Iron Danger

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Iron Danger
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Developer Action Squad Studios
Publisher Daedalic Entertainment
Director Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen [1] [2]
Programmer Heikki-Pekka Noronen [1]
Engine Unity
Platforms
ReleaseWindows
March 25, 2020
PS5, Xbox Series X/S
August 16, 2023
Genre Action role-playing
Mode Single-player

Iron Danger is a steampunk action role-playing video game developed by Action Squad Studios and published by Daedalic Entertainment. [1] The game is set in a fantasy steampunk world inspired by Finnish folklore and especially the national epic, Kalevala . The central game mechanic is trance mode, dubbed by some as a version of "save scumming", where the player can rewind time and retry moments of the game at the player's command. [2] The game was released for Windows on March 25, 2020, and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 16, 2023. [3] [4]

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Reception

The PC version of Iron Danger received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [5] PCGamesN 's review said, "Save scumming is not only okay – it's now an elegant puzzle-solving game mechanic". [6]

Iron Danger was awarded the Creative Achievement Of The Year at Finnish game Awards 2021. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lehtonen, Miikka (March 2020). "Iron Danger". Pelaaja (209): 28–32.
  2. 1 2 Watson, Eric (2020-02-10). "This tactical RPG mixes real-time combat and rewinding to make you a time traveling mage". PCGamer. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ↑ "Iron Danger for PC launches March 25". Gematsu. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Iron Danger now available for PS5, Xbox Series". Gematsu. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  5. ↑ "Iron Danger". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Save scumming is great, and Iron Danger proves it". PCGamesN. 2020-03-26. Archived from the original on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ↑ "The Finnish Game Awards 2021 – sympaattinen tapahtuma, jossa yksi nimike putsasi pöydältä isoimmat palkinnot". Konsolifin. 2021-11-14. Archived from the original on 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-14.


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