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5 (4) 4 (2) 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 (0) 4.1 starsAverage score of 8 user reviews
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Let off some steam (and missiles and grenades and air strikes and lasers and exploding rotisserie chickens), Bennett 0
Most people would say that Broforce's strength lies in it's fusion of Metal Slug style run-and-gun with the sheer chaos that comes from its constant chain reactions of gigantic explosions and destructible terrain along with the huge, diverse cast of characters, each equipped with unique and completely over-the-top firepower.They may also say that the equally huge and diverse cast of enemies allows for interesting encounters, especially as the enemies grow more and more ridiculous alongside the p...
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A little soft 0
The big additions in Hard Reset Redux from the initial 2011 release are readjusted enemy spawns and damage, infinite sprinting, quick dashes, and a katana.The new enemy spawns and stats are much easier than before. Enemies as a whole hit softer and have less health, and many of the encounters have less going on (though there are a lot more flying enemies). "Insane" mode in Redux (the hardest difficulty before the beat-it-in-one-go Heroic mode) is probably the same difficulty as Hard in the origi...
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Demanding and Outstanding 0
Fights in BUTCHER regularly involve being outnumbered by enemies that can deal tons of damage in a single hit (if not kill you outright). Ammo, while plentiful, is just a little bit tighter than what many 2D shooter players are used to. Health and armor pickups are hard earned, and the highest difficulties take them out altogether, demanding a near-perfect playthrough on each level. And when you inevitably get blown into chunks of meat and steel, you're sent back to the start of the level - no c...
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Hotline Miami does Deus Ex 0
You play the titular Jydge (pronounced "judge" with a dystopian Y), a dreadful robotic cop sent in to rescue hostages, defuse bombs, and slaughter gang members across nineteen stages. On its surface, it's a twin stick shooter based around completing various objectives in seemingly small levels. But boy, is there more than a surface here.There are thirty-five player modifications, fourteen weapons, thirty weapon mods, and fifteen secondary weapons you can unlock. Each level seems small, but they'...
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Cybernetic fusion of RPG and visceral action 0
Most reviews will compare RUINER on its face to Hotline Miami: it's a tough, ultraviolent top down action game. But after you finish the tutorial, it becomes clear what it really is: a fast, stylish horde-based melee/shooter blend with ARPG-style leveling and talent trees. In its soul, it's Shadow Warrior.And what it absolutely isn't is a normal twin stick shooter. Enemies are very fast (most after a certain point will outright teleport), very aggressive, and have quite a bit of health and even...
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Earthbound by way of Trout Mask Replica. 0
Let's be clear: Though there is a good JRPG skeleton in here with innovative mechanics and it's a good deal more challenging than Space Funeral, the other "surreal vaguely-terrifying RPG" du jour, this still isn't a game you'd play for "fun" in a normal RPG sense. The plot is deliberately incoherent, with nearly every character speaking randomly generated senseless poetry. I beat it in about 3 hours, and that's from choosing to "grind." (I say that in quotes because there isn't XP or levels to s...
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Peter Pepper Packing Heat 0
Coming out of nowhere with no marketing that I'm aware of, Heavy Burger is a four-player local competitive game that takes the bullet-dumping dodge-rolling twin stick shooter antics of Enter The Gungeon with the endzone-driving pressure of Nidhogg and wraps it all in a celebratory orgy of Data East's 80s arcade catalog, creating a wonderfully chaotic game that perfectly targets a demographic of around zero people.Up to four Peter Peppers (human-controlled or bots) split into two teams and, armed...
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An old-school that's learned new tricks 0
It’s obvious to look at this and call it a nostalgia-soaked throwback like Dusk, Amid Evil, and any other of these new-old-school shooters. Of course, when you’ve got a game made on a 24-year-old engine, you’re probably at least half right. But Ion Fury is no old maiden.Ion takes the old-school idea and expands it into something that feels modern, but not “modern.” The maps are dense with loops, alternate paths, and far more secrets than any other shooter I can thin...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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