In a world full of games based on Love Hammer 40,000I really wonder if we need more. Many of them are forgotten or bland. But then, it’s often one of those war hammer video games It cuts through the noise, grabs my attention, and reminds me that, yes, this IP can still make great games. This time it is a retro-inspired first-person shooter Warhammer 40000: Boltgun.
released tuesday, Boltgen is another “Boomer ShooterIt’s also known as an FPS designed to look, sound, and play like something out of the 90s with pixelated graphics, 2D sprites, and low-poly environments. These types of Old school shooters Owns It became very popular In recent years, and when done correctly They can be a nice deviation from the more realistic, usually slower shooters that have dominated the market for a long time. thanks to God Warhammer 40000: Boltgun He grips the Retro Shooter mod like a space trooper blasting a heretic in the head from 200 yards away with a plasma gun.
Boltgen Crunchy and retro in all the right ways, the sliders let you make the game more or less pixelated or modern-looking. You can, for example, turn off some of the amazing lighting effects and reduce the resolution to create a very early ’90s shooter feel, or turn all of those things on and have something more like a late PS1-era shooter. Poorly done, old-school pixelated visuals can make it hard to parse what’s going on at a glance, ruining a fast-paced shooter built on quick decision-making. Boltgen Don’t fall into this trap, because it’s easy to identify and locate enemies in a split second during the game’s handcrafted levels.
Boltgen He has a deadly and fun arsenal
Old visuals and pixelated sprites alone don’t make for an old school shooter. You need the combat to feel chunky and deadly, not heavy or slow. and again, Boltgen It delivers, offering an impressive array of weapons that all feel powerful and satisfying to use. Like a chainsaw sword. This thing can lock onto an enemy and catapult your space sailor at them, allowing you to shred them into bloody pieces.
I also really appreciate that the first gun you get, the titular gun aka the revolver shotgun, isn’t a sad and boring shooter that’s only useful when you’re running out of ammo. Instead, the Pistol is a deadly powerful assault rifle that can clear hallways filled with demons or heretical soldiers in a matter of seconds. You can argue with the gun very good, Which makes it easy to never switch to other weapons. But that argument dies the moment you grab the heavy latch and rip giant enemies apart in seconds as if they were made of flimsy (albeit unholy) paper.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that the gun in this game is one of the best I’ve used in one of the so-called shooters, with good spread, a solid blast and a great sound every time I pulled the trigger.
Modern features blend perfectly with old school gameplay
while Warhammer 40K: Boltgun It is clearly inspired by shooters like earthquake deathAnd And bloodIt also borrows some little bits from modern shooters to help make this a retro FPS that everyone can enjoy. You don’t need to be an expert in these types of games to have fun and make progress Boltgen Because it allows you to save anywhere and packs each area with plenty of health and armor items, so even less experienced players can access them. But the difficulty crank and Boltgen Luckily kick your ass across the room.
Boltgen It skips the plain old model a bit by letting you run and cover on ledges and boxes in a very similar fashion death (2016) or dying light. At first, this worried me. Will there be annoying platforming sections? But this is not the case. instead of, Boltgen It uses these state-of-the-art mechanics to make larger areas more fun to fight in and hide secrets in out-of-the-way places.
Boltgen It tends to throw you into far too many ambushes that force you to kill everything in order to progress. These can be fun and exciting because the combat in the game is very, very good. But they can also happen more frequently, and after a while, they start to feel like extra padding to make the levels last a little longer. I was also disappointed with the speed with which the large open spaces in the early levels were replaced by hallways and hallways. It was still fun to explore and fight in these areas, but it started to turn arduous at times as I got lost and had to retreat to escape or get more health and ammo in the same looking rooms and tunnels.
However, even when I lost or got stuck fighting waves of demons back in a large ambush arena, I was having a good time mowing down the bad guys with BoltgenThey are powerful and satisfying weapons. If you can make it through a few ambushes and hyper lanes, you’ll be rewarded with one of Best shooters for 2023 And one of my favorite games so far this year. Now to check online to see how much war hammer games It was announced in the time it took me to write this article.
Warhammer 40000: Boltgun Available now on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC.
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