First Play: Watch us meet a neon death in Lone Ruin

Lone Ruin is the latest title in Super Rare Games’ new publishing line.

Usually known for publishing physical versions of pre-existing digital-only Switch games, Super Rare has recently started publishing entirely new games under its Super Rare Originals label.

The latest of these is Lone Ruin, a “spell-based roguelike twin-stick shooter with a focus on replayability”, which is currently available on Nintendo Switch and Steam.

We were keen to see what Lone Ruin had to offer, so you can see our first 13 minutes with the game in our First Play video above.

First Play is our returning video series designed to shed light on new and upcoming games that may be hovering underneath the radar but are no less worthy of your attention.

For each First Play video, we’ll run our capture unit, turn on our microphone and play each game for the very first time, meaning you get to experience them while we do.

To all intents and purposes, they will act like the initial stages of a review. If we see something like or dislike while we’re playing, we’ll call it out, and we’ll give a summary of our initial views at the end of the video.

Naturally, though, they shouldn’t be considered a definitive verdict on the game – they’re just a way for you to see what it has to offer.