A brand-new, chaotic first-person shooter with a twist hit Steam earlier this week. Anger Foot is a fast-paced motion sport that developer Free Lives says was closely impressed by the likes of Hotline Miami and SWAT 4.
Initially introduced again in June 2022, Anger Foot was initially on account of launch in 2023. However, as a part of a particular Devolver Delayed showcase (sure, Devolver had a showcase devoted to all of its delayed video games), the writer introduced that Anger Foot had been pushed again into 2024. The studio then shoe-d off (get it?) a brand-new trailer at Devolver Digital 2024 and confirmed the first-person shoe-ter (sorry) could be hitting Steam on July 11.
On the time of writing, Anger Foot has a “very optimistic” evaluation badge on Steam and a fairly modest Metacritic rating of 77. Our sister web site The Gamer known as it a “well-placed, well designed” shooter that “offers you all of the instruments it is advisable to tailor the expertise to your style.”
Now, in a brand new interview with Sport Rant, Free Lives developer Luc Wolthers has talked just a little bit about the place the studio discovered inspiration for this wacky new shooter. In accordance with Wolthers, Anger Foot’s derelict and crime-ridden world takes a variety of inspiration from one other one in all writer Devolver Digital’s titles: Hotline Miami.
In case you’ve already had the chance to take a look at Anger Foot, you’ve got possible already picked up on the Hotline Miami influences. The core gameplay loop of clearing out room after room with fixed fast-paced motion offers you an immediate Hotline Miami really feel, however it’s additionally Anger Foot’s upgradeable sneakers which can be a transparent homage to Hotline Miami’s masks. Each of which permit the participant to unlock particular talents when upgraded.
But it surely’s not simply Hotline Miami that served as an inspiration for Anger Foot. Wolthers additionally advised Sport Rant that Free Lives checked out varied “door entry” video games in the course of the conceptual part of Anger Foot. One of many video games that impressed the studio essentially the most was 2005’s tactical shooter, SWAT 4.
Anger Foot is out now on PC through Steam.
