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[nikos]

For those just clicking the first video, it's a year old.

Looking forward to this game.

 

[mitch1971]

And when are you doing it, Mr Box?

/s

 

[Kataploom]

Oh damn I thought it was another Shounen Jump game coming

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

The videos you posted when you said “most innovative title of 2025” don’t show any substantial ship management and looking at other videos it looks pretty generic with base upgrades and buffs you find in all of these games. And there’s certainly nothing in the videos you posted or others that show any kind of elevated teamwork past titles like Helldivers or Space Marine.

Your Zelda comment is pure nonsense but it’s typical of your high horse mentality in these nonsense service based game threads you make.

“Most innovative game of 2025”. It’s literally Helldivers or Space Marine with some ship elements. Cool. Actually judging from the videos, Space Marine teamwork is deeper because of the classes and roles everyone plays.

I really think your assessment is just totally off and that you're unable, or unwilling to decipher what this game is trying to accomplish.

Space Marine 2 is a low stakes, one and done, narrative driven, traditional linear shooter.
Jump Ship is a high stakes, highly replayable, player choice driven, co-op shooter.

Honestly, if you see Space Marine 2 here, outside of MAYBE aesthetic (not really), then I have to classify you as clinically insane. They are almost nothing alike.

 

[bender]

What this does??

The does what???

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I really think your assessment is just totally off and that you're unable, or unwilling to decipher what this game is trying to accomplish.

Space Marine 2 is a low stakes, one and done, narrative driven, traditional linear shooter.
Jump Ship is a high stakes, highly replayable, player choice driven, co-op shooter.

Honestly, if you see Space Marine 2 here, outside of MAYBE aesthetic (not really), then I have to classify you as clinically insane. They are almost nothing alike.

lol, im not talking about the Space Marine 2 campaign, I’m talking about the PvE co-op missions. They aren’t one and done, you replay for level ups and unlocks and shit. Though you can also do the campaign co-op.

I mean you can type up a thousand words all you want, the very videos you yourself posted shows a pretty generic looking PvE game with the usual “go to A, wait for bar to fill, fight off waves of enemies, oh no the bar stopped go fix it, oh here’s a bigger enemy” rinse and repeat. I’m sure there are other types of missions but what you showed is just another PvE shooter with sci-fi elements.

Hope it’s good and hope you enjoy it. If it’s good, I’ll check it out. But you are overselling massively, per usual.

 

[Ribi]

What's innovative about this? I'd prefer this:

Boundary was fucking awesome. Shame it cost so much. Rip

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

lol, im not talking about the Space Marine 2 campaign, I’m talking about the PvE co-op missions. They aren’t one and done, you replay for level ups and unlocks and shit. Though you can also do the campaign co-op.

I mean you can type up a thousand words all you want, the very videos you yourself posted shows a pretty generic looking PvE game with the usual “go to A, wait for bar to fill, fight off waves of enemies, oh no the bar stopped go fix it, oh here’s a bigger enemy” rinse and repeat. I’m sure there are other types of missions but what you showed is just another PvE shooter with sci-fi elements.

It's possible you just have this one wrong.

The second to second gameplay might be similar (shoot lots of stuff) but the wider loops are nothing alike.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

It's possible you just have this one wrong.

The second to second gameplay might be similar (shoot lots of stuff) but the wider loops are nothing alike.

Of course that’s possible. It’s much more likely though that this is just example #827 of you going too hard on some service game.

Again, the videos are there for anyone to see. There is nothing unique or innovative about it. Even one of the videos you linked calls or Sea of Thieves plus Helldivers plus something. It’s just a new combination of all the stuff we’ve been playing for years.

 

[Danjin44]

Oh damn I thought it was another Shounen Jump game coming

I had same reaction especially when put all capital letter on JUMP.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Pretty good deep dive into the gameplay loop here. My God, this game is unreal.

 

[ResilientBanana]

This game looks like a lot of fun.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Looks like it could be fun but as others I’m also failing to see where the innovation is?

 

[ResilientBanana]

Looks like it could be fun but as others I’m also failing to see where the innovation is?

You don't always need to innovate. Please, tell me how GoW and GoW Ragnorok innovated? Horizon? Spiderman and Spiderman 2? Ratchet and Clank? Astrobot? What about any of these japanese hack n slashers? Souls-likes? Sometimes, games can exist to be fun. Personally, I feel like this is a more fun Helldivers with depth.

This game has multiple people commanding and using a ship between on foot missions. There's a lot going on.

 

[ComputerBlue]

You don't always need to innovate. Please, tell me how GoW and GoW Ragnorok innovated? Horizon? Spiderman and Spiderman 2? Ratchet and Clank? Astrobot? What about any of these japanese hack n slashers? Souls-likes? Sometimes, games can exist to be fun. Personally, I feel like this is a more fun Helldivers with depth.

This game has multiple people commanding and using a ship between on foot missions. There's a lot going on.

The original title was the most innovative game of 2025, there’s even a mod edit, so you can calm down buddy.

 

[March Climber]

Men_in_Boxes

• What's the solo experience like?
• Is there a solo queue?
• Will it have contingencies in place for no players being online (like bots or solo scaling)?
• Is it playable offline?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Men_in_Boxes

• What's the solo experience like?
• Is there a solo queue?
• Will it have contingencies in place for no players being online (like bots or solo scaling)?
• Is it playable offline?

All the previews thus far have been content creators playing with devs. Studio said they are making the game for people who want to play solo (AI bot teammates mentioned). Not sure about offline play. From what I can gather the team is pretty small so I wouldn't hold your breath on it being a good solo experience. It feels like a Helldivers 2 sort of game to me...though who really knows? The big issue right now is a lack of mission variety (only two mission types as of now). Early Access starts sometime this summer.

 

[ResilientBanana]

There's a closed beta sign up.

Jump Ship - A co-op PvE where you are the crew of a spaceship

jumpshipgame.com

 

[March Climber]

All the previews thus far have been content creators playing with devs. Studio said they are making the game for people who want to play solo (AI bot teammates mentioned). Not sure about offline play. From what I can gather the team is pretty small so I wouldn't hold your breath on it being a good solo experience. It feels like a Helldivers 2 sort of game to me...though who really knows? The big issue right now is a lack of mission variety (only two mission types as of now). Early Access starts sometime this summer.

Thank you for the info update.

I just want games that decide to go down the Left 4 Dead road to actually do some of the things it did to future-proof itself. I can play that game solo with bots and offline as well, even though it is a multiplayer Co-op PvE exprience. That's all I ask of these types of games, so that they are not a missable experience once the community is gone.

This whole dead internet theory would be much more convenient if people trained some these bots to fully emulate other players in old/dead PvE and PvP games.