Genre: First-Person Shooter (FPS)
Publisher: Suprise Attack
Developer: Samurai Punk
Platforms: PC/Mac/Linux/PS4/Xbone
Players: 1 to 8
Hey all just wanted to mention as I'm sure you've noticed I've changed the colour scheme of the blog just to change things around a bit, I've also widened the edges as most screens are pretty big these days so no need to make the main body so small. So anyway I'll see how the black scheme goes but I may chnage it back for the next post, enjoy!
Do you remember all of those times playing games like battle mode on Mario Kart on the SNES or Goldeneye on the N64 or basically any game on a console where you could sneak a look at your opponents screen to work out exactly where they were and what they were doing? It was hard to resist wasn’t it? Well developer Samurai Punk have taken this idea and turned it into an actual game, a game where to win, you must actively, consistently and masterfully Screencheat. Yes screen peak, sneak or even gaze if you were that shameless, screen cheating has been around for a long, long time, basically ever since there was split screen games, but with Screencheat this is allowed and encouraged and also vital.
Bot practice with the blunderbuss in Museum |
8 players on the Helix map |
Duel with the Sorgean is hella fun |
8 player comp on the Temple level at Respawn Lan
The main gamemode is called “My First Deathmatch” but there are many others including “Capture the Fun” which is sort of like “Bag Tag” in Timesplitters except “the fun” is a Pinata which leave a trail of confetti so the person with the fun is easy to locate. Another is called “Gold Rush” where players must collect coins and shoot other players to gain their coins. And finally one of the more interesting ones is “Murder Mystery” similar to the game Cluedo you are assigned to murder a particular person in a particular room. Depending on when you are playing it may be hard to find populated servers though there is also the training mode which acts as sort of a single player mode and a tutorial mode as well to get you used to the game, though it is relatively easy to pick up and only after a few games the first time I was happily fragging people.
The main gamemode is called “My First Deathmatch” but there are many others including “Capture the Fun” which is sort of like “Bag Tag” in Timesplitters except “the fun” is a Pinata which leave a trail of confetti so the person with the fun is easy to locate. Another is called “Gold Rush” where players must collect coins and shoot other players to gain their coins. And finally one of the more interesting ones is “Murder Mystery” similar to the game Cluedo you are assigned to murder a particular person in a particular room. Depending on when you are playing it may be hard to find populated servers though there is also the training mode which acts as sort of a single player mode and a tutorial mode as well to get you used to the game, though it is relatively easy to pick up and only after a few games the first time I was happily fragging people.
I try out the "Murder Mystery" mode and suck at it hah, there a requirement for the place or room I had to kill them in, I probably should have done it in a map like Manor but I wanted to see what Steeple was like.
Screencheat is another game that I only really played at LAN
parties on PC similar to Natural
Selection 2 so the review may be a bit shorter than most, when released
originally it had only 4 maps and a handful of weapons and game modes but the
latest update add much more content. Screencheat
can be played online or on LAN though the only qualm I had is that the main
menu is a bit confusing when you are trying to join or start a game as sometimes
I wasn’t sure if I had started it in the right area or not. I haven’t played
much online or seen absolutely every one of the levels but I’ve seen enough to
know that Screencheat is a hugely fun LAN game that is enjoyed by everyone and
everyone should play it at a LAN at least once.
JD
7/10
Things I liked:
Innovative and original weapons
Easy to pick up and play
Great Fun at LANs
Things I didn’t like:
Main menu creating online/offline games a bit confusing.
Not much longevity outside of LAN parties and competitions.
And everyone died but
it was fun
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