A brief Star Wars fan sport a few stormtrooper preventing off his undead comrades (and its sequel set on Endor) have each gone viral on-line as followers notice {that a} horror sport set within the widespread sci-fi franchise can be superior.
Deathtroopers is a brief, fan-developed Unreal Engine sport that appears partially impressed by an previous Star Wars guide of the identical title. And like that guide, the essential plot of the sport is {that a} ship stuffed with Imperial stormtroopers is overrun by a zombie-like plague that turns the troopers into undead monsters. Within the sport, you play as a lone trooper who arrives on the ship after it has been infested. It’s a must to survive the zombie stormtroopers who now inhabit the vessel. Good luck!
Developed by Stefano Cagnani, Deathtroopers is accessible on indie storefront Itch.io when it launched again in November 2023. Nevertheless it just lately blew up after widespread content material creator GmanLives tweeted in regards to the quick sport, exposing the fan creation to a big viewers.
Nonetheless, whereas the unique Deathtroopers goes viral, don’t sleep on Cagnani’s sequel, which launched earlier this yr. Deathtroopers – The Outpost follows a unique stormtrooper who lands on the forested moon of Endor and discovers {that a} related zombie plague has unfold internationally, turning each troopers and Ewoks into nasty monsters.
Right here’s some gameplay courtesy of Itch.io’s official YouTube account:
Whereas the sport’s overly lengthy (and unskippable) intro is annoying, as soon as I received into the motion I had a good time blasting away zombie stormtroopers utilizing Star Wars weapons. It’s positively not essentially the most polished sport I’ve performed, but it surely’s a stable instance of how a horror sport may very well be an ideal addition to the franchise. I’d play a much bigger model of this fan sport, for positive!
I’m not alone, as loads of different gamers have left optimistic feedback on the official Itch.io pages for each Star Wars video games. Others have posted on-line about how they didn’t notice how a lot they needed a genuinely scary horror sport set within the Star Wars universe till testing Deathtroopers. Personally, I’d like to see a Resident Evil 4-like zombie sport set in Star Wars. Make it non-canon, have enjoyable with it, and if it’s a success, flip it into an entire franchise. Folks liked that fun-but-kind-of-creepy Ewok hunt mode in EA’s Battlefront II. And people are digging these two quick fan video games. Give the folks what they need and make an official, non-canon Star Wars horror sport.
Deathtroopers and its Endor-based sequel are each out now on Itch.io on PC. You possibly can obtain them at no cost or pay no matter worth you need.
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