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Developer: Ronimo Games (Swords & Soldiers)
Platforms: Steam, PS4, PS3, 360
Price: $9.99, $8.99 for Starstorm Expansion
Genre: 2D MOBA
Where: Steam Store page, PS4 Store Link, PS3 Store Link, Xbox Marketplace

The year is 3587. Conflict spans the stars as huge robot armies are locked in an enduring stalemate. In their bid for galactic supremacy, they call upon the most powerful group of mercenaries in the universe: the

Awesomenauts!

Awesomenauts is a MOBA fitted into the form of an accessible 3-on-3 action platformer. Head out to the online battlefields together with your friends as an online party or in local splitscreen, and never worry about having

to wait for an online match because of drop-in matchmaking!

Devise strategies as you upgrade and customize each character's skills to suit your playing style. Expect new items, features, DLC and Awesomenauts to be added regularly!

• Saturday morning is back – 3 on 3 online platforming shooter action with a bright 80's cartoon style
• It’s a MOBA! – classes, upgrades, creeps, turrets, bases and tactical depth are all present. Awesomenauts adds fast paced platforming gameplay to create a truly unique and accessible MOBA experience
• The Awesomenauts – take control of an extensive cast of highly customizable Awesomenauts, each with their own attacks and skills.
• Splitscreen action – Online and offline play with up to 3 players in local splitscreen!
• Regular updates - Regular additions of new Awesomenauts, balance updates, DLC and more.
• Don't criticize it, customize it! – hundreds of unique items to beef up your abilities and customize your Awesomenaut to suit your personal playing style!
• Push it to the limit – Face melting battles across multiple exotic planets and alien spaceships!

• 9 new Awesomenauts (released free of charge) with another 5 Starstorm characters on the way for a total of 20 Awesomenauts.
• A free new map for a total of 4 maps with new Starstorm maps on the way.
• A LOT of balance changes
• A skill based Ranking system
• Prestige icons
• Replay system (Covered by the PS4s features in Assemble)
• Spectator mode (Covered by the PS4s features in Assemble)
• Twin stick controls
• DLC skins. Some have new speech banks, changes to skill effects and some where the proceeds go to charity
• Team Deathmatch mode
• Custom games
• and much more little features

Awesomenauts: Assemble trailer
WTF is Awesomenauts (Totalbiscuit)
How to Play Awesomenauts

 

[Daigoro]

Expect new items and Awesomenauts to be added regularly!*








*maybe!

 

[Gowans]

Expect new items and Awesomenauts to be added regularly!*








*maybe!

Yeah everyone buying this should do so under the assumption it possibly will have no support.

 

[Bamihap]

Awesomenauts!

Go Ronimo! Love you guys.

*Hugs from me and the fellows & chickz at Stolen Couch!

~Eric

 

[RoboPlato]

Getting it for free so I'll be checking it out.

 

[MightyKAC]

Getting it for free so I'll be checking it out.

Same here, I'm a plusser so I've got nothing to lose.

Also the concept of a 2d moba has me intrigued.

That and the theme song kicks all types of ass.

 

[mediapulp_wes]

Finally someone started a thread! I was really hoping I wasn't going to have to do that. Good job!

I had the pleasure of interviewing a couple of he Awesomenauts devs at Eurogamer Expo 2011 and fell in love with the game there. It's already got an 8/10 from Edge, so I'm eagerly awaiting Wednesday!

http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/awesomenauts-review

Ronimo has made an ingenious Trojan horse by delivering the structure and systems of a cult PC genre on consoles, wrapped in the glamour of classic console gaming. Rather than alienate the wrong audience, Awesomenauts could – and should – make plenty of converts to its cause.

 

[Red Arremer]

Definitely will grab this, it looks really awesome.

 

[jtrov]

Definitely look forward to giving this a try tomorrow.

A 2D MOBA sounds pretty damn interesting.

 

[El Sloth]

I enjoyed reading those character descriptions. Froggy G and Lonestar specifically.

 

[Figboy79]

I'm a plus member, so i'll definitely be picking it up. Even if I wasn't, the look and concept sold me on it. This month's plus content is looking awesome.

Can't wait to check this out once i get home from work.

 

[SAB CA]

Been waiting for this game all year, and late last year, when it was *suppose* to come out in the last quarter. The news early this week that it MIGHT not be coming was a bitter blow, so getting over THAT, and finally having the releases confirmed, was a great relief!

LOVE 2D Gaming. LOVE 80's Cartoons. LOVE the fact the game offers the ability to take guest online with you for your team. It's like a perfect concentration of some of my favorite things ever, all rolled into one!

