Kill Strain is a shooter developed by SIE San Diego Studio, released 12 July 2016 on PlayStation 4.
What Kill Strain is
Kill Strain is a shooter game developed by SIE San Diego Studio and released in 2016. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kill Strain is a top-down, competitive twin-stick action shooter with a monumental twist where three teams are pitted against each other for domination. Featuring innovative 5v5v2 gameplay, two teams of five players battle to contain-and-control a mysterious and powerful energy source codenamed ‘The Strain’ that has been discovered in research facilities. The humans are not alone in these remote locations, as two additional players take on the roles of mutants. Endowed with additional abilities when in contact with ‘TheStrain’, the mutant team wreaks havoc on the humans to spread ‘The Strain’ further on the field; turning humans into mutants along the way and creating a more powerful force.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer.
How it was received
Kill Strain holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Kill Strain launched on 12 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Abzu, Starbound and Batman: The Telltale Series. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Inside, Abzu, Starbound, Batman: The Telltale Series.
Official trailer
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