets, collecting blackmail or by purchasing a bribe.

Спустя четырѣ года взялся за The Banner Saga. Первую часть одолелъ за пару вечеровъ. Послѣ прохожденiя отметилъ следующiе момѣнты.

Потрясающая анимацiя и дизайнъ, напоминающiе старые мультфильмы. Великолепный саундтрекъ Остина Уинтори, погружающiй въ атмосферу скандинавскихъ мифовъ.

Нелинейный проработанный сюжетъ, оставляющiй желанiе перепройти и выбрать другiе варианты прохожденiя. Кромѣ того, можно перенести свои решенiя во вторую часть.

Впечатляющiй лоръ, раскрывающiйся во врѣмя прохожденiя и изученiя гигантской карты мiра. Не всѣ мѣста на картѣ можно будетъ посетить, но впереди ещё двѣ части.

Добротная тактическая система, интересные бои. Классная система съ управленiемъ собственнымъ караваномъ: необходимо следить за количествомъ людей, ихъ настроенiемъ и обеспечивать всехъ провизiей. На прохожденiе ушло чуть меньшѣ 15 часовъ.