Awesomenauts Review (and Soundtrack News!)

I have been meaning to write a review of Awesomenauts for many days now but haven’t because I am too much in love with this game.  Every time I sit down and try to write a review I end up losing three to four hours defending my base from space cowboys and floating monkeys with directional lasers.

The game is like Mega Man, except with better graphics, with more players and you can choose to fight other players or the computer. The overall goal of this 2-D multiplayer game is to defend your alien base with a choice of meta-aliens, each with a unique power and ability. Romino Games and Sonic Picnic did  a great job in assembling this feel of the game that has both a retro and clean look. It’s available for download on both the XBox 360 and Playstation 3. The video below will give you a better feel of what the game is about and there is information below about acquiring the soundtrack.

Fun factor for this game is amazing, and the more you play, the more characters, worlds and powers you get as rewards. One warning though: friends who come to your house and see you play this game will have trouble leaving your house; losing hours playing Awesomenauts against other players. True story.

 *******

Awesomenauts: Music & Balance

It’s been another great week for the Awesomenauts, still battling for galactic domination! We have been playing a lot of matches ourselves, scoring prestige levels left and right. The community is still growing, and we’re seeing completely full matches most of the time. If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, make sure you get your copy fast, the game is free for only a few more days!

One of the things you guys have been asking a lot was to release the soundtrack. Well, good news! For starters, we’ve decided to give away the extended theme song! It’s available for free here: http://www.awesomenauts.com/themesong, so go get it! In other great news, Sonic Picnic is working to release the soundtrack on bandcamp! They made the music for the game, and they’ve been very pleased with the great response. So we’ve been getting a lot of requests for this and we’re working very hard to make it possible. They expect to release the soundtrack next Friday (1st of June).

In the meantime in the Ronimo office we have also been playing Awesomenauts a lot. But we were playing the new build, finalizing new balance tweaks and characters. A few things that will change in the balance patch: Leon’s slow upgrades & tongue, Voltar’s drones & healing, Yuri’s timebubble and Froggy G’s whirlwind shield. Apart from tweaking existing values, we will also be replacing a couple of upgrades.

This Saturday we’re inviting local high level Awesomenauts players to take a look at the new characters, items and balance. If you’re interested in joining up and live in the Netherlands, check out the forum thread here: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1706 Once the patch has been put through its paces, we’ll finalize it and send it to Microsoft and Sony. This means we have no final ETA for when the patch goes live, but we’re hoping to have it in your hands in a few short weeks.

TL:DR
– Just a few more days of downloading Awesomenauts for free as PS+ subscriber!
– Get the full version of the Awesomenauts theme here: http://www.awesomenauts.com/themesong
– The soundtrack is coming next week!
– The patch is going through the final stages, sit tight!