{"id":83546,"date":"2019-02-19T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/black_future_88_brings_an_alternate_past_to_switch_this_year"},"modified":"2019-02-19T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:00:00","slug":"black-future-88-brings-an-alternate-past-to-switch-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/19\/black-future-88-brings-an-alternate-past-to-switch-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Future &#8217;88 Brings An Alternate Past To Switch This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ab1c1836137be\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ab1c1836137be\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UgbHBPIxX80?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Coming to Switch and PC later this year, self-described &#8216;roguelike action shooter&#8217; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/black_future_88\">Black Future &#8217;88<\/a><\/strong> is set in an alternate reality where, it appears, it&#8217;s <em>always<\/em> 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Presumably this is an alternate 1988 after Biff stole the Sports Almanac and gifted it to his past self because things don&#8217;t look too rosey. On the positive side, you&#8217;ve survived a nuclear event &#8211; <em>yay!<\/em> &#8211; but unfortunately it seems that almost everything in the world, robotic or otherwise, is trying to put an end to you.<\/p>\n<p>Your job is to climb procedurally generated towers while avoiding the usual obstacles (lasers, murderous robots and the like) in order to reach the tower&#8217;s architect, Duncan &#8211; the man responsible for this apocalypse &#8211; and give him a taste of justice from a big gun or a beam sword.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"BF2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d3d910098ca03\/bf2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d3d910098ca03\/bf2.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"BF2\" \/><\/a><a title=\"BF3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/869877dec6a53\/bf3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/869877dec6a53\/bf3.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"BF3\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"BF4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d08eeb31c44e\/bf4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d08eeb31c44e\/bf4.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"BF4\" \/><\/a><a title=\"BF5\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/754f8e75b7c67\/bf5.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/754f8e75b7c67\/bf5.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"BF5\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If that&#8217;s not a tall enough order, it seems you&#8217;re suffering from some sort of <strong>Crank<\/strong>-like medical condition meaning your heart will <em>explode<\/em> if you don&#8217;t get a move on. If it&#8217;s not one thing, it&#8217;s another, eh?<\/p>\n<p>With a plethora of weapons, powers, buffs and curses to employ, there&#8217;s also local co-op if you fancy bringing a friend along, plus daily challenges enabling you to climb up a global leaderboard if you don&#8217;t have any friends, or if they just don&#8217;t fancy a jaunt to a <em>deadly neon dystopia<\/em>. Here are a few more details from the official &#8216;factsheet&#8217;:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Factsheet\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1a2d02c087f5c\/factsheet.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1a2d02c087f5c\/factsheet.original.png\" alt=\"Factsheet\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>It all looks very stylish and we&#8217;ll find out more when it releases later this year, barring any cataclysmic events in the real world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Like the look of this dirty neon shooter? Do you think it&#8217;ll have enough to set it apart from the countless other video game dystopias? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UgbHBPIxX80?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Coming to Switch and PC later this year, self-described &#8216;roguelike action shooter&#8217; Black Future &#8217;88 is set in an alternate reality where, it appears, it&#8217;s always 1988. Presumably this is an alternate 1988 after Biff stole the Sports Almanac and gifted it to his past self because things don&#8217;t look too rosey. 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