While that game doesn't have the same unique physics system as SpiderHeck, the two have the same energy. Matches on that map devolved into the four of us playing yelping every time we shot our weapons or were shot at.Įverything that SpiderHeck is doing here reminds me of a somewhat simpler version of Duck Game, another irreverent multiplayer brawler. Naturally, each platform moves as a player jumps on or off, and if one's shot, it gets shaken around. Some of SpiderHeck's levels also play into its physics system, like one that's just five suspended platforms that players can hop across. SpiderHeck's combat is all about using a combination of physics and wacky weapons. I'd often shoot them much lower than I expected, leading to a one-way trip into a pool of lava or some other insta-death area. While the rest of the game felt appropriately awkward to play–it's not like a physics-based brawler where you're a spider will have the same smooth controls of a racing sim–I couldn't get a hang of placing my webs in the right spots. The only way to save myself whenever that happened was to shoot out a web and fling myself to the nearest surface. I even died because I shot my weapon and ended up falling off the platform I was on and straight into lava or a bottomless pit. Firing that laser pistol blasted my tiny spider backward, and the bigger the weapon I used, the further away I was flung after firing. Each weapon has its own kind of interaction with the game's physics. Whatever you choose to fight with, SpiderHeck's weapons don't just impact whatever you're aiming at. They can range from laser pistols to shotguns that fire waves of energy or flat-out lightsabers. When the game's players (up to four can be in a single match) spawn into a map, weapons spawn above them almost immediately. There are some games where it's useful to know the people you're playing with to really have a good time, and SpiderHeck isn't one of them.Īs a little spider dude, you have to be able to take out the other spider dudes in your game, and that's all done with SpiderHeck's outrageous arsenal of weapons. Since it's a four-player brawler, I was thrown right into a game with two other PAX attendees–as well as a PR person–and had an absolute blast.
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In SpiderHeck's case, players control spiders (duh) that can pick up weapons and zip around the game's 2D maps by shooting webs. It's a physics-based platform brawler, which is a long-winded way of saying you beat up other players and things fly all over the place. SpiderHeck is just about as silly as its name sounds.
At the back of the publisher's area was something that stood out from the rest of the bright-orange decorations though: a massive inflatable spider loomed over a set of four TVs, inviting attendees to try SpiderHeck, what could be my favorite multiplayer brawler since Duck Game.
It was a full-on carnival, complete with games that would fit in at any county fair (you could play whack-a-mole or fish for trinkets with a crane game) and plenty of actual video games. TinyBuild's booth at PAX East 2022 was much, much more than a booth.
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