When I first saw Extinction my reaction was that it looked extraordinarily similar to Attack on Titan, which seemed to make the developers presenting it slightly uncomfortable. Obviously, every game wants to be able to be identified on its own merits, but I meant it sincerely as a compliment. I absolutely loved the recent Attack on Titan game and the fast-paced action against massive and monstrous enemies seems to be mimicked here in its own unique way.
The goal in Extinction is to save humans from the oncoming evil. Ground combat is essentially a hack and slash game against regular sized enemies, but Avil, the game’s main character, can also rapidly run up walls to easily get to the top of the Ravenii, the massive ogre-like creatures that you see in the trailers. If there are no buildings nearby you can always run up the actual monster itself too, which will be necessary because the only way to take them out is to cut off their heads.
Different Ravenni have different armor that needs to be removed before you can remove their limbs. Once you do, you can lop off their feet to keep them from moving and their hands to keep them from Hulk smashing Avil into a pulp. In fact, there are no arbitrary hit points in the game. If you get smashed by a monstrous fist or stepped on by a disgusting ogre foot, you will die. It’s not some massive attack that will take down a bunch of hit points. The team wants to make sure that the threat of the ogres feels real, and that ...