The mecha genre is getting a unique new addition with the wild west set indie Bounty Star, and we gave it for a spin at Summer Game Fest.
More than any other subgenre in gaming, the mecha game has a very defined look. Titles like Armored Core and MechWarrior both tend to share a lot of aesthetic similarities, doling out rusty mechs in a hardened sci-fi world. The art style may change a here and there, but the genre certainly has a uniform so to speak.
That’s about to change thanks to an unlikely indie. Bounty Star is an upcoming titled from publisher Annapurna Interactive that’s unlike any mecha game I’ve ever seen. In fact, I didn’t realize it was one at all until I went hands-on with it at Summer Game Fest. While it may not wind up being the tightest or most complex mecha game, its unique wild west tone gives the genre the aesthetic shake-up it needs.
In Bounty Star, players take on the role of Clem, a bounty hunter living out in the deserts of the American southwest. She’s hidden away in a modest roadside scrapyard where she spends her day cooking meals out of the local cacti and tending to her giant mech.
