Shoulders of Giants is an explosively colourful roguelike where players simultaneously control a mysterious mech and the gunslinging amphibian riding on its back. Work alone, with a friend, or as one member of a four-person online co-op team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy!
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Shoulders of Giants is an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike designed to put your teamwork to the test. Players simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog, working alone, with a friend, or as one of a team of four. The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos through the stars, corrupting living planets and urging on the heat death of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy team of space survivors are fighting to restore the balance. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Together they must mow down waves of enemies and restore light and life to the galaxy!
Platforms
PC XONE Series X|SGenres
Role-playing (RPG) ShooterThemes
Action Science fiction
Languages: English and 5 more
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | |||
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| Chinese (Simplified) |
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Critic Reviews
Niche Gamer
By Augusto A.Even though the game suffers from performance issues, weak gameplay, and repetitive content, Shoulders of Giants is not unplayable by any means; it’s just difficult to find reasons to play it when most roguelikes currently available are much more enjoyable.
Thumb Culture
By Thumb CultureOverall, Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate is a solid entry to the roguelite library in my book. The gameplay loop may feel somewhat repetitive at times, but that’s kind of how roguelikes and roguelites are generally built. With only some minor frustrations, the game provides plenty of variety in both structure and building your character to suit your style.
Gaming Nexus
By Jason DaileyShoulders of Giants: Ultimate is not the roguelike that breaks the mold for those trying to get into the genre, and I can't say that roguelike veterans would find its gameplay loop compelling either. It's wide range of weaponry and abilities does create bursts of fun, but unfortunately it wears thin relatively quickly.
Niche Gamer
By Fingal BelmontWith a bit of time, Moving Pieces Interactive might be able to smooth out the combat and improve the frame rate. Hopefully, the developers can inject some personality into the characters and maybe flesh out the lore and story too.
Video Chums
By A.J. MaciejewskiPlaying Shoulders of Giants is a joy, especially after you unlock some impressive gear and really start to wreak havoc on invading evil forces. When you throw in the lovely environment-transforming visuals and take the fight online, you're left with a winning formula.
