This quarter’s most anticipated indie brawler game has been Midnight Fight Express. Is it as good as it sounds? Let’s learn more about Midnight Fight Express in this article, including the release date, story, and gameplay. The plot of Midnight Fight Express is straightforward: you arrive in the city late at night and let your fists do all of the talking. Fight crime by taking on an entire criminal organization the night before a planned city takeover, and become a hero before the sun comes up.
You will be challenged to fight your way through the city “in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat,” in which you will battle across hand-crafted levels on foot or in various vehicles. You will be able to use various weapons, the environment, and more to defeat piles of enemies on your way to becoming the ultimate brawler. This will grant you the opportunity to unlock cosmetics, new moves, and weapons.
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Midnight Fight Express Release Date
After a long wait for new information, Midnight Fight Express has been given an August 23 release date, as announced at 2022’s Summer Game Fest. Along with the release date, a new trailer was released, and a playable demo is now available for download and play.
PS4/PS5
North America: Tuesday, August 23 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET
Europe: August 23 at 4 p.m. UTC/5 p.m. BST/6 p.m. CEST CEST
Oceania: Tuesday, August 24 at 2 a.m. AEST/4 a.m. NZST
Xbox and PC Game Pass
North America: Thursday, August 23 at 4:30 a.m. PT/7:30 a.m. ET
Europe: 11:30 a.m. UTC/12:30 p.m. BST/1:30 p.m. CEST
Oceania: Tuesday, August 23 at 9:30 p.m. AEST/11:30 p.m. NZST
Midnight Fight Express will be available on Xbox, Cloud, and PC versions of Game Pass at launch, as stated in the release dates. If you have a Game Pass subscription, you can now begin pre-loading the game.
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Midnight Fight Express Gameplay
Midnight Fight Express is a bloodthirsty brawler with a top-down, sometimes isometric camera perspective. You fight waves of enemies as if you were in an action movie in this game. With your devastating martial arts moves, punch, dodge, kick, counter, and deal finishers to countless enemies – every move mo-capped by motion artist and stunt actor Eric Jacobus. The player will be able to level up and power up along the way. A skill tree allows the player to learn new moves and develop their distinct fighting style. Chain combos together to become the ultimate hand-to-hand fighter.
You can always rely on reliable weapons like knives, axes, shotguns, and explosives if things get tough. The player will face a difficult challenge with a total of 41 hand-crafted levels. And if you finish all of the levels, well, the world is your oyster. Everything from your move set to the character’s wardrobe to the weapons and enemy types can be customized. The game includes a variety of difficulty modes to allow the player to enjoy the game in a variety of ways.
Midnight Fight Express is a single-player game with no co-op or PvP modes. The combat is primarily focused on melee weapons, but you will be able to interact with the environment and use it to your advantage to defeat the enemies. In addition, the game will include some chasing missions with vehicles, which will add variety to the gameplay.
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About the Midnight Fight Express Trailer
The new Midnight Fight Express trailer reveals more about how the game will play. If you haven’t been following Midnight Fight Express, it’s essentially the closest thing we’re going to get to a John Wick game, with brawling, shooting, parrying, and throwing enemies all shown off in the new footage. We also see a variety of different character creations, including one that resembled the Joker. If the new Midnight Fight Express trailer piqued your interest, you could now try it out for yourself, as a demo is now available on Steam.
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