Game Description
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up depicts the Great Rat War, plunging gamers into conflict with armies of TechnoRats. In this world inhabited exclusively by rats, the TechnoRat entity, a unified consciousness of cyborg rodents, seeks to consume all organic matter and turn it into metal structures. The gameplay features side-scrolling combat where you must fight alongside hired troops to reclaim the land of Ratopia. The task is to push back enemy forces and seize a bridgehead at the enemy base.
The gameplay of WAR RATS: The Rat em Up combines run-and-gun shooter mechanics with tower defense and base building aspects. The gamer manages resources, purchases various weapons and equipment for credits (CHz), and tactically places fighters in battles. Success requires coordinating attacks with the placement of defensive structures such as turrets, walls, and resource generators. The fights feature blood and brutality that matches the claimed influence of some 90s titles.
The passage is built on the roguelike principle: the player has one life to overcome the areas on the way to the headquarters of the TechnoRat. Failure resets the progress of the race, but the CHz collected is spent on permanent performance upgrades for future attempts. The optional Iron Rat mode increases the difficulty, requiring you to start at level 1 after death, but allowing you to retain earned upgrades. In addition, Skirmish mode allows you to participate in battles on selected maps outside of the main campaign of this game, using a visual style hand-crafted by artist wootusart.
