Iron Danger

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

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. ^ a b c Lehtonen, Miikka (March 2020). "Iron Danger". Pelaaja (209): 28–32.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ a b 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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