Smelter - A New Strategy Platfomer - Really Looks Like A Megaman X4

The indie developer - DANGEN Entertainment announced the release date of their latest title - Smelter. The game was a combination of a platformer and a real-time-strategic game, which was inspired by 16-bit era games.

The announcement came with a trailer, which you can check out below:

Smelter tells the story of human's ancestor - Eve on her way to find her lost lover - Adam

Eve and Adam are living happily in the Garden of Eden when suddenly, the Garden was destroyed. After the disaster, Eve wakes up and finds that her lover - Adam - is nowhere to be found.

The Garden of Eden was destroyed out of the blue

On the way to seek her beloved one, Eve runs into Smelter - a winged creature that can "Flootipoo" (basically, it means equip) to give them mighty powers, and a pair of wings too.

Smelter Action Strategy Platfomer 2 — Eve "Flootipooed" with Smelter

With the help of Smelter, Eve suits up and made her way through the foreign land called Rumbly Lands, finding what has happened to Adam, and hopefully figuring out a means to come back home together.

Details on its gameplay from the trailer

The game was described as "an action-platformer combo inspired by some of the classics", and it really makes sense!

My first impression of the game after watching the trailer is: My gosh, it really resembles the Megaman series! The armor, the dash, the wall jump, the slashing, and shooting, etc. Everything in the game reminds me of the OG Megaman.

You'll have to explore the world with the side-scrolling mechanics. Eve can discharge lightning bolts at the enemies, jumping and dashing through various scenes. As you further crusade through the land, you'll be able to upgrade new abilities for Smelter, enhancing Eve's strength to fight tougher bosses in the future.

However, after the 1:00 mark, the developer has surprised me. It's not an ordinary platformer that is very popular during the 16-bit era. It's a hybrid game with RTS elements inside.

The game quickly switches from side-scrolling through various areas to the top-down strategy part. We can't still tell much about its strategic gameplay, but it seems that you'll have to plan and build your base to deal with real-time invaders.