Ampersat
A shooty, slashy, RPG-y game mixing retro and modern sensibilities. A blend of influences from Gauntlet & Smash TV to Zelda & Angband, battle ASCII creatures in colorful areas & free letters to return language…
Ampersat is an adventure developed by Gaterooze, Ink, released 26 August 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Ampersat is
Ampersat is an adventure game developed by Gaterooze, Ink and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2018.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ampersat is a shooty, slashy, RPG-y game mixing old-school/retro and modern sensibilities. A blend of influences from Gauntlet and Smash TV to Zelda and a dash of Angband, this is a handcrafted adventure with much appeal to fans of Roguelites. A labor of love from a solo developer, Ampersat distills some favorite childhood gaming experiences into a fresh, fun hybrid that sees you killing a lot of monsters, finding a lot of loot, freeing captured letters (um, what?) and growing from a world-weary warrior mage into a powerful smashing/blasting machine!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Ampersat launched on 26 August 2021, within three weeks of Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Twelve Minutes. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes.
Official trailer
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