It has 50 different battle tracks!

I knew to expect interesting things from Ackk Studios after the flawed but compellingTwo Brothers. Even then, I wasn’t mentally prepared for the team’s newest game,Y2K.

I came in knowing little about the turn-based RPG other than that it had slick art direction. After watching this Jonathan Holmes interview out of PAX East, I’m still not sure what exactly’s going on. But, I really do like the sound of it. The look of it, too. Everything shown so far, for that matter.

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Read up onY2Kover here. In the words of Holmes, “It’s already like five games in one and you haven’t even released it yet you son of a son of a …”

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover