We Are Doomed – or rather, you are doomed if you plan on surviving in developer Vertex Pop’s twin-stick shooter by mostly blasting enemies from afar. A post to the PlayStation Blog has detailed the score-focused shooter in preparation for its arrival on PS4 within early 2015. We Are Doomed’s vivid spaces are filled with bright, sharp-edged enemies, but the laser you wield has a very limited range, so you’ll need to stay up close and personal to get anything done.
Should you feel your personal space is being violated, you can retreat and wipe out scores with a charged superbeam, but your points-fueled crusade will largely be an intimate campaign. The PS Blog post explains that We Are Doomed’s mechanics are “designed to make throwing yourself into danger and dashing across the arena to collect Trinkets (the purple cubes) pay off.”
We Are Doomed will also reach the Vita “a little later” after the PS4 launch, but it’s already available and DRM free on PC and Mac for $4.00.
