Crimsonland

Nostalgia in spades. Great basic top down twin stick shooter from back in the day. Classic but unless you have a specific thing for this, it'll feel pretty mindless and basic.

Never played the original, so I don't have nostalgia tainting my review. This is an extremely mediocre and bare bones top-down shooter that takes place in a tiny arena. Mobs spawn in, you kill them for xp and random weapon/powerup drops, and that's all there is to it. The arena itself never changes except for the background image, and even then only between boring dirt or colored dirt. As with similar top-down wave-based games, luck plays a slightly larger part in your success than skill; which perks you're presented when you level up or what weapons are dropped when you kill enemies are entirely randomized. You could get a piercing gauss rifle that kills everything between you and the edge of the map...or a blowtorch that requires you to hug the mobs (admittedly a high-damage hug). Comparing the price of this game vs the lack of content and the repetitive simplicity of the gameplay, it's simply not justifiable at full price unless you have a strong nostalgic attachment to the original. If you don't have that attachment, you really won't be missing out on much if you skip this.

Typical shooter, where more important is luck that skills, about 5 hours of play, after some times getting more monotone and boring.

I liked the shooting and the blood, can be a little repetitive though

I had this game back when Reflexive Interactive or whoever were the ones selling it. I was lucky and ran into it on accident right about when it was first released, and was there right up until the front news page stopped getting constant updates. Played this game way too much, it's a total blast. Now it's on GOG. Get it. Everyone I know disagrees on COD vs Battlefield and Starcraft vs Total Annihilation but they all love Crimsonland. Everyone. It's a universally fantastic game. Cannot go wrong. I got it within 5 minutes of seeing the store page because it is worth it, more so now it's from GOG. I repeat, you cannot go wrong with this purchase. Games should only be something you play and have fun, not graphics or audio or a few gimmicks. Having fun is what this game does best and is a universal 5/5 for all gamers.