Void Bastards
Void Bastards is straight-up hilarious. Players take control of a Misfit Prisoner, tasked with acquiring a bunch of different items to escape the galaxy and be free once and for all.
To do so, you must board various ships, shoot lots of enemies, upgrade your gear, shoot some more enemies, get the item, and escape.
What makes Void Bastards’ gameplay so darn good is the way in which it blends tight FPS gunplay with tactical strategic thinking. Each ship has different enemy types, layouts, and potential faults that will make navigating it and escaping alive more difficult.
Toss in hilarious writing and voice acting and Void Bastards quickly becomes one of the most enjoyable, short games you can play in 2019.
But that’s not enough. Most players already knew Void Bastards was a great combination of FPS and strategy. It’s the way in which upping the difficulty makes this far more tactical. You need to be strategic about your movement, conserve ammo, use the right weapons for certain enemy types, switch out character abilities for others, and so on.
Void Bastards is on Game Pass for Xbox One and PC. If you haven’t already, just download it and give it a whirl.
