Straftat
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| Developer(s) | Sirius Lemaitre, Leonard Lemaitre |
| Publisher(s) | Lemaitre Bros |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | 11 March 2024 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Straftat is a 2024 first-person shooter freeware video game developed by Sirius Lemaitre and Leonard Lemaitre under the entity Lemaitre Bros. Upon release, Straftat received praise directed towards the pacing and control of its action gameplay and map variety, with several critics comparing the title to older games in the arena shooter genre.
Gameplay
[edit]Gameplay of Straftat is an arena shooter in which two players duel using disposable weapons, including pistols, assault rifles and machine guns located across the map. The freeware version of the game contains 70 maps, with an additional 70 playable as paid downloadable content with the Weapons, Maps and Hats DLC.[1]
Development
[edit]Developer Leonard Lemaitre stated that the game was inspired by manga such as Blame! and Aposimz, Fumito Ueda games including Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, and the design of neoclassical and brutalist architecture.[2]
Reception
[edit]Several critics praised the game as evocative of earlier multiplayer first-person shooter titles including Quake and Counter-Strike,[1][3] and remarked that the game provided value as a freeware title.[1] Kaan Serin of GamesRadar+ similarly commended the game's simplicity and quick gameplay compared to the live service model of modern first-person shooters, a point also noted by other critics.[3][1] Writing for PC Gamer, Ted Litchfield described the game as a "great multiplayer shooter" due to its map design, variety of weapons and handling, discussing the game's variation of mechanics across maps "completely change how you play - each one has a curveball, something to surprise you and make you rethink your strategy",[1] with Cole Luke naming the game as "one of the year's best shooters".[2] Rick Lane of Rock Paper Shotgun praised the game's as breaking new ground in reviving the arena shooter genre, highlighting its variety of maps, "sleek and clinical" combat mechanics and "grimy, ramshackle aesthetic".[4] Serin also praised the game's learning curve in requiring familiarity with the environment and mechanics used by each map.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Litchfield, Ted (28 October 2024). "This new FPS is so good, it's almost unfair that it's free: A '1v1 me bro' simulator with 70 maps and no microtransactions that feels like the sickest Counter-Strike: Source mod of 2007". PC Gamer. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b Cole, Luke (19 November 2024). "'My brother and I wanted to shoot at each other': The Lemaitre brothers couldn't find a perfect 1v1 FPS, so they made one of the year's best shooters themselves". PC Gamer. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b Hucklebridge, Mel (14 November 2024). "Forget Black Ops 6, This New "Overwhelmingly Positive" Rated FPS Is Completely Free". Screen Rant. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Lane, Rick (4 November 2024). "Straftat review: an anarchic First-Person Speed dater you'll fall in love with". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Serin, Kaan (17 October 2024). "Steam Next Fest serves up a brutal FPS with no live service nonsense, just pure 1v1 arena shooting with Call of Duty's sweaty slides". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 22 November 2024.