{"id":33983,"date":"2018-07-19T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/brutal_fps_polygod_gets_fired_up_for_august_release_on_switch"},"modified":"2018-07-19T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:30:00","slug":"brutal-fps-polygod-gets-fired-up-for-august-release-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/brutal-fps-polygod-gets-fired-up-for-august-release-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Brutal&#8221; FPS Polygod Gets Fired Up For August Release On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/brutal_fps_polygod_gets_fired_up_for_august_release_on_switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/brutal_fps_polygod_gets_fired_up_for_august_release_on_switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/brutal_fps_polygod_gets_fired_up_for_august_release_on_switch\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Krafted Games has announced that its minimalist, randomly-generated FPS <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/polygod\">Polygod<\/a><\/strong> is headed to Nintendo Switch next month.<\/p>\n<p>The game is set to feature a &#8220;brutal&#8221; difficulty curve, epic boss fights, and arena-shooter style action in local multiplayer and online vs\/co-op multiplayer modes.\u00a0Polygod offers a deep level of weapon customisation and extensive multiplayer features, coupled with that randomly-generated level design which aims to offer players a different experience every time they play. The official\u00a0PR&#8217;s feature list is a pretty hefty one, so we&#8217;ll let that do the talking below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Infinite level possibilities<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; maps are randomly generated and seeded providing a tonne of replayability, but then shareable among friends in order to encourage competition with full leaderboard support<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Brutal Difficulty curve<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Only the most skilled gamers will ascend to Godhood\u2026<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Online co-op and versus multiplayer<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Allows for competitive fun to be had among friends featuring daily leaderboards. (Versus multiplayer not available on Switch.)<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Skill based gameplay<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Built upon a principle that if one lacks skill, it can be substituted for strategy and vice versa. Eg. unskilled strategic players will be just as good as skillful nonstrategic players.<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Unique \u2018Blessings\u2019 based weapon customisation system<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Combine and stack \u2018blessings\u2019 to create hundreds of thousands of unique weapons, blessings combine to give a high level of depth. Deep understanding is required to fully utilise the blessing system which in turn gives a high replay value<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Classic FPS controls<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Polygod\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0controls are reminiscent of Quake 3 and the original Doom, bringing a classic gameplay vibe back having been absent since the 90\u2019s!<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Gyroscopic controls<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Nintendo Switch version only<br \/>\u25aa\u00a0<strong>Super fast paced and addictive<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; requires hundreds of hours to master, a speed-runner\/hardcore gamer&#8217;s dream<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>The game is scheduled to launch on 17th August worldwide for \u00a316.19 \/ $14.99 \/ \u20ac16.59.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you up for this one? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Krafted Games has announced that its minimalist, randomly-generated FPS Polygod is headed to Nintendo Switch next month. The game is set to feature a &#8220;brutal&#8221; difficulty curve, epic boss fights, and arena-shooter style action in local multiplayer and online vs\/co-op multiplayer modes.\u00a0Polygod offers a deep level of weapon customisation and extensive multiplayer features, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}