33 IMMORTALS
Developer Thunder Lotus Games Publisher Xbox Game Studios Format PC, Xbox Series Release 2024
Sometimes you need a good cry to get it out of your system – and so, having pulled every trick in the book to make us all weep over 2020’s mawkish Spiritfarer, Montreal’s Thunder Lotus Games is returning to its action roots with this co-op Roguelike. It’s closest in feel to the developer’s 2015’s top-down adventure Jøtun, except this time you’re accompanied on the road from hell to heaven (via a pit stop at purgatory) by up to 32 other warriors. You’ll need to work together to survive, not just splitting the toil of tackling enemy hordes, but to pull off co-operative moves, whether launching volleys of light arrows or healing other players. Since the difficulty doesn’t scale down to accommodate the reduced numbers, you’ll need to revive them quickly; whether you’ll be able to easily spot downed allies amid these teeming battles remains to be seen.