NEO VANDAL Lets Players Smash Corporate Property for Profit on Steam
The announcement frames the incremental loop as a gamble: destruction pays, but overtime can wipe everything out, giving the genre's numbers-go-up rhythm a real downside.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
UNIKAT Label announced NEO VANDAL, an incremental game developed by SilkRoad Interactive, and opened its Steam store page. Set in a cyberpunk world, the player destroys corporate assets to earn money, then spends it on weapon upgrades to destroy more efficiently. Runs are time-limited, but an overtime option extends the destruction with the risk of getting caught and losing everything. The game also includes storylines about corporate conflicts and underground hacker conspiracies. It is in development for PC.
Each object in NEO VANDAL carries its own animation and damage reaction, and the pitch is the satisfaction of destroying several at once. Runs are time-limited, but an overtime option extends the destruction to the limit, with the catch that getting caught can cost everything. Money earned buys and upgrades weapons for more efficient demolition, and random upgrades also appear. Beyond the destruction loop, the game carries storylines about corporate conflicts and conspiracies among underground hackers. NEO VANDAL is in development for PC and has an open Steam store page.
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