RAD is a new rogue-like game from Double Fine Productions and Bandai Namco. You play as a teenager who must save the future of humanity by traveling into the depths of a post-post-apocalyptic wasteland. It is a dangerous world, but you are the only one who can save everyone that is left.
The game was released on all major platforms and is a unique world for players to experience. The world has faced armageddon twice and survived in a new mutated state. The release trailer gives a good taste of what is to come showing the price to pay for saving all of humanity.
RAD is a 3D action game where you explore the Fallow, an ever-changing radioactive Wasteland. As you explore the land and fight deeper into the unknown, you will be exposed to more and more toxins in the world. This results in you mutating in unexpected ways giving you new abilities in the wasteland.
Rather than collecting gear, which is what most roguelike games focus on, this game instead changes your abilities through these mutations. Other than that the only thing standing between you and the world is your trusty baseball bat. You start every game with your bat, some basic clothes, and a dream for adventure.
Mutations are the basis of Rad‘s combat. Exo mutations bring physical transformations for your appearance. You can have up to three at a time, and each one will be randomized. These transformations will be assigned to a button press and can even advance and level into further evolutions.
Some powers can have combination effects with other mutations allowing for a new experience in each playthrough. Tactics, combat, and havoc are all gained from the proper combination of these new tactics. From a bat to literal rifles growing out of your arms, anything is possible in a world filled with radiation.
When you die, you will have to start over, but your experience will cross into multiple games granting unlocks and real-world experience that you can use in the game. There is no telling what abilities will be inflicted upon you like everything from a cobra head to an auto turret is fair game in this world.
RAD will be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam. You can purchase the game for $19.99 and experience the world on your preferred platform. This is a great game for anyone who loves a difficult experience with an artistically unique world to explore.
