What are some games similar to this?

[Method4DMad]

Just curious

[Vulpe Nebuna]

Door Kickers 1, Breach and Clear, The Masterplan, Police Stories, Froyzen Synapse, Arma Tactics, but of course it depends how far you want to go with the similarities.

[Method4DMad]

Cool thanks, watching Door Kickers 2 on Twitch right now (BurkeBlack), will definitely be picking it up eventually (but was curious what similar games were out there too)

[BlackjackGT]

I mentioned in another thread Hot Brass (more akin to DK1 than the military themed DK2) is something where if you can stomach their "animated icons" instead of character models design decision, might be something to watch for.

I missed the open Alpha they had earlier this year, and it seemed like the pandemic really messed up their development pace. I never dreamed Dk2 would beat it to early access release. :) I nag them on their forums and a recap a couple times last 4 months said they're still working on it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/892860/Hot_Brass/

[Rabid Urko]

Originally posted by BlackjackGT:

I mentioned in another thread Hot Brass (more akin to DK1 than the military themed DK2) is something where if you can stomach their "animated icons" instead of character models design decision, might be something to watch for.

I missed the open Alpha they had earlier this year, and it seemed like the pandemic really messed up their development pace. I never dreamed Dk2 would beat it to early access release. :) I nag them on their forums and a recap a couple times last 4 months said they're still working on it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/892860/Hot_Brass/

Icons puts me off that.

[BlackjackGT]

I dunno, back in the late 1970s, my brother and I scraped up our fingers in the videogame arcades playing Atari's large table top, trackball football game where all your team units were X's or O's. We got very attached to our little letters. :)

It was of course a limitation of the era, but sometimes devs can do creative things without focusing on eye candy. I'm not saying I want Killhouse to do the same, but if you're just gonna do a overhead SWAT game that's virtually identical to DK in play, maybe that's a way to stand out and not be written off as a clone. I wish I'd been able to try HB in the alpha just to see if was fun despite the 1970s graphics decision :)

[Method4DMad]

Originally posted by BlackjackGT:

I mentioned in another thread Hot Brass (more akin to DK1 than the military themed DK2) is something where if you can stomach their "animated icons" instead of character models design decision, might be something to watch for.

I missed the open Alpha they had earlier this year, and it seemed like the pandemic really messed up their development pace. I never dreamed Dk2 would beat it to early access release. :) I nag them on their forums and a recap a couple times last 4 months said they're still working on it.

Interesting, I'm not totally opposed to the icons if the game is good enough, added it to my follow list and will be keeping an eye on it

[Rabid Urko]

Originally posted by BlackjackGT:

I dunno, back in the late 1970s, my brother and I scraped up our fingers in the videogame arcades playing Atari's large table top, trackball football game where all your team units were X's or O's. We got very attached to our little letters. :)

It was of course a limitation of the era, but sometimes devs can do creative things without focusing on eye candy. I'm not saying I want Killhouse to do the same, but if you're just gonna do a overhead SWAT game that's virtually identical to DK in play, maybe that's a way to stand out and not be written off as a clone. I wish I'd been able to try HB in the alpha just to see if was fun despite the 1970s graphics decision :)

Yeah in those days (im that old too) but just dont do it for me today.