Paperbound
Run with scissors and walk on walls in this award-winning local-multiplayer gravity battle arena game from the mind of a former Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer. Enter the pages of old books where you will find strange environments and a cabal of playable characters.
About
"It’s a gorgeous and fast-paced game" - Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Paperbound is a smash-up brawler that combines platforming, twitchy combat, and gravity redirection. Run with scissors, walk on walls, and lob ink bombs in whimsical-yet-intense battles within the pages of old books. In addition to the 360 degrees of gravitational freedom, several other twists add to the tension and drama of a match, such as the "escape through the page tear" victory mechanic which brings a second phase to the combat and causes players to momentarily team up with their adversaries. Using a gamepad is highly recommended in this local-multiplayer party game.
Play as one of Paperbound's 11 original characters or as characters from Guacamelee, Monaco, VVVVVV, Cards and Castles, and Tumblestone.
When your friends aren't around, Paperbound features challenging AI bots. Each character has his or her own personality. Some are aggressive, some are more cautious. Some are even vindictive. Some make adept use of all weapons, while others prefer to get in close for melee combat. The bots are great for solo players, for when you want to even out the teams, or for when you simply want some extra chaos.
Battle within the pages of old classics including…
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Skull Kingdom
A Book of Five Rings
The Book of the Dead
Dante's Inferno
Compete in team or solo battles in a variety of game modes that will keep you laughing and screaming for hours:
Classic Versus
Capture the Quill
Last Man Standing
Long Live the King
Paperbound. Smashy, smashy fun for up to four friends in the same room.
Using a gamepad is highly recommended. Keyboard is not ideal.
Note: Paperbound does NOT support online multiplayer. It supports local multiplayer by connecting multiple controllers to your PC, so invite your friends over, plug in some controllers, and have a great time. Currently, only Xbox 360/One controllers are officially supported. PlayStation 4 controllers have been confirmed to work using DS4 Tool. Other controllers may work using XInput wrappers, but compatibility is not guaranteed.
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Achievements
Score two melee frags with a single melee attack
Frag an enemy with their own ink bomb by reflecting it with your melee weapon. You must survive the ink bomb explosion.
Reflect scissors 4 times in 3 seconds
Score two frags with one melee attack--one as a melee frag and the other by reflecting scissors. All players must start with only one pair of scissors.
Frag an enemy by bouncing your own ink bomb with your melee weapon. You must survive the ink bomb explosion.
Win a 4-player Free For All or Team Free For All match with default rules in under 45 seconds. The score threshold must be at least 10. All 4 players must be actively playing for the whole duration of the match.
Win a 4-player Free For All or Team Free For All match with default rules without being fragged. The score threshold must be at least 10. All 4 players must be actively playing for the whole duration of the match.
In Capture the Quill, frag an enemy who is carrying your flag and return your flag, all while carrying their flag, and score a point without their flag being returned.
System requirements
Minimum OS *: Windows XP or newer Processor: Intel i5 1.6 GHz dual core or comparable CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9, Shader Model 3.0-compliant GPU with at least 1 GB video ram DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) is strongly recommended. Recommended DirectX: Version 9.0c