Iron Danger
Iron Danger is a steampunk action role-playing video game developed by Action Squad Studios and published by Daedalic Entertainment. 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.
Iron Danger
- Date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Language
- English · Spanish
- Genre
- real-time strategy · turn-based strategy video game · role-playing video game · steampunk video game
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Iron Danger is a steampunk action role-playing video game developed by Action Squad Studios and published by Daedalic Entertainment. 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.
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The game was released for Windows on March 25, 2020, and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 16, 2023.
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• Title — Iron Danger • Developer — Action Squad Studios • Publisher — Daedalic Entertainment • Director — Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen • Programmer — Heikki-Pekka Noronen • Engine — Unity • Platforms — * Windows • PlayStation 5 • Xbox Series X/S • Released — Windows March 25, 2020 PS5, Xbox Series X/S August 16, 2023 • Genre — Action role-playing • Modes — Single-player
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The PC version of Iron Danger received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. PCGamesNs review said, "Save scumming is not only okay – it's now an elegant puzzle-solving game mechanic". Iron Danger was awarded the Creative Achievement Of The Year at Finnish game Awards 2021.
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- 1.Lehtonen, Miikka. Iron Danger. Pelaaja. 209. 28–32. March 2020.
- 2.Watson, Eric. This tactical RPG mixes real-time combat and rewinding to make you a time traveling mage. PCGamer. 2020-02-10.
- 3.Iron Danger for PC launches March 25. Gematsu. 2020-01-30.
- 4.Iron Danger now available for PS5, Xbox Series. Gematsu. 2023-08-16.
- 5.CBS Interactive. Iron Danger. Metacritic.
- 6.PCGamesN. Save scumming is great, and Iron Danger proves it. 2020-03-26.
- 7.Konsolifin. The Finnish Game Awards 2021 – sympaattinen tapahtuma, jossa yksi nimike putsasi pöydältä isoimmat palkinnot. 2021-11-14.
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