Gun Ugly

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Every time you think it can't get any more ridiculous - it does just that. This game has much more to it than you would think from the screenshots. If the humor in the screenshots and fast paced movement shooters are something you are into - it's definitely worth the price!

A fun off-the-wall game (Sort of Jazzpunk + Serious Sam if you need points of reference) that manages to be a decent sort of old-school FPS as well as a decently funny game. The gameplay isn't particularly deep, but the random weapon swap (a bar counts down to your swap once you start firing) keeps you experimenting and using guns that would normally be tossed aside for a standard machinegun/shotgun pairing. The Slide-kick is gratifying and becomes incredibly useful for some of the harder areas once you learn to use it right. The difficulty is kind of all over the place. Mostly a decent balance where keeping quick and aggressive works, though there were significant spikes and once particular perspective shift that makes a certain section much harder than it would otherwise be. Not every joke lands, but I suppose that's somewhat expected for a Mel Brooks style "Try everything you can think of and see what works" style of comedy. The throw away gags that NPCs in levels say and the goofy mission objectives/descriptions managed to get chuckles consistently, and some of the late-game plot made me smirk and laugh from time to time. Gun Ugly runs about 2-3 hours depending on difficulty/skill and is well worth the $5 it runs when not on sale. Twenty is certainly plenty.