As a way to promote his own game, Stasis, and celebrate Bethesda’s upcoming open-world time-suck, Fallout 4, game designer Christopher Bischoff remade the upcoming trip back into the Wasteland as the old-school isometric RPG that kicked off the series. While no one is complaining that Fallout 3, New Vegas, and the upcoming Fallout 4 are set in sprawling 3D worlds, after seeing Bischoff’s work, people might start complaining a little bit that there isn’t an isometric version.
Previously, Bischoff gave the now-dead Irrational Games’ BioShockthe overhead RPG treatment. Not only did it look absolutely amazing, but he managed to keep the creepy, incredible atmosphere and sense of dread from the original game. Unlike BioShock, though, Fallout started life as an overhead RPG, so this is more of a return to the series’ roots.
Bischoff’s retro remake work has always looked great so far, and if you’re craving new games with the overhead look, the game he made these Fallout 4 renders to help promote should satisfy those urges. Stasis is an isometric sci-fi horror game inspired by sci-fi staples like Alien, and isometric horror classics like Sanitarium. Bischoff also said that the original isometric Fallout games were huge influences on Stasis — Mark Morgan, composer of the Fallout 1 and 2’s soundtrack, even did the soundtrack for Stasis.
Stasis just released on August 31, and it so far looks really good, receiving very positive scores from both Metacritic and Steam. Check out the launch trailer for Stasis below, and give it a purchase on Steam or on GOG if it piques your interest. At worst, it’ll at least be extremely pretty to look at.
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