Shooting at the walls the zeds ate: Chainsaw Warrior gets sequel, discount

“Got into my hand and it went bad, so I lopped it off at the wrist. It, uh, got in that guy’s head too. Definitely.”

Auroch Digital’s updated Chainsaw Warrior was seen by many as a wholly faithful adaptation of the 1987 Games Workshop original. Like its progenitor, digital Warrior is a timed, single-player, dice-driven jaunt through a deck of zombified nasties that have overrun New York City (maybe upstate New York, too, but who would notice?) with the help of a supernatural evil, Darkness.

Owen praised the game’s grimy sci-fi while lambasting how it played in his review. In short: the thing’s heavy on chance, light on decisions, and that goes for both the ’87 classic and the newfangled app.

Now, appearing from the shadows like some alternate Earth mutation, comes Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night, a full sequel to Chainsaw Warrior that will hopefully temper the dice rolling with some more substantial mechanics. Auroch are making special mention of improved combat, an upgrades system, and mini-bosses that promise tactical challenge, though it remains to be seen just how far the game will stray from the original’s formula.

Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night will be $4.99 on iOS, Android, and Steam early next year. To celebrate the sequel announcement, Chainsaw Warrior is on sale today, down to $1.99 from $4.99 on iOS, with a similar Android and PC drop coming as well (though at the time of writing those two versions still appear full-price).

Chainsaw Warrior trailer after the jump, as well as the PT Predict-O-Tron’s estimation of what Lords of the Night might look like.