Video Game Review - Metal Tales: Overkill
Rob reviews Metal Tales: Overkill on Xbox Series X... Rogue-lite's often build themselves around a central theme. This not only provides the basis on which the story is built upon. It also affects how everything looks and ultimately how the game plays. With Hades it was Greek mythology, Curse of The Dead Gods is all about lost temples, and The Persistence is pure sci-fi horror. When it comes to Metal Tales: Overkill it's all about heavy metal, and as someone who grew up with the likes of Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer , and Anthrax - it was already a hit in my eyes. The plot of Metal Tales: Overkill focuses on the God Kuk who has plans to take over the world. This plan involves destroying a few heavy metal bands and turning their followers into mindless zombies. Standing in Kuk's way is our hero - an electric guitar-wielding, heavy metal fanatic - whose musical prowess is the one thing that can put a stop to Kuk's plan. On the surface, the game's plot...