Ape Out – Boston FIG Hands-On Preview

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Developer &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> Gabe Cuzzillo<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Publisher &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> Devolver Digital<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Location &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> Brooklyn&comma; New York<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p><strong>What is it&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;After realizing how much more fun it was to grab and throw enemies rather than sneak past them&comma; Gabe Cuzzillo&&num;8217&semi;s initial creation of a top-down stealth game evolved into <em>Ape Out<&sol;em>&period; In development for over 2 years&comma; <em>Ape Out<&sol;em> has no connection to the Internet&&num;8217&semi;s current favorite meme&comma; but it also doesn&&num;8217&semi;t shy away from primate controversy&period; You play as an ape attempting to escape from a guard-filled facility by simply walking from point A to B&period; While your enemies are fully armed&comma; your only means of attack are simian&period; When in range of an enemy&comma; you can brutally shove them&comma; splattering them against walls&comma; pick them up to use as meat shields&comma; or simply use them like projectiles to take out other guards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113241" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113241" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113241 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;19082528&sol;apeout-1024x575&period;png" alt&equals;"Ape Out" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"562" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113241" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ape Out<&sol;em>&comma; Devolver Digital&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Why should I care&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;While slightly more forgiving in gameplay&comma; <em>Ape Out<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s similarities to one of its publisher&&num;8217&semi;s other titles&comma; <em>Hot Line Miami<&sol;em>&comma; is very apparent&period; Its accessible concept and control scheme&comma; along with instantly addictive gameplay are reminiscent of <em>Super Meat Boy<&sol;em> in that you&&num;8217&semi;ll want to give each level &&num;8220&semi;just one more shot&&num;8221&semi; over and over&period; The game&&num;8217&semi;s B-movie level of violence and gorilla-inflicted gore are completely over the top&comma; yet obscenely satisfying thanks&comma; in part&comma; to the game&&num;8217&semi;s minimalist art style&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>When can I play it&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Ape Out<&sol;em> will be available on Steam and possibly PS4 by mid 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;