We're excited to detail the four classes of Toxic Commando in today's blog! Let’s dive in!

First, to clear up a frequent question: the character you choose is independent of the four classes. This means you are free to pick your favorite character and assign them to any class you wish.

You can level up classes all the way to 40. You earn XP for a class by playing missions; harder missions give you more XP. Each class has its own unique Special Ability and skill tree. The skills are separated by tiers, determining their power. Of course, the strongest skills will require progress further in the skill tree, and will necessitate more Skill Points to unlock. On levels 5, 10 and 15, you’ll unlock a new variation for your Special Ability.
As mentioned, to unlock a new skill for a class, you’ll need to spend “skill points”. You’ll get some by leveling up your class, but you can also find these special “Sludge Seeds” during a mission, that’s why exploring is important! 

For example, here’s the Strike’s skill tree:

The Strike is the bane of the zombies. This class is focused on dealing massive damage and rapidly eliminating large groups of enemies with its signature ability, the Fireball. This powerful projectile deals massive AoE damage, and it can be upgraded with the skill points you’ll collect in missions. For example, you can modify the projectile type, increase the size of the AoE explosion, or set enemies on fire.

The Strike class can carry way more ammo and grenades than the others, so go ahead and blast every zombie you spot! Plus, they reload faster and their melee attacks can set enemies on fire with the right perks. 

The Medic is, as implied, the class that is centered around keeping the squad alive. Its ability, the Healing Aura, restores HP over time to nearby allies. When upgraded, the Healing Aura can become a healing projectile to restore health from afar, or on the contrary you can decide to change it to a short-range healing burst that heals 100% of permanent health to all allies close.

The Medic can pick perks to carry more Medical Gear items than other classes, and have stronger Medkits. You can also pick a skill to self-revive when incapacitated, which can be clutch in tense moments. You can also opt for a more aggressive approach and select a skill that makes your healing ability deal damage to enemies within its radius. In short, the Medic is a key member of any squad!

The Swiss Army knife of the squad. The Operator controls an allied drone that can engage in combat and assist in various ways. By progressing in the class’ skill tree, you’ll be able to change the drone’s projectile to incendiary shells, piercing lasers or EMP-charged projectiles that deal AoE damage. In addition to these offensive upgrades, the drone can also be used to help incapacitated allies recover, fix vehicles and generators, and even release the Operator from Revival Pods.

The Operator is also the vehicle specialist, as a lot of its class skills revolve around vehicles. While driving, the Operator’s vehicle takes less damage, reduces its fuel consumption and automatically restores the vehicle's HP (but consumes more gasoline!).

The Defender is the tank of the squad: taking the damage to help their allies to survive. Its special skill deploys a dome-shaped barrier that blocks ranged attacks from enemies, and damages the zombies entering it. When upgraded, the Defender can choose to have the ability to deploy 3 smaller barriers simultaneously, to have a barrier that deals even more damage to enemies inside or to have a mobile barrier that moves with the Defender.

As the frontline specialist, the Defender class excels at absorbing damage and counter-attacking. Their perks are designed for durability, offering increased HP and damage resistance. Additionally, they are equipped to sustain the fight longer by carrying extra grenades and ammunition.

That’s it for this blog! We hope it helped to understand the core gameplay of each class. Don’t hesitate to ask us questions here or on our Discord server[discord.gg], we’ll be happy to answer!

The trailer introduces the highly trained  (and incidentally cheapest) team of mercenaries  you’ll be cleaning the zombie mess as in this 4-player co-op action survival shooter, taking on multiple missions through a semi-open world infested with Sabers hellish Swarm technology, sending endless, simultaneous waves of mutated monstrosities straight at your face.

Luckily, you’ll have the wheels of a slime-proof line-up of badass rides to smash them under and navigate this hellscape. Expect a lethal set of 16 primary weapon types and all kinds of secondary weapons that will have you blow up zombie heads manically, from shotguns, SMGs, sniper rifles to pistols, machetes and crowbars.

With 4 classes to choose from, manage your own kickass abilities as Strike, Medic, Operator or Defender. Tag team with up to 3 buddies using matchmaking or a private lobby with friends–full crossplay!

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando gets a first playable demo, live from February 19 to March 2 on Steam. So, ready your go-to carnage-minded buddies and see how good it gets to blow up endless hordes of zombies that want to eat your face !

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando will come in two editions—the Standard Edition and the Blood Edition, both available for pre-orders now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Epic Games Store and Steam. Pre-orders of any edition grant the Leon’s Secret Stash DLC for free.

On top of the base game, the Blood Edition includes the Bloody Pass, featuring:

• 2 post-launch DLCs including unique skins for characters, weapons, and vehicles to make sure you are the most fashionable crew of the apocalypse  

• a Cosmetic Pack Gold Color for weapons + a charm for your weapon + 1 skin per character

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