| Insurmountable |
| PLATFORM |
| PC/Steam |
| DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: |
| DEVELOPER: ByteRockers’ Games PUBLISHER: ByteRockers’ Games |
| RELEASE DATE: |
| Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
| VIDEO |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWk7Uoc9h9k |
| Me Playing – Do you think you could play the audio (at low volume) to the game when we play the video for the stream? It is muted enough that I think the podcast listeners would enjoy it as background music and may help set the mood. |
| AUDIO CLIPS |
| https://studiom80.com/brian/boopshow-291-insurmountable-part-1.mp3 |
| ^ Launch Trailer Audio |
| https://studiom80.com/brian/boopshow-291-insurmountable-part-2.mp3 |
| ^ Game Play Audio |
| HOW LONG TO BEAT |
| 3 hour runs |
| https://howlongtobeat.com |
| IS THERE ANY DEALS |
| $19.99 |
| https://isthereanydeal.com/game/insurmountable/info/ |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights! |
| EXPERIENCE: |
| I’m addicted PROS – Procedurally generated boards make for fresh runs each time. – Really great atomospheric experience. – A good balance of survival mechanics and difficulty – Perma Death CONS – Events can get repetive. – Difficulty curve may be a bit too severe on 2nd and 3rd summit. – Perma Death |
| Boop’s Patented 10 Point Rating System |
| Art/Animation: This is one highly polished visual experience! Animations are fine…a lot of climbing animations. |
| Music/Effects: The music is effective. Subdued and serene with an element of tension. Especially, when the heart beat kicks in with the violine intensity!! |
| V/O: Only breathing. No other voicework to speak of. |
| World Building: Minimal world building. |
| Currency/Loot: Useable goods as well as Rogue like progression. |
| AI/NPCs: Randon generation of events along your journey. |
| Controls: Point Click. It works |
| Interface/HUD: Minimal. Great use of iconography for representation |
| Replay/Endgame: I’m not sure how many more times I can replay…but so far…I haven’t gotten tired of these runs. |
| Score: 8 random events out of 10 frostbitten Pinky Toes |
| LINKS |
| https://www.byterockers.games/insurmountable?lang=en |
| https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=Insurmountable |
| https://www.igdb.com/search?type=1&q=Insurmountable |
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| Tags: Strategy, Rogue-like, Adventure, Indie, Survival |