If there's one thing I respect about Canadian indie developer DrinkBox Studios above all else, it's that they've tended in recent years to shy away from retreading old ground. Sure, you could point at the studio's first two games -- Tales From Space: About A Blob on PS3 and Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack on Vita -- and find all sorts of similarities. That's totally fair. But after Mutant Blobs Attack, DrinkBox has gone in seemingly random directions, exploring ideas that are entirely unlike ones found in their previous efforts.
The first random direction they went into was when they decided to make a Metroidvania-style beat-'em-up in the form of the superb Guacamelee!, which is very easily one of Vita's best games, one of PS3's finest downloadable titles, and possibly one of the most charming adventures available on any digital platform in recent years. And now, instead of doing what's obvious -- making a sequel to Guacamelee! (which I hope we still get!) -- the small crew at DrinkBox has gone in yet another direction with its new title Severed.
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The first random direction they went into was when they decided to make a Metroidvania-style beat-'em-up in the form of the superb Guacamelee!, which is very easily one of Vita's best games, one of PS3's finest downloadable titles, and possibly one of the most charming adventures available on any digital platform in recent years. And now, instead of doing what's obvious -- making a sequel to Guacamelee! (which I hope we still get!) -- the small crew at DrinkBox has gone in yet another direction with its new title Severed.
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