This month’s podcast (for October) was Absolum, a roguelike beat ‘em up from the modern day masters at DotEmu (and other partners). We talk about the fantasy influences, genre and roguelike touchstones with Hades, Streets of Rage 4, and others, as well as how multiplayer and the layers of systems work and are woven together. It seems like the developer’s catalog, known largely for some licensed beat em’ up games before this (beloved games all), really leaned into more systems and mechanical complexity for Absolum, which is wholly their own.
Check out the liner notes for the usual suspects in terms of ephemera, soundtrack, speed runs (if they exist as yet), and then catch us end of November for our podcast on Transistor.
