Sweezy Gunner

Very fun bullet hell game, but once I got to the 60% or so mark, the game picked up the habit of crashing out to the desktop. This caused me to lose progress and ended up making me drop the game once more.

I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of you. In fact, I may have played this game for only a day or two. That being said, after doing so, I had a new joy and hope for life. I managed to leave behind the pain and suffering that had been thrust upon me. I could experience the joy and happiness of other people. I relaxed for 5 ♥♥♥♥ minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay. After realizing this, I turned off the game and went back to work. My hand hurt a lot, but I was motivated. I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and became the father I needed to be at that moment, not the weak boy I was behaving like. Today, I am close friends with the mother of my children. We don't fight, argue, or say hurtful things to each other. We are parents and friends. Now I have 3 children. My third child is, wait, ALSO 4 YEARS OLD. The woman I am with was going through a very similar situation at the time of my separation, and we just unexpectedly stumbled into each other's lives. We have been dating for a year and are very happy together. Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today. This silly little game helped me realize that. Thank you.

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Game is glitchy at times, lacks most useful options (the ability to toggle windowed mode, for example), controls poorly with an inability to remap controls or use a controller, and has other issues that really should have never made it into the public release. Now that the game has been abandoned for years and quite literally no one plays it (according to SteamCharts), I expect that these issues will never be resolved. Additionally, several of the achievements are locked behind a challenge mode. I quite enjoy many indie game's challenge modes (I have most of the no-death achievements for Super Meat Boy; S rank sanctuary for Cave Story; close to beating VVVVVV no-death mode, etc). However, I can say this game's controls are nowhere near tight enough (you get stuck on walls, for example) and the RNG is far too random to ever justify the addition of such a mode. It ends up being far more infuriating than fun. This mode was added while all the issues I stated above were ignored entirely, and is consequently hurt by the fact these issues with the core mechanics were never resolved. Despite these complaints, I'm still giving the game a good/yes recommendation because the base game is pretty good, if a bit grindy and repetitive at times. The challenge mode has flaws but is still fun enough to keep your attention. The graphics are beautiful and the music is pretty catchy (especially the boss theme). And the game is only $4 (even cheaper if on sale or obtained through a bundle). Plus, the game was made by a very small team (mostly one guy, if I understand correctly) and it seems to be his first (public) attempt at making a game. I'd be interested in trying some of his more recent games, as I bet they improve upon most of the aspects I'm complaining about. Taking these aspects into account, honestly, the game is insanely impressive and it's a shame it never grew to the same extent that many other indie games have. Overall, I'd recommend it. But (especially if you're a completionist), beware that the challenge mode is a real slog and often not a fun one at that. All other aspects have a few flaws but are more than good enough to kill some time when you're bored. A great amount of content for the price, and relatively good quality, too.

I'm loving it! I just defeated my first boss!! When I first started the game I thought that it was somehow easy. Oh, I was so wrong. Improvements to the fire power and fire rate makes it super interesting and makes you want to collect more gold to buy those improvements. A wide variety of bonuses can be dropped by enemies, and makes the game more fun! Many different monsters and challenging stages. I can't wait to discover more! Super recommend!

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I enjoyed this game. It's a fun little shoot'em up with metroidvania vibes and pretty casual bullet hell. Yeah, it has it's flaws (like you can't get into the settings menu when you already started playing to adjust stuff) and sometimes can be grindy and repetitive, but anyways - it's a fun little time killer, so I'll forgive all that. Why the negativity then? I was playing for couple of hours straight. Got to the desert area and the game crashed. I've restarted. Guess what? Game restored to a state before killing first boss. No achievements, no unlocks, no purchases. So, yeah... Bugs.