When Atari announced that it was rebooting the Yars’ Revenge series with Yars Rising, a game that appeared to be an anime-style open-structure 2D exploratory platformer developed by WayForward, the response was… mixed.
“It’s missing the point!” some folks said. “Not my Yars!” And to be sure, I understand this reaction. Yars Rising, at least initially, appears to be riffing on the original Yars’ Revenge in various ways rather than acting as an actual canonical sequel, and I completely understand why that might rub some folks up the wrong way. Hell, I wasn’t sure about it when it was first announced.
Then Steam Next Fest rolled around and brought with it a playable demo for Yars Rising. And, having played it, I am very much on board with what it promises. So let’s take a closer look after the jump.
