Once I first noticed the identify Turnip Boy Robs a Financial institution, I had no thought what to anticipate. I hadn’t performed or seen something in regards to the first recreation, Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, so I didn’t even know what style or artwork type to anticipate.
As quickly as I opened the Sport Cross web page I used to be intrigued. Though I’ve by no means performed Hotline Miami myself, I may instantly acknowledge the inspiration whereas nonetheless clearly seeing the humor that was going to make this recreation distinctive proper off the bat. In any case, I couldn’t count on something apart from humor for a recreation named Turnip Boy Robs a Financial institution.
Instantly, I used to be hooked on simply how foolish it’s. Having not performed the primary recreation and solely having examine what it entailed, I loved the brisk recap of Turnip Boy having slain a god, committing tax evasion and beginning a civil struggle, and I used to be prepared to leap proper into the motion — of which there’s lots.
It took me a short while to get used to the twin-stick controls, however the tempo of the sport is forgiving sufficient to let new gamers acquire their bearings. Not solely do the enemies not come at you relentlessly, however you get so many probabilities to return into the financial institution and work out the place issues are that it doesn’t really feel such as you’re being punished for making a mistake.
Turnip Boy Robs a Financial institution is a rogue-lite in its nature, with the development carrying with you over the course of many runs by means of the financial institution. You’ve acquired to buy upgrades for every little thing from the chance of discovering higher weapons to the sum of money you could carry every time you go in, and as you go you get to fulfill the varied vary of Fruitfolk who await you each step of the best way.
These Fruitfolk are those that may truly offer you quests, and that construction is likely one of the large issues that retains me coming again. You possibly can head into the run and have 5 completely different Fruitfolk ask you for favors or want you to do one thing for them, which may present incentive for persevering with to progress additional by means of the sport.
At any time when I play a roguelike or rogue-lite, I discover myself instantly evaluating it to Hades. I cherished Hades principally for the story, however the gameplay was additionally unbelievable and the development felt pure and well-paced. Relating to the story in Turnip Boy Robs a Financial institution, there’s not as a lot that’s driving you towards the top purpose, so extra of the heavy lifting is finished by the gameplay itself.
The time restrict on every run in TBRaB makes for an attention-grabbing dynamic in comparison with video games like Hades or Hotline Miami since you’ve acquired to plan each second out a lot extra fastidiously. That performs brilliantly with the truth that you’re going from activity to activity, ticking issues off of your checklist as a result of every time you permit the warehouse, you’ve acquired to have a plan in thoughts for the place you need to be and what you need to accomplish.
Not solely that, however the timer makes it really feel like much less of a time dedication than video games like Hades, the place a run can take upwards of quarter-hour relying on the way you play. Certain, you possibly can maintain enjoying Turnip Boy after the timer runs out and the cops begin swarming you however when you replenish on cash it may be a superb reset level to simply head again to the warehouse and begin once more.
I can’t get into the issues that hooked me on TBRaB with out speaking in regards to the music as effectively. From the second you open the title display screen, you’re met with some beats which can be designed to get you hyped for any heist, and the remainder of the sport continues the development. You possibly can unlock extra music as you play and earn, and you’ll then go into your telephone and select what music you need to be enjoying at any time limit, which is a superb little contact.
Once I have a look at Turnip Boy Robs a Financial institution within the context of the remainder of the market, it’s attention-grabbing to see the place it falls alongside video games like Danger of Rain or Useless Cells. Being on Sport Cross with Useless Cells signifies that extra individuals might need the chance to play it, but it surely won’t have sufficient behind it to drive it to the identical stage of recognition that video games like Enter the Gungeon have acquired.
Despite the fact that it’s early within the yr, I really feel like Turnip Boy remains to be going to be on the high of my checklist by the top of 2024. I’m all the time looking out for excellent roguish video games that I can suck myself into, and Turnip Boy managed to take action in probably the most approachable methods I’ve seen in a while. Now it’s as much as Go Mecha Ball to see if it could possibly maintain the (forgive me) ball rolling.