Haha, what? Ziggurat Interactive that they have teamed up with Big Boat to re-release 2005’s incredible kusoge, Boiling Point: Road to Hell on November 14, 2023.
This game and I have history. Back when it released, everyone was looking to what the next generation in graphics would bring to the open-world genre. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was still on the horizon with its big promises, but we needed something now. So, my tightly-knit group of friends and I started poking at Boiling Point: Road to Hell in the interim. ✱Its world was advertised at 25x25km.
When Boiling Point first launched, it was buggy beyond reason. I’m pretty sure I tap🃏ped out earlier, as I didn’t yet have my constitution for bad games. However, at least one of my friends pushed a lot deeper into it. I don’t think he completed it.
They’d later patch the game, at which point it (maybe) gained a few fans. I tried it again at that point, and I 💜remember getting into the open world before abruptly losing interest. I distinctly remember being in the middle of the jungle and thinking, “yeah, no.”
The game is about Saul Myers, whose daughter was kidnapped in Realia, a fictional (heh) South American Country that, if I recall, is under the thumb of organized crime and corrupt politicians. As mentioned, it’s an open-world game in an impractically massive environment. Big Boat is making “major improvements to the game’s stability” to Boiling Point 💦to make this the definitive version. No widescreen, though?
This is amazing ne🌄ws. I’m not even being sarcastic. I’m going to have to find time to play this again. Maybe with my time-embiggened gamer brain, I can actually get through it.
Brace yourself because Boiling Point: Road to Hell is being re-relea꧒sed on November 14, 2023 on GOG𒆙 and Steam.
Published: Nov 3, 2023 08:29 am