Steel Rats gameplay revealed in new trailer; likely not what you were expecting

Tate Multimedia has released a new gameplay video today for Steel Rats, their motorcycle combat game. The gameplay, which has been kept under wraps before now is 100% not what I thought it was going to be.

Instead of a Road Rash-style 3D chain-smacking wreck festival, Steel Rats has “2.5D action-arcade genre, fusing destructive, octane-fueled motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, set in a visually stylized retro future world.”

Watching this trailer, I was surprised at first at the style of play, but as the video went on, I got a bit excited. Steam Rats looks to have a very cool visual style, and that bit where the bike roars vertically up a wall had me cheering a little. By the time the trailer was done, I was all in. This game looks cool.

Steel Rats doesn’t have a release date yet, but it will be released on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.