Coming from the creators of Dead by Daylight, Meet Your Maker is another inventive twist on online gaming, though where DBD pits players against one another in asymmetrical battle of wits, Meet Your Maker is an asynchronous game of tension-filled attack and devious defence. Releasing today and available to all PS Plus subscribers as one of April’s free monthly games, is Meet Your Maker worth playing?
At the heart of Meet Your Maker is a kind of first-person puzzle platformer in which you raid trap-filled bases that hide valuable genetic material within their depths, trying to get in and back out again. It’s a slow and cautious kind of game, punctuated by immediate bursts of high activity as a trap is triggered, a directional warning flaring on the edge of the screen to warn you to take avoiding action or try to parry – one single hit and you’re dead, sent back to the very start of the stage once more.
On the flip side, you’re now aware of the dangers that lie before you, letting you make iterative progress to your goal. You have just a basic gun and sword at your disposal, alongside a grappling hook and some paid items, but that’s all that you need. The default gun comes with just two electrified bullets that you need to reclaim, and it puts high pressure on each shot you take, as you need to make sure they land and account for a lot of bullet drop. The alternative (once unlocked) is a crossbow that comes with more ammunition, but which is unable to destroy traps, though this ties in with the ability to parry incoming projectiles with a swipe of your blade.
The tension ratchets up as you get deeper into a particularly challenging level, constantly scanning the surroundings for the telltale design of a trap, trying to spot
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