Nope, LawBreakers isn’t your average post-apocalyptic first person shooter.
It’s just a plain shooter, but don’t let this fool you into thinking that it’s borderline average. We’re talking about Cliff Bleszinski here, the dev genius who brought us Unreal Tournament and Gears of War.
LB takes place in the future, and players will be in charge of a group of Marines. These space-marines have one goal in mind – to gun down villains in the name of justice.
This may seem like your average futuristic plot-line, but Bleszinski assures us it isn’t. LawBreakers is set in a post-catastrophe world where our Earth is in pieces because someone shattered the Moon through countless experiments. When I say someone, I imply humans – we are stupid little creatures.
So, after humanity breaks the moon, we start rebuilding, better and bigger. Violent groups take wind of this and the possibility of owning Terra. Attacks on the new world are frequent and visceral.
These LawBreakers are the only safeguard humanity has against vicious gangs. They are embedded with super-human supplements, and their training consists of vast periods of time spent in low-gravity zones. Basically, they are bad ass!
LawBreakers will be a free shooter that includes RPG-elements. It’s clearly inspired from TitanFall and the unreleased Battleborn. It’s multiplayer-oriented, and based on classes. It’s set to launch sometime in 2016. At the current moment, we don’t know on which platforms it will be available.
Classes will have unique abilities. Let’s take the assassin. He’s able to double jump, among other things – Bleszinski showcased it on a Twitch Live Stream.
The game world is a stew of old and new, with various timey references set in a modern, dystopic medium.
The US government has to sell parcels of national land because it went bankrupt during the cataclysm. The highest bidder is always the favorite. This way, Yakuza bought land near the edge of the Grand Canyon and set up shop – a criminal network shop.
Hard to reach, easily defendable and surrounded by rocks floating in low-gravity zones, the Yakuza HQ is one secure modern fortress.
Here’s the cinematic trailer that shows Terra attacked by stars and its inhabitants alike.
