Pit People
This Xbox One and PC title is from the same team that brought players Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, and Battleblock Theater. Pit People remained in Early Access through most of 2017, but in 2018 it’s officially releasing. The Behemoth’s insane humor and cartoonish art style return to tell another wacky story.
Pit People continues where Battleblock Theater left off: a massive beam of energy launching from Hatty Hattington’s hat into outer space and shooting down a bear. The player quickly learns that the bear fell to earth and shatter the world’s surface. This causes the worlds of The Behemoth’s previous three games, as well as a few previously unseen worlds, to all come colliding together. Players have already seen many familiar faces return in the Early Access version of the game. Most notably, the narrator of Battleblock Theater (once again voiced by Stamper, the man who helped make both Castle Crashers and Battleblock Theater as popular as they are) returns, this time as the hilarious antagonist.
Gameplay wise, Pit People is an action role-playing strategy game. Players can capture the monsters and enemies they encounter in the world to build a team of fighters. Each fighter fits into a specific class, moves across the battlefield in different ways, and possesses unique personalities and abilities. The game does allow for co-op play for any players who want to tackle the adventure with a friend, and has an online battle mode for those who want to test their skills against human opponents. The Behemoth has made a name for itself as a developer, and the Early Access of Pit People has proven they haven’t lost their touch. The full version of this game should be releasing in early 2018.
