Also similarly to NieR, Enter the Gungeon courts a devoted and supportive fandom full of esoteric memes, whose members are probably already lusting for the included exclusive Shotgun Kin character skin (and may even feel stabbed in the wallet for having to re-purchase a whole game to acquire it). In certain respects, this package recalls the NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition, in the sense that it’s a slightly older game presented with all its eventual trimmings and some premium pack-ins. Each of these content drops brought new encounters, items, weapons, and some obtuse but rewarding secrets only available to Gungeon veterans it’s interesting how a fresh install of the game has an almost innocent quality, the adorable aesthetic seemingly disguising the hundreds of hours of content within. Additionally, the relentless motif of firearms - heady subject matter in 2019, as ever - never once grows stale or even creeps into bad taste, and the vast cache of weapons include everything from the absurd/somewhat-unhelpful (a gun which fires guns which fire bullets, a literal pea-shooter which shoots peas) to the pop-culture-worshipful (an NES Zapper which fires a Duck Hunt duck at the end of a clip) to the surprisingly OP (the trusty melee weapon to rule over the rest: a projectile-reflecting baseball bat named Casey).Īfter launch, Dodge Roll returned to Enter the Gungeon with thoughtful and meaty updates, and their last one, “A Farewell to Arms,” was especially thorough. Players take on the role of a Gungeoneer, outcasts risking their fate in search of the Gungeon’s most valuable treasure, a gun which can kill a person’s past this amounts to their mistakes and regrets, apparently, but to burrow any further into these details would probably be a spoiler. There’s always a slightly goofy or snarky tone, with cute characters and hilarious animations, but the script and lore can also be surprisingly somber at times it’s a thoughtful combination which works well. ![]() Related: A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher Switch Review - Divide and ConquerĪ rambunctious pixelated visual design surrounds a genuinely solid and attentive story steeped in mystery, which provides some stakes to repeat play-sessions.
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