Edlands, trucks, crazy dudes. The developers of the plane-building sim Bomber Crew have announced a new game that will let you bolt together end-times combat vehicles in Mad-Max fashion
A truck is speeding through the post-apocalyptic wasteland, weird guys are shooting through the area, loud rock music is blaring from somewhere. It doesn’t just sound like Mad Max – Badlands Crew also looks exactly like it.
The newly announced game by Bomber Crew makers Runner Duck combines crew management, wild action and vehicle construction in an end-time setting. With your self-built vehicles you race through the desert, fight against other factions and rescue survivors. You can see for yourself in the trailer that we have embedded above.
The developers of Runner Duck have already proven that they are masters of crew management in their previous titles Bomber and Space Crew in the air and in space. Accordingly, this core feature is retained in very similar form in Badlands Crew.
What’s New?
With Badlands Crew, the studio now wants to take the next step and adds vehicle building as a new component. In addition to thorns, miniguns and various attachment systems, you can also equip your trucks with a fat music setup, among other things; just like in the spiritual role model Mad Max.
With the desert setting, of course, come new threats: you can prepare yourself for dangerous acid storms and giant sand worms. Yes, Dune also sends its regards.
Also new are the four opposing factions of raiders, against whom you can wage war in the vastness of the desert with your vehicles. Badlands Crew is a single-player title, however, and the enemies are controlled by the computer.
Logical development of the series
For developer Runner Duck, the game represents the logical progression of their Crew series. “We’ve thrown together everything we’ve learned from the previous games,” studio founder Jon Wingrove told US colleagues at Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
Badlands Crew is scheduled for release on PC in 2024, with a console release planned for a later date. The title is not really for graphics enthusiasts, the visuals are simple as typical for the series.
Your opinion is needed: Does Badlands Crew look exciting to you? Do you like crew management and vehicle construction? Does the Mad Max setting grab you? Or are you not attracted to the game at all? Let us know in the comments