Anywho, here's the achievement list off their facebook page too, if you want to add it to the opening. Since they had such a nice image, it just makes it easy And for fans of 80s toons, the references are just wonderful (and even somewhat obscure at times, which is great)

Spoiler

1.) Yoooo JOE!: Win an online game session.
2.) Master of the Universe!: Reach max level.
3.) Wings of silver : Collect 35 Solar on a drop-pod drop.
4.) Slimer's evil twin: Kill the Solar boss in an online game session.
5.) Awesomenauts, roll out!: Unlock 3 characters.
6.) Thunder, thunder, thunder!: Get a killing spree.
7.) In pole position: Make the most kills of both teams in an online game session.
8.) Party at Sky Vault: Win a game session with 2 friends splitscreen.
9.) Let our powers combine!: Play a game session with friends invited through the game session setup.
10.) Bionic family: Win game sessions with six different characters.
11.) T-U-R-R-E-T powah!: Destroy 25 turrets.
12.) Hawk, wolf, puma and bear: Kill 1000 droids/creeps.

 

[Carl]

Can't complain about free

 

[GeoramA]

Can't complain about free

Indeed. Not much of an online gamer but I'll definitely check this out.

 

[Red Arremer]

Spoiler

10.) Bionic family: Win game sessions with six different characters.

Heh, I like all the references (I got about all of them, I think), but this one is my favorite by far. One of the few shows where the theme song stuck with me through childhood up until now. Great to see it got some love from Ronimo!

 

[remist]

Any impressions? Looks interesting, but I don't have playstation plus.

 

[namDa65]

The game is pretty fun. Easy to get into if you've played league of legends or DoTA to get the basic concept.

It is much more simplistic, however you will still get owned if the other team is higher level than you.

The combat is fast and frantic and is like a 2D action RPG. As the game progresses, your character levels up and you are able to buy upgrades to your character such as extra skills or extra damage/range/stun duration. By the end, your character will feel pretty powerful. Keep in mind the enemy is likely just as powerful if the match has been balanced.

I like it, try the demo. The art style is very appealing to me.

 

[teepo]

this game is strangely fun

it's obvious the console crowd is very unfamiliar with the gameplay style though so we'll see how well they adjust

 

[Lunchbox]

2d online shooters dont work out, this will probably be another undertow

 

[Killthee]

Any impressions? Looks interesting, but I don't have playstation plus.

There's a demo available if you wanna try it.

 

[Unicorn]

Downloading the demo now. I suck at LoL, but since this is 2D and on a controller, maybe I'll have an easier time.

 

[Roto13]

Can't complain about free

Hey, that's a poor attitude. Gamers can complain about anything.

 

[Agent X]

I got this game free with PlayStation Plus today, and I found it it be quite fun! The gameplay is somewhat reminiscent of Crash Commando, for those who are familiar with that game. The characters are neat, and it's fun to try out their abilities and see which ones suit your play style. I've only played with three characters so far, but I look forward to unlocking and trying the rest of the cast as well.

I'm not much of an online gamer these days, but I popped online for a few games. It's easy to get into, without much overhead. If you're a "team player" (or at least try to be one), then you'll do very well.

 

[Unicorn]

Wow, FroggyG seems OP. Dominating every game with him.

Game is kinda fun, has the spacial play of other MOBA, but either people just suck or there's some serious balance issues lol

 

[Killthee]

Game is awesome. The only thing holding me back from pulling the trigger is the whole publisher going bankrupt thing. Have the devs made any comments on future support?

 

[Unicorn]

Buh, I'm about to bite. Either I'll get a few months of Plus for other free games or drop the $10 for this one game.

The deciding factor is that their publisher is bankrupt? How is that affecting the devs? Is the fact that it's free for Plus members potentially hurting their sales? Would it be more beneficial to pay the $10? A game like this DEFINITELY needs continued support.

 

[Edgeward]

This game is a ton of fun and as someone who doesnt play mobas, it made it simple enough to comprehend the basics and strategies you should be looking for. Won already a couple games and am gravitating to Leon. At forst i thought he was bad but his tongue is good for pursuing and once you upgrade his basic attack he becomes such a force in destorying turrets.

 

[Jasper Avenue]

This game is so fun. Hit level 11 tonight and unlocked the 6 characters. Kind of a shame that we probably won't get any new characters due to the devs issues, but it's still a really great game.

 

[SAB CA]

Game is up on Xbox Live Arcade! (USA links) Full Game || Demo

Has a nice introductary stage setup, and after that, I simply played a practice game. Can't put time into it now, but so glad to see it finally out! Hopefully, we get confirmation of the publisher and Ronimo being able to work out everything soon, as this great little game needs no dark blemishes making people wary of purchasing it.

Hope to have just as much fun with this as I did original MNC on XBLA, and hope it DOESN'T follow that games broken promise of consta-content.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

9/10 - http://www.oxm.co.uk/41212/reviews/awesomenauts-review/

 

[Jangaroo]

Ended up sinking like 2 hours into this. It's fantastic but the dev's having problems is scaring me. It's really fun and I can see myself coming back for a while.

 

[Gowans]

Playing the trial on my lunch, love it. Gona grab it I have the points.

