3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
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About
While Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison earned her codename defusing bombs for the Global Defense Force, when evil transhumanist mastermind Dr. Jadus Heskel unleashes the members of his cybernetic cult onto the streets of Neo D.C., she knows it's time to start causing explosions instead of preventing them.
Her quest to slay Heskel leaves a trail of carnage throughout huge, multi-path levels filled with gigantic explosions, more secret areas than we can count, and inhuman foes behind every corner. There's no regenerating health here; stop taking cover and start running and gunning.
Shelly's crusade to take down Heskel's army will see her leave destruction in her wake with a wide arsenal of weapons, complete with alternate fire modes and different ammo types. Her signature revolver, the tri-barreled Loverboy, brings enemies pain and players pleasure with both single shots and Old West-style hammer fanning action. Who needs a regular shotgun when you can load buckshot into your grenade launcher? Violent, over-the-top Bowling Bombs rip enemies apart with ease.
Ion Fury laughs at the idea of mandatory checkpoints and straight paths through shooting galleries. But, just because this is a true old-school first-person shooter doesn't mean we've ignored all the good new stuff the last two decades have brought. Headshots? Hell yeah. More physics and interactivity? You betcha. Widescreen, controller support, and auto saves? 3D Realms and Voidpoint have taken the best of both worlds and cooked it all into a bloody stew.
New to Ion Fury? Get Ion Fury + Aftershock for the complete experience.
Already own Ion Fury? Pick up Ion Fury: Aftershock for a full second campaign plus Arrange Mode, a mirror-world remix of the original campaign that integrates Aftershock’s new enemies, items, and weapons while reworking map progression, item placement, and enemy encounters.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $9.99−60% | 6.8Kreviews | 93% | — | $1.3M |
| $6.24−75% | 1.1Kratings | 91% | — | not modelled |
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The sheer scope of this game is impressive. Level after level, secret after secret, new twists on gameplay mechanics even when you're deeper into the game. This is one of the best of the modern boomer shooters, and it pushes the Build Engine to its limits. Sometimes it gets to be too much, the level design too nonsensical, and the hordes of enemies too punishing, but you can't fault them for being ambitious. For the most part it works. The higher difficulties can be very challenging. You'll find yourself playing it more like a survival horror game than a straight FPS game as you conserve your health and ammo to make it through alive. Also, Iron Maiden are terrible people for suing this indie developer and not allowing them to use the original intended title of "Ion Maiden".
Years later and I can confirm, this is one of the best "boomer shooters" and is up there with the classics. It feels like a real step forward for the FPS design of the '90s without all the baggage the genre would later accrue. Great shooting, great weapons, and great level design, make this a fantastic time. My only negatives would be that some of the levels are not as fun as others, but the positives more than make up for it and the Aftershock DLC is excellent from back to front. If you like the genre, you need to play it. It's still one of the best.
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Between this and Warhammer 40K Boltgun, both are homages to classic FPS game like Quake and Doom. Whereas we have gotten used to shooters like CoD, and such with big graphics and somewhat challenging gameplay Ion Fury has really brought me back to the classics. Hidden secrets around the map, fast-draw of weapons on enemies that can come through a wall or after you find another door somewhere. Finding health packs you passed to stay alive, searching for ammunition and of course the key cars to enter the next level Graphically the game is quite stunning, even as an old shooter which is intentional. It's the gameplay which is vital here, and like Boltgun and older FPS games it does not disappoint. I bought it on the recent sale, but it is worth full price.
Not a BAD game, but an overall 5-6/10 experience so far. I originally played a couple hours on Switch and gave up, I think on a level where there were fissures in the ground and government offices. This time on Steam Deck I didn't even make it passed the... uh... like, factory and sewers? I think the second area. The visuals and gunplay are great, but the level design is atrocious and really makes it a chore to run around the levels looking where to go next. Might also be all of the visual noise in central areas.
Не смог понять куда двигаться дальше прямо на второй локации. Всё излазил, всё проверил. А в начале игра очень понравилась. Зачем вы так?
the fact that this is in the build engine is pretty big, it's just another shooter tho if you like collecting these types of games here's definitely is one of those pieces that will be locked on a display case once you're done with it.
Thoroughly enjoyed the game, I have no real complaints that I can really think of. If you're a fan of fast paced fps, you'll enjoy it
Amazing boom shoot! Highly recommend this and it's expansion!
é un ritorno al primo Duke nuken, non ci sono altre cose d'aggiungere. è bello sei sei amante dei Boomer Shooter
Has lots of potential playtime in it. Doing everything on the hardest difficulty was more fun than i expected (definitely do not play the 1st playthrough on the hardest).
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