Indie publisher Ripstone has announced it’s bringing yet another eccentric indie game to our beloved Xbox One.
Golden Ruby Games’ Extreme Exorcism pits you and up to 4 local players in spooky 8 bit arenas, tasked with exorcising waves comprised of various ghosts and ghouls, culminating in challenging boss fights.
Featuring gameplay mechanics similar to Super Time Force, creating ghostly copies each time an enemy is vanquished, producing increasingly difficult gameplay. The mechanic will incentivise players to ensure their actions are co-ordinated, lest you become cornered by your own chaos.
The game will feature a plethora of weapons, from swords, to guns all the way up to rocket launches and magic spells. Restraining yourself will factor in to your own survival, lest you be blown up by the ghostly copies of your own RPGs.
“The zombies at Golden Ruby Games have risen from the grave, with help from the necromancers at Ripstone, to bring you the thrilling title; Extreme Exorcism. You’ll need serious paranormal powers if you ever hope to beat this devilishly difficult action platformer” – Mike Christatos, Founder & President of Golden Ruby Games.
Extreme Exorcism (Xbox One, PC, PS4)
31st October 2014 – Have you ever felt an eerie presence in an empty room? Or heard spine-chilling footsteps in the dead of night? You’re not alone.
Indie developers Golden Ruby Games and Ripstone Publishing have found undeniable evidence of a supernatural force at work on this All Hallow’s Eve. They’re teaming up to bring paranormal platformer Extreme Exorcism to Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and PC in 2015.
Extreme Exorcism is an arena platformer where all of your actions will come back to haunt you…
Take on the role of extreme exorcist Mae Barrons, whose unconventional supernatural skills are called upon when everything and everyone else has failed to rid a haunted house of its ghostly presence.
Mae’s approach is a little extreme, but a cross, holy water and a Bible just won’t cut it with these ghosts. She’s armed with swords, guns, grenades, mines, rocket launchers, razor-sharp boomerangs,lightning spells, Kung-Fu moves and much more.
Each time a ghost is eliminated another will appear to mimic your every move – so tread carefully, or prepare to reap what you sow. The longer you survive, the more extreme the game becomes.
Just how extreme is it?
Story mode covers the ten areas of the haunted mansion culminating in a boss fight.
Comprehensive local multiplayer: non-stop ghost annihilation for up to 4 players.
Story mode playable both co-operatively and solo.
Customizable death match mode – change the weapon set, how ghosts spawn and the abilities they possess.
Online leaderboards allow you to compare your scores with the wider world.
Challenge mode: specific rule setups that encourage extreme play.
It’s a shame there’s no mention of online co-op, but I’ll welcome anything that grants local co-op, as the format seems to be becoming increasingly rare.
Click here for more info on Golden Ruby Games, and here for more info on indie publishing champion Ripstone Games.
Jez C is a games journalist, Executive Editor at Windows Central. They contributed 16 articles to ICXM between 2014–2015, focused on game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: an early Jez Corden byline before he joined Future plc’s Windows Central as Executive Editor.