Starship Troopers: Extermination is building its way toward its 1.0 release in October, where it will also add a new single-player campaign. Thus far, players have been able to fight against wave after wave of Arachnids in the Mobile Entry, but this new single-player story will see the player embark on their own hero's journey. Starship Troopers: Extermination will also add Johnny Rico to the campaign, voiced by his original actor Casper Van Dien.
Game ZXC recently spoke with Casper Van Dien, as well as Starship Troopers: Extermination lead Peter Maurice (among others), about the game and its upcoming content. While Maurice understandably couldn't go into much detail, the whole campaign will revolve around the player as the hero of the experiences. NPC companions are there to add to that and so is now-General Johnny Rico, but they aren't just background characters either.
Casper Van Dien Says Starship Troopers: Extermination Is Just Like the Movies
Game ZXC chats with Johnny Rico actor Casper Van Dien about how Starship Troopers: Extermination is the most realistic adaptation of the film.
General Johnny Rico is There to Guide Players
Players will face off with the Arachnid threat in this single-player campaign, under the guidance of Rico. This makes sense because Johnny Rico is synonymous with Starship Troopers, and Maurice and the team at Offworld Industries are not skimping out on the amount of Johnny Rico either. When Maurice offhandedly mentioned that Van Dien had more lines in Extermination than in the first Starship Troopers movie, Van Dien was quick to hop in and clarify that:
"It’s more than I did in the first and the third movie put together, let’s be honest."
It'll be interesting to see how that exactly manifests, but that will no doubt go a long way in ensuring the game is faithful to the overarching franchise. In fact, that's one of the biggest goals at Offworld Industries. Every dev we spoke with is a big fan of the entire Starship Troopers franchise, the second movie included, and were constantly asking Van Dien about small details. He'd share, they'd add to the game, he said. It's very important to the team that Starship Troopers: Extermination is authentic to the franchise, and that all-around passion will no doubt go a long way as development continues.
Even though its October 1.0 release marks Starship Troopers: Extermination's exit from Early Access, fans should be aware that developers have no plans to stop work on the game anytime soon. What else comes remains to be seen, but there's plenty of stories left to be told in or outside Arachnid territory.
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Offworld Industries' Starship Troopers: Extermination is a co-op first-person shooter that is currently in early access on PC. Featuring multiple classes, customization, and base-building, Extermination drops 16 players in a war against the Arachnids, an overwhelming army of bugs.
