Minimalistic shooter with a mechanic that’s very fun to play.
There is only one mode available. The game is the same whether you take it simple or go for the extreme difficulty. The idea is to simply eliminate every foe on the floor and then enter the elevator to the next floor and all the way to the top. There are no rewards for runs, and your success is determined only by how quickly you become acquainted with the game.
A run always begins in your room, where you pick up a gun with infinite ammo and enter the elevator. Other weapons, such as a sniper rifle and a shotgun, can be found throughout the floors, although they have limited ammo. On the other hand, they deal a lot of damage and require no reloading.
The gameplay is simply enjoyable and makes it like you’re in an action movie. Minimalistic art enhances the overall experience significantly. Everything appears to be made of basic shapes with no textures applied on top of them. It works quite well. To keep things interesting, the environments change after a few floors.
The first few take place in the garage, then on gangways outside, then atriums, and so on. Although floors aren’t randomly generated, they do appear in random order. There are some floors where time has stopped completely. People are trapped in time, and the stage layout appears to be telling a story. It also goes a bit weird towards the end.
Enemies are simple because they only exist in two varieties. There are melee guys and shooters. Melee guys have no brain and are easy to eliminate. You only need to wait at a safe location and kill them as they approach one after the other. Even though they're only faceless blobs, headshots are important in this game. Shooters, on the other hand, are where the unique mechanic comes into play.
When a bullet is close to killing you, time slow down. This offers you enough time to either shoot the bullet or dash out of the way. The time limit is extremely generous, allowing you to save yourself as long as you know where the bullet is coming from. You don’t want to dash straight into a bullet.
This does not suggest that you can simply stand in the middle of the room and shoot every bullet that comes your way. During a slowdown, your priority should be to deal with the hostile bullet. If you shoot at the enemy first, you'll almost certainly die.
