Whereas Anger Foot might’ve cornered one sub-sub-sub-genre of door-kicking games, the venerable Early Access hit Door Kickers 2: Task Force North is going in a wholly different direction. While the developer KillHouse Games might not have had an update in a year, a new blog claims 1.0 is coming still.
Door Kickers 2 is a known quantity in the turn-based/timeline-based tactical gaming circles. Already enjoying some stellar reviews even in its Early Access form, Task Force North hadn’t received any meaningful content updates in about a year now, which might’ve eaten away at some fans’ goodwill. Thankfully, KillHouse Games’ delightful new blog post on Steam claims not only that the development is progressing well, but also that Door Kickers 2 will “feel like a new game once released.”
Door Kickers 2 1.0 is going to be loaded with content, Steam Deck support confirmed
According to KillHouse Games, Door Kickers 2 is due to launch from Early Access in the relatively near future: “We can’t commit in advance to a certain release date – quality is paramount so it will be done when it will be done,” says the studio’s latest blog post, adding that “we’re definitely not far now!” The reason why we haven’t had a meaningful content update in so long makes sense, too: “We [reckoned] it would be more efficient to have one release instead of countless cycles of building, testing, announcements, bug fixing, and so on.”
While I’m not all that good at Door Kickers, I have spent a whole lot of time playing the original title and the Early Access sequel already. I can personally vouch for the game’s quality, and even if you somehow manage to burn through Door Kickers 2‘s content in a short time, there’s over 7,500 maps available on the Steam Workshop. To say nothing of other similar titles, such as No Plan B.
I’m bringing this up because we’re still almost certainly months away from the 1.0 release: KillHouse Games hasn’t mentioned that the game is coming out in 2024, so early 2025 at the earliest is a safe bet. If you’re intrigued by the prospect of Task Force North, it’s still worth jumping in while Early Access is up.
On the flip side, the 1.0 build of the game is bringing with it a truly impressive roster of goodness:
- 6 total Campaigns
- 2 Tours of Duty: procedurally-generated campaigns
- 4 Operations: hand-crafted narrative campaigns
- Doctrine progression system
- Unique Battle Honor gear unlocks (exotic firearms, etc.)
- At least 90 one-off Single Missions
- 5 different enemy Factions
- Full modding support (no longer limited to maps only, will support weapons, units, etc.)
- Native Mac support
- Custom Steam Deck control scheme, touchscreen support, and more
- Over 80 Steam achievements
- New music
- New gear, weapons, tweaks, etc.
KillHouse Games claims that “the new content is mostly finished, what remains is mostly tweaks, recording new voices and translating the game to other languages,” which certainly tracks with the studio’s belief that the 1.0 release isn’t too far in the future.
Published: Oct 8, 2024 12:10 pm