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Samson: A Tyndalston Story Launches in PC Early Access at $24.99 With Early Reports of Bugs

Liquid Swords presents a lower-cost, story-first brawler that steers away from GTA-scale ambition.

Overview

  • Samson: A Tyndalston Story, which launched Wednesday on Steam and the Epic Games Store, is priced at $24.99 and does not include microtransactions.
  • Early hands-on reports describe clunky melee combat with input lag, frequent mission-stopping bugs, and sharp frame-rate drops during effects-heavy moments.
  • The debut comes from Liquid Swords, led by Just Cause co-creator Christofer Sundberg, with a small team that cut planned gunplay and deeper RPG systems during development.
  • The game focuses on close-quarters fighting, high-impact car chases, and a daily debt loop where the protagonist takes jobs under pressure tied to his sister.
  • Developers stress Samson is not a GTA-style sandbox and say some publishers passed due to “GTA fear,” with console versions planned after the PC Early Access phase.