May 21, 2023 - Day 141 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 157
Game: ReCore: Definitive Edition
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 15, 2018
Library Date: Mar 20, 2023
Unplayed: 62d (2m1d)
Playtime: 36m
ReCore is a third-person action-adventure platformer with a female protagonist and robots.
The game opens in medias res with Joule and her "corebot" dog Mack, trying to find out what's gone wrong in the post-apocalyptic desert where they're located.
Joule is on the trail of an unusual energy source reading, and as you go, the game introduces you to the core gameplay mechanics, which was pretty well done.
One of the unusual mechanics is that the corebots that attack you all have energy cores that can be extracted mid-fight, once you've done enough damage, by essentially entering a tug-of-war after firing your extraction device.
Occasionally, there's an "instant extract" option, but I'm not sure what triggers that. Fight through to the end-of-mission boss, defeat, extract core, return to your "crawler" home base, repair, upgrade, next mission.
I quite enjoyed it, and am interested to see how the underlying storyline of "New Eden" and what's gone wrong there develops.
I would have kept playing, but sleep is coming on fast. Again. Will be glad to be over this virus.
ReCore: Definitive Edition seems fun so far, so it's:
4: Good