If there's one thing I know about human nature, it's that we have a universal affection for a giant, derelict megastructure. Who among us, when presented a hauntingly massive brutalist shape, isn't possessed by a profound, inchoate yearning to clamber all over it like a sort of reverent bug?
Fulfilling that fundamental drive is the basis of Motorslice, an action platformer that released on Steam last week and earned a very warm reception. It also, coincidentally, fulfills the other fundamental human drive, which is the urge to carve into giant hostile machinery with a chainsaw.
I should note at this point that I'm not an expert in human psychology.
In Motorslice, you play as P, a slicer tasked with a routine job of carving up hostile autonomous industrial equipment (as you do). Unfortunately, it seems that the massive structure she was sent to clear out is even more huge than it should be. I'm led to believe this is a problem, despite the fact that having more of an ominous megastructure to explore is something nobody has ever complained about.
P's task then becomes solving the mystery of the megastructure by battling supersized heavy machinery in single combat while using her chainsword as a parkour implement. You can parry a giant industrial crane. Videogames are, impossibly, still pretty cool sometimes.
Our Harvey Randall was pretty fond of Motorslice's demo during Next Fest, and its launch players seem to agree. Since launch, it's drawn over 2,200 reviews on Steam—88% of which are positive, earning it an admirable Very Positive rating. "If your forklift certification has been rejected," one reviewer writes, "this game is perfect for you."
Some of those enthusiastic reviewers do mention that Motorslice launched with an amount of jank, however, but its developer has already pushed a patch addressing two of its most pressing bugs and insists that they are "slicing bugs rn" and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Motorslice is available now on Steam, but if you want to try before you buy, there's a demo available, too.
