Immortal Redneck

Fast paced, easy to learn, hard to master, non stop action. Awesome game! Tons of different guns, lots of different playstyles.

I needed about 50 hours to complete the game. I'm not a pro, and in the beginning my plan was to play it as far as I can, have a good time, and then move on. And I died over and over, wondering how anybody can beat the first pyramid, not to mention the next two. But slow and steady I bought more and more skills, starting with the gold pickup optimization, moving on to health and defence and so on. When I beat my first pyramid after about 30 hours or so, I was so proud. Should I stop? No, I wanted to keep going. And in another 20 hours I had maxed out my skill tree, I flew through the levels, nothing could stop me, and I made it and beat the final boss without sweating. If I can do it as an average player, then you can too! As an honourable mention I want to praise the movement and the gun play. It's both top notch, it feels just perfect. So if you don't mind dying over and over, and keep repeating the same rooms, with slightly different enemies all the time, you will have a blast! But if you never liked Rogue Likes or Rogue Lites, stay away. This game won't convince you otherwise. I for myself had a fantastic time.

*Game received for free TL;DR: The game is not incredibly unique and certainly has its issues, most notably the RNG, but when it works, it works; I certainly enjoyed my time with it. Immortal Redneck is a rogue-like arena shooter in the vein of Ziggurat. The aim is to get to the tops of several randomly generated pyramids, filled with various traps and enemies, by dashing, jumping and most importantly shooting your way through. When you inevitably die in this pursuit, you respawn outside, where you are given the chance to spend your accumulated gold on upgrades, new divine favours (classes), or boosts for your next go-around. The good: + Classes are simple and clear, and generally offer a unique enough spin on the same run-and-gun gameplay. +Environments and visuals are nice to look at. +The game has a nice variety of guns, ranging from basic pistols and shotguns to ancient Egyptian laser guns. The bad: - Most classes have decent or at least fun active abilities, but one or two -looking at you, Ammit- feel incredibly lacklustre. - Despite their variety none of the guns feel especially powerful, be it through lacking stats or lacking sound design. - You can come across random upgrades in the pyramids, which can be either fun (e.g.: chance to turn enemies into chickens) or incredibly frustrating (e.g.: you can't swap weapons until you completely run out of ammo), as a bad effect can completely derail your run. When the game allows you to play it, and you're zipping around the room, dodging and shooting enemies left and right, it's very fun. But when you're stuck with bad-to-mediocre weapons or some negative effect has you hobbled, it becomes an exercise in frustration. I did enjoy the majority of the game, but the game did not always make it easy.

Completed all 3 pyramids in 28 hours or so. I couldn't believe how polished and fun this game is. Very well optimised (as I completed it on a 2013 macbook pro). At first I thought Ziggurat was better but after playing for some time and unlocking all the gods ( Hathor - Goddess of Mining is my absolute favorite) I've enjoyed it much more. Took me around 12-13 hours to complete the first pyramid and when I thought the game was finished another brand new pyramid with different style and monsters appeared. I am so happy I got this game. Give it some time and possibly you will fall in love as well. The ending was so funny, lol. I think this game would benefit from having several difficulty levels, like Ziggurat, But even though there is only one difficulty it's an amazing game!

It might have been alright if not being so stock within the engine. We've all played asset flips that feel like this. Not calling this entirely an asset flip. The models and setting have some original textures and models, and some obvious thought put in. The gameplay, however, is mediocre at best, floaty at worst, and just plain not good. Would not have bought or played it had I not gotten it for free. Its a simple rouge-like FPS, with not much going on for gameplay. May play a bit more to see if I'm missing anything. Based on the positive reviews and GOG advertising this game to me, I hope to find something I like. At the moment, it feels like half of a Unity asset flip.