Spiders has announced that it will be hosting an online playtest for its alternate history title Steelrising in March, and those who want to take part can register their interest now. An exact start date is to be confirmed but the playtest will last 7-10 days, and will be hosted through Steam. That means you will need a Steam account to take part. Anyone who is chosen to take part will have to agree to a non-disclosure agreement to stop the publication of anything experienced in this build of Steelrising. You can register interest here.
In Steelrising, you play as Aegis, the robotic bodyguard of Queen Marie-Antoinette, ordered to find your creator and put and end to the tyranny of King Louis XVI and the robot army he is using to crack down on the French Revolution. The Paris depicted in the game includes many monuments and famous locations, including those that no longer exist, including the Grand Chatelet and the Tour du Temple. Aegis has weapons built into her body, with items found while exploring letting you make her more powerful, more durable, or more mobile. There’s seven families of weapons, which could be built into her arms, alchemical rifles for long range, or more powerful and forceful options as well.
Spiders’ last big release was Greedfall and in our review for that, Gareth wrote:
“Greedfall has an ambitious story, but it’s not backed up by the clearly repeated environments, simple combat and dull abilities that take ages to unlock. However, seasoned RPG players might well be able able to look past those flaws in favour of the interesting, well written stories about political manoeuvres and oppression that make up the bulk of the quests in this pretty dark, deep world.”
