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Chop up robots as a hyper-agile cyborg soldier in Blood Alloy: Reborn, coming to PS Vita

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Chop up robots as a hyper-agile cyborg soldier in Blood Alloy: Reborn, coming to PS Vita

Back in September 2013, former Harmonix guy Frank Washburn launched a Kickstarter for his 2D metroidvania Blood Alloy. It was unsuccessful.

But Washburn didn't give up, and now he's bringing a smaller version of the same game, called Blood Alloy: Reborn, to PS Vita.
Reborn still features a hyper-agile cyborg soldier called Nia Rhys, who uses blades, guns, and a jetpack to fight robots. It's just a smaller, high-score focused take on the same idea.

You're placed in levels where enemies respawn and will have to build a combo multiplier to get a decent score. That involves being fast, deadly, and accurate with your strikes.

However, Reborn has a stamina system, and so you'll have to work around the limits that it places upon you.

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Luckily, one of the many moves that Nia can do is the BLAST (BLade Assisted Surface Traversal). She jams her sword into a surface and uses her jetpack to thrust herself along at high speeds.

This allows you to traverse big pits, and get around the levels very quickly, chaining those combos at a frantic pace.

Imagine the game's movement and combat system as an explosive mix of Vanquish and Dark Souls. You can see the game in action above.

As well as PS Vita, Blood Alloy: Reborn will be coming to PC, Wii U, Xbox One, and PS4.

Washburn's hope is that he's able to raise enough money from the sales of Reborn to fund development on the bigger game, Blood Alloy, which previously failed on Kickstarter.

You can find out more about Blood Alloy: Reborn on its website.

Chris Priestman
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