Move Over Helldivers, I Have A New Favorite Three-Player PvE Extraction Shooter

Exterminauts is the new game from Behaviour Interactive, but the title couldn't be further from the studio's most popular title, Dead by Daylight. Instead, Exterminauts puts you and two friends together as "blue collar workers" who are tasked to punch in, clear up, and get out. During my hands-on time with the game at Gamescom, I was immediately drawn to the brighter visuals and more chaotic gameplay than other similar games, such as Helldivers. Friendly fire means you're not only at the mercy of the strange alien creatures that are constantly attempting to thwart your task progress as they thirst for the Polymorphic Plasma on the planet, but you're also attempting to dodge incoming fire from your own teammates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dq0-ZQC080 Ziplines can only be used by one teammate at a time, so if more than one person attempts to leap on to one, they'll fall to an untimely--but pretty funny--death. Weapons can be overcharged to deal greater damage with special effects or elemental shots, but they can also cause your entire trio to fly backwards comically as someone accidentally electrifies the body of water you're all standing in. While the premise is simple--get i…