Teleglitch: Die More Edition

About Teleglitch: Die More Edition

Teleglitch was made by Test3 Projects, and the Die More Edition was published by Paradox Interactive in July 2013 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It adds five bonus levels, more items and weapons, deadlier enemy AI and more lore to the original game.

In a cold, dark future run by mega-corporations, a research facility on a small planet at the edge of habitable space specialises in reactivating necrotic tissue. You are a scientist who wakes to find you are the only survivor: the rest of the staff have been killed, micro-chipped and reactivated as combatants by the facility's central AI.

It is a roguelike seen from above, with ten levels whose layout changes every time you play. You see only what lies in your line of sight, so the rest of each map stays black until you look at it. You carry a list of weapons and parts down the side of the screen, from a 9mm pistol and shotgun to a heavy rifle and an experimental tesla coil, and you combine junk into new gear, such as a can gun made from an empty can, nails and explosives. The store promises over 20 kinds of enemies and more than 40 weapons and items, and a database fills with dossiers on each monster as you meet it.

Death is permanent, which the store says is meant to build an atmosphere of fear and dread. The fright is less in shocks than in the arithmetic of a run: a door, a dark room, and an ammunition counter that reads eight of ten. PC Gamer called it a sophisticated, thrilling and occasionally brutal shooter beneath its lo-fi look.

It gets harder the further you go. HowLongToBeat puts the main run at about five hours, while the store counts more than ten hours of play, since most runs end long before the last level. It suits players who want survival horror tension in a punishing roguelike, more than those who want a story told in scenes.

How to play Teleglitch: Die More Edition

1. Wake in the facility and pick up whatever weapons and supplies are near you.
2. Move room by room, watching the edge of your line of sight for movement.
3. Scavenge every container for ammunition, medkits and parts.
4. Combine parts into new weapons and gear when you have the pieces.
5. Reach the exit of each level; the layout changes every run.
6. When you die, start again from the beginning with what you have learned.

Tips

• Count your rounds before you open a door; the store warns the last few may have to be enough.
• Keep cans, nails and explosives, since they make some of the best crafted weapons.
• Read the monster dossiers in the database to learn how each enemy moves.
• Save the heavy guns for armoured targets; the game describes the 9mm pistol as good only against small numbers.

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