


Under normal circumstances you'd be able to take your time and sneak around, but Teardown is anything but normal. In one particular mission, the player is tasked with recovering a number of GPS devices spread throughout a local marina. They can make you a very rich man, or they can bring you down with the swing of a gavel or a hammer. A few jobs later, you'll find yourself in a delicate balancing act between crooked cops, shady politicians, and greedy business owners. Working out of a less than glamorous warehouse, struggling to make ends meet, the time comes to start looking for opportunity in less than legal places. Without revealing spoilers, the campaign revolves around a demolition company that has fallen on rather hard times. Put on your hardhats, grab your explosives and sledgehammers, and lets get into Teardown. Today I'd like to talk a bit about my experience with the game, namely centered around one early campaign mission and then just playing around with the nearly infinite possibilities the game offers. It's grown quite a bit since the first time I've seen it, and now in Steam Early Access it even has itself a fun campaign, a robust sandbox mode, and even the tools for players to design their own playgrounds of destruction if they so wish. But, it's a game built entirely around destructible voxels making it an absolute playground of chaos. At the time it was a fairly simple heist game with an emphasis on getting the goods and getting out as quickly as possible. I first caught wind of Tuxedo Labs' Teardown months ago on social media and was impressed by the premise. Among the ranks though, hides a game that proves that good things come in small, destructive, and absolutely hell raising packages. From large titles to hidden gems, 2020 has been rolling out the hits to thunderous applause. But it hasn't all been bad, in fact many silver linings can be found right here within the game industry. As we fly through the vastness of space, everything seems to be coming unraveled on our little sphere of existence and we're just along for the ride. I don't know about you, but 2020 has felt like the universe is on a warpath against humanity.