 

[aku:jiki]

I'm not feeling this game at all. The outcome of a match is decided so early on! It's all about whoever manages to collect the most money, and thus upgrades, first. Then it's just a 20 minute grind of using those superior upgrades to slowly destroy turrets as the enemy team stands no chance. Not a fan of how the match design - i.e. the fact that you start out weak as fuck desperately needing upgrades in order to play properly - means that everyone just runs away from everything. Every fight I've had so far ends with me killing them with my superior mech, or them running away with their superior speed. Pretty dull.

Hopefully it gets better once my friends start waking up and getting online. Maybe I'm getting frustrate by playing with stupid randoms who don't get it. Like that one guy who never did anything but abuse the stupid bull attack over and over and over.

Also, it gets some minus points for not having proper offline play. There's a practice mode, but I assume that doesn't allow ranking up and so on...why else would it be "practice?" Why no 2 on 2 offline action?

 

[Gowans]

Played two games in the trial with a mate, loved it, bought.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

I'm not feeling this game at all. The outcome of a match is decided so early on! It's all about whoever manages to collect the most money, and thus upgrades, first. Then it's just a 20 minute grind of using those superior upgrades to slowly destroy turrets as the enemy team stands no chance. Not a fan of how the match design - i.e. the fact that you start out weak as fuck desperately needing upgrades in order to play properly - means that everyone just runs away from everything. Every fight I've had so far ends with me killing them with my superior mech, or them running away with their superior speed. Pretty dull.

Hopefully it gets better once my friends start waking up and getting online. Maybe I'm getting frustrate by playing with stupid randoms who don't get it. Like that one guy who never did anything but abuse the stupid bull attack over and over and over.

Also, it gets some minus points for not having proper offline play. There's a practice mode, but I assume that doesn't allow ranking up and so on...why else would it be "practice?" Why no 2 on 2 offline action?

You assume wrong. You can level up through offline play. I was actually quite surprised to discover this.

 

[TelemachusD]

I played this for a few hours yesterday and had a lot of fun.

Is anybody else playing on PS3? If so, add me if you want.
PSN: TelemachusD.

 

[Empty Space]

Played two online matches with the cowboy Lonestar(?) and had a lot of fun its definitely a MOBA sidescroller. If anybody wants to play on 360 later tonight my GT:Glaeforcewin, yes that is spelled right.

 

[Lombax]

I love that the money is named Yuri.

 

[Tizoc]

I'll try out the demo this weekend and see if I like it.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Liking Froggy G the most thus far. Still have to unlock two more characters. Has it been confirmed that we won't be getting any DLC because of the publisher dissolving?

 

[Gowans]

Yeah Froggy G seems to be the best

 

[Nekobo]

My PSN tag is Nekobo1 if anyone wants to partner up. Just lemme know you're from GAF if you add me.

 

[ToLateToLove]

Yeah guys, add me aswell if you wanna play with some gaffers. Can't seem to find my headset recharger though.. hm

EDIT: Oh, my PSN id is: PinkuSupaida

 

[aku:jiki]

Yeah Froggy G seems to be the best

Voltron or whatever his name is, the healer, is the most absurd character in the game. You can set him up so you make extra money from healing stuff, give yourself drones which you in turn can heal for a constant stream of free money, and his healing buffs the pre-existing drones in the level and give them double health and damage. It's like they threw every over-powered idea they've ever had at the healer.

 

[TelemachusD]

My PSN tag is Nekobo1 if anyone wants to partner up. Just lemme know you're from GAF if you add me.

Yeah guys, add me aswell if you wanna play with some gaffers. Can't seem to find my headset recharger though.. hm

EDIT: Oh, my PSN id is: PinkuSupaida

Added both of you. Playing right now if you want to join.

 

[remist]

Added both of you. Playing row now if you want to join.

PSN?

Hunter04200 if anyone wants to add me.

 

[NeoRausch]

Gawd! That chameleon guy with the sword suck major balls! Nerver gonna selct him again!

game is cool, though

add me at free will: NeoRausch

 

[Chauncy Talon]

This game is hell of fun. I can finally play a RTS element game, and not be horrible.

 

[Bamihap]

Voltron or whatever his name is, the healer, is the most absurd character in the game. You can set him up so you make extra money from healing stuff, give yourself drones which you in turn can heal for a constant stream of free money, and his healing buffs the pre-existing drones in the level and give them double health and damage. It's like they threw every over-powered idea they've ever had at the healer.

Thats how you make an awesome game. Make every thing you can do super awesome and remove the rest.

AwesomeNauts is great. Played it a few matches today. Characters might not be balanced, but the teams can be. Sure a healer can't compete with a buffed tank, but a healer can help a teamate out so much. This is a team game, if you play as a team you will win.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

played this game for an hour last night and i love it! hopefully it doesn't get old fast cause there are only a few characters but this is the best free game ive ever received and i would've payed $10 for it!