I almost died. Health is basically 0. I need help. So I walked past the demon dog and into the dark, sinister bathroom. I quickly knock on the lonely stall inside. I hear a creaking sound and an opening… I hear something inside and a soda can rolls out. But I don’t drink it, I gamble and knock again. And once again it gets me a soda roll. I don’t press my luck and go back to the aforementioned evil dog and give him one of my sodas. It allows you to guzzle it and in return reload your weapon faster.
After that, it’s right back to the action of running for your life through a pixelated, burning apartment while fighting cultists using a revolver, melee items, and your feet. It’s all very strange, but also explosive. I keep coming back to play more. cruelEven though they keep dying.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen the rise of the boomer shooter subgenre of FPS games. same things cultic, twilight, fashion policeand 40K bolt gun Everyone looks old sniper Although they started out in the ’90s, they often leverage new technologies and decades of game design to create shooters that feel retro yet fresh. The latest boomer shooting game that caught my attention with its fast-paced roguelike action is cruelAvailable now on Steam.
in cruelYou play as a person trapped in a building with every floor burning. Like any good 90s FPS character, he’s always running, which in this case helps because he dies quickly if he catches fire. Each floor of the building is filled with cultists, evil ghosts, and soda machines. You can get healing from this machine if you need it, and you can also use soda to upgrade your character between floors.
And these upgrades are necessary because each floor becomes increasingly more difficult and new enemies appear with better weapons. And if you drink all your soda, you can always gamble in the bathroom and hope that the evil monster there doesn’t give you your soda and scare you or kill you right where you’re standing. Like I said, it’s a strange experience.
but cruel The weird setting isn’t what brings me back to the game’s death after I die. Instead, the game’s crisp, responsive, retro-inspired FPS combat. The gunshots are loud. Get the perfect headshot and the enemies explode. And one mistake can end a perfect run. Then again, if you use all the tools cruel It offers slides, kicks, melee weapons, and more, allowing you to often get out of bad situations on the fly.
cruel I remember last year Feet of FuryBut it has better combat and a crunchier, boomer-shooter-inspired aesthetic. The soundtrack is very good to boot. Oh, and if you click the reload button when your gun is full of ammo, your character will flip the gun over in the area. 10 out of 10. I really like it!
Less than 400MB for $10, cruel is the perfect bite-sized FPS to kick off the new year. Don’t gamble too much in the bathroom. Trust me.
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