Gamma World: Alpha Mutation Preview

GameZone has recently put online a brief preview of Gamma World: Alpha Mutation, the upcoming XBLA/PSN/PC action-RPG developed by Bedlam Games and published by Atari based on the Gamma World pen-and-paper setting. Here’s a sampling:

The original Gamma World RPG was a bizarre post-apocalyptic romp through the 25th century, with a heavy emphasis on mutating your main character in order to gain crazy new abilities. This premise is one that seems perfect for the third-person action RPG we saw demoed, especially with the promise of two-player Borderlands style co-op. The characters are all bizarre human-animal hybrids that look ridiculously awesome. Very quickly our demo guide launched into action with his Radioactive Yeti-Man, beating his way through hordes of pigs in biker gear and bunnymen in SWAT jackets. The attacks we saw were incredibly varied, including a rifle and a parking meter as just two of the weapons. Alongside this were the alpha mutations, strange abilities granted when characters absorb too much radiation.