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call me a btch, but when your game is so brutal that the player can't even pass the tutorial, then imo it's going overboard. maybe somebody with more hair on their teeth will enjoy this game, but it's absolutely not enjoyable for me. watch me fail to even pass the tutorial if you want: https://youtu.be/SsO7FC4NjJ4?si=p4hNe-a6trf0s2zV&t=604

The protagonist's bald head distracted me from gameplay but overall it's a solid game

Pretty cool little shoot em up. Some power ups are more fun to use than others, but the ones that do hit, hit hard. Being able to push your own deployables with the EShotgun like you can push enemies makes for fun combo moves. Game pace is pretty good once it gets going. Zipping from enemy to enemy to heal, while trying to pickup powerups and killing chaff is fun. The levels are challenging enough to keep you focussed, but not too hard that it gets frustrating. (completed in normal difficulty) All in all a bit short, but for the price I can't complain much.

Fast, not that hard and good looking low-poly game. Beside minor bugs, it is a solid game boxed into an unconventional scenario. PS: whoever decided to set "shooting" on RMB and "reload/enemy-stun" on LMB should go to hell

Really fun gunplay and very neat map design

This is definitely under-built jank, but it's also kind of fun even if it doesn't really earn its keep. You have left and right weapons, which are basically your normal gun with very limited ammo and a low-damage high-push shotgun on cooldown that fuels your normal gun ammo on enemy hits. There's a progression option that sounds like you can switch to unlimited ammo and damage shotgun (if you want the game to lose its feel/concept entirely). You have a dash on low cooldown, a consumable slot (pickups are single-use consumables from a set of five that you choose when you start your run), and your rage mode button (basically charged by kills and some effects). Enemies near death sometimes get marked for finishing (maybe due to killing while stunned), which you perform by dashing through them, replenishing some health and getting a moment of slowdown (but also an annoying zoom and shake you can't disable). The slowdown can give you a brief edge, but does not actually have you un-slowed, so watch the lengthened dash cooldown. Enemies come with three kinds of health segments, color coded. Red is normal, while blue and orange are protected and require an EMP (blue) or explosion (orange) to break and turn red so you can do damage normally. You build up charge for "rage" mode which both boosts you and ignores protected health, so that's another alternative. This mechanic can make fights interesting, but it can also annoy as you need specific consumables to drop just to damage some protected enemy. The movement is fast and feels janky with inertia like the floor is slippery, and the game feels zoomed in a bit too close, so everything is kinda fast, big, and in the way. Enemy behavior and variety are also pretty limited. So, the action is weak but there's an engaging amount of attention you need to jump through its hoops in frantic, messy fights with sloppy movement and no real mechanics besides keep ammo, break protection, and hit finishers. There are four runs you can choose from, plus (once unlocked) two difficulties, and the only other variation comes from picking your five consumable drops and gun/shooting mode. Scoring and leaderboards are present, but I don't think scoring here has any real interest, and achievements are simple tasks to finish the various run types, and don't add anything. This all leaves the game feeling quite narrow and limited, and not remotely in the area of the Ruiner or Kill Knight pedigree it claims even besides the basic design/quality gulf. For a very low price and with low expectations it's probably ok as a minor novelty, but I think it comes in rather a bit of an ask as is, and the obvious shill launch reviews don't help make a case for recommending, nor the poor tutorial (and demo) full of jank and typos. Maybe give it a chance on discount, but this is one where paying a little more for a better game is the better path for most players. [i]PS: the tutorial is poor, but if you die in the battle sections, you can restart where you are if you select "try again". If you leave, you have to start the tutorial all over again. You can't play the actual game without clearing the second tutorial example battle, even though that battle is the same as just playing, so it makes no sense to have it gatekeep just playing.[/i]

Big game with the bright future!

There’s a lot of shooting, explosions, and pure chaos, which makes the game really fun and intense. There are also plenty of different modifiers that keep things fresh and make every run feel a bit different. The game can be quite challenging at times, but that just makes winning even more satisfying. Definitely a great choice if you enjoy fast-paced and chaotic action.

From what I've played so far (not a lot, but still), the game is pretty fun. The game controls really well, the mechanics are pretty unique, but not too complicated or overwhelming, so it should be easy to pick up.