Foam rules everything around me
Square Enix showed up twice for today’s PlayStation Showcase. Once, for the anticipated RPGFinal Fantasy XVI. And the other time, for the reveal of something a little different: a sudsy new shooter calledFoamstars.
Foamstarsis a new 4v4 shooter where players fight it out using foam. It looks bright and colorful, with some energetic vibes behind it all. Here’s the trailer from today’s PlayStation Showcase:
As producer Kosuke Okatani explains on thePlayStation Blog, foam is used as both a projectile and a piece of terrain. Foam seems to stick in place, creating walls that can also be used for movement.
Splatooncomparisons seem easy enough to make. But whereSplatoonpaints the level, the foam ofFoamstarsseems to build up and form new terrain all its own. The same kind of territory control-focused party shooter, but with a different angle on it.
Don’t pop the bubble
Not many more details were shared today, other thanFoamstarsis currently planned for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. More information is expected sometime in the future, and no release date was confirmed today.
I’m curious to see what Square Enix will do, even if I tend to have a bit of skepticism and concern when it comes to any new game that looks like a live-service project these days. It’srough out therefor a new shooter, but at leastFoamstarslooks a bit different compared to the more bullets-and-explosions blasters you might see elsewhere.
We’ll see how theFoamstarsrise or fall as Square Enix shares more info about the new game.
