We’ve just gotten word on a game that looks like pure-100%-not-from-concentrate-over-the-top fun. This game is Last Flight, a WiiWare title being developed right now with Marcin Kawa at the helm. Last Flight is an action-adventure game with similarities to early slashers such as Golden Axe. But don’t write it off just yet, this isn’t just another brawler game, there’s a bloody, over-the-top, fun story to be had here.
You play as Larry Adelman, an overweight culinary critic who find himself in the middle of a vampire apocalypse, thanks to a dead body on the plane turning out to be… well.. not-so-dead. Other passengers on the plane only serve as a human buffet for this creature of the night, giving Larry a plethora of problems to deal with.
Each weapon in game is handled with separate swings from the Nunchuk and Wiimote, which you can then link together to create combos. The simple, yet effective control scheme keeps things easy for inexperienced players, while maintaining the technicality to satisfy seasoned veterans.
Its been a very long while since anything on the Wii has piqued my interest, but Last Flight looks to be pure, unapologetic fun. The over-the-top comical style has me intrigued, as well as the fact that it is one of the only games being released for the Wii for an age group that doesn’t consist entirely of twelve-year-olds. Could this be another one of those games based on…. what was the word again? Oh! Fun! Remember that? Back when games were designed to just be fun? I do, and that’s why I’m looking forward to Last Flight.
Last Flight is being released for the Wii (WiiWare) in four downloadable, budget-priced episodes. Release date unconfirmed as of yet, but this is one to keep your eye on, especially if your Wii is anything like mine: Unused, sitting in a corner, without so much as a simple waggle now and then.
For updates, including when the game will come out and the set price, keep an eye on Kawa’s Twitter page.
A flurry of screenshots after the jump.
