Ion Fury

Out of all the Retro FPS games that came out in recent years ( Dusk, Prodeus, Hedon, Project Warlock, so on and so forth), Ion Fury is the one that looks and sound the best. Not necessarily the best in terms of gameplay, but the presentation is out of this world and it truly feels like a game that captures the 90s essence. Using the build engine( the very same that was used for Duke 3d, Blood and SW back in the day) played in my opinion a huge part in this. The soundtrack is also stellar and has a lot of diversity. I said the gameplay is not the best necessarily but make no mistake, Ion Fury is very solid and satisfying, with excellent gunplay and fast movement. There's just one problem that I hope the team can solve in the dlc: the enemy AI. For some reason, the enemies can't stop getting stuck to the walls, which makes them kinda helpless and not very dangerous. You'll notice this immediately in Maximum Fury, where the enemy speed is augmented ( leading to even more wall hugging). There are other smaller issues ( like the spiders being way too quiet imho), but the wall hugging is the biggest, as it truly makes the enemies way easier than they should be. Overall, this game is a solid 8/10. With a couple of extra guns and smarter enemies, it'd be an easy 9

Bit overrated, honestly. Level design is interesting, the music is pretty good, and the nods to 90s FPS games are fun, but it doesn't feel particularly good to play. Weapon reloads are too common, and are especially inconvenient when dealing with enemy swarms. Weapons feel weak and lack punch, and resources are too scarce for my tastes. Plus, the writing is bad. Like, I get that that's the point, but it isn't even funny bad, a lot of lines are very cringe worthy.

I've had my eye on this game for a while and played a good chunk of it, through another store, before changing to get it on GoG for no DRM. Along with many others, apparently, I was dissapointed to hear a future classic marred by the outrage mob and upon hearing that it would not be censored I decided to jump in and enjoy this modern marvel of game. How this dev team made these maps in the build engine is beyond me and I'm happy to buy it.

Just think Postal 2 and keep true to yourself Ion Maiden :)

My favorite games were Build Engine games, and this is a pretty strong successor to the legendary likes of Duke3d and Shadow Warrior. I feel like the aiming on all axis didn't translate into this one as well as it did in stuff like Brutal Doom, but its still very good. The game will help you with distant shots but you really want to experience a build engine game by charging right in. It has lots of the nice little quirks in the environment you can interact with (FLUSH THE TOILET, TURN ON THE LIGHT SWITCH), but it feels like there are some missed opportunities to hide secrets on some items. Speaking of secrets, there are LOADS, and I'm usually really anal about tracking them all down, but in Ion fury I eventually gave up and moved on, but the game is nice enough to tell you if you are missing anything before reaching a point of no return. All in all, a very good game, and I hope to see more cool Build Engine work from the teams!