Necromunda: Hired Gun

Crazy difficult and too fast paced for an old person like me. Does have very good old Doom style map designs. But enemies are hard to hit bacause of rather small hit boxes. And they are just normal humanoids, so no horror or cool factor in the game for my taste :( Necro has the annoying screen shake effects, when ones char gets hit. Making it too difficult to see anything and hit them back. Which ruins shooter game for me as always. The game has the most annoying sound loop of shouting characters, I’ve ever heard. It’s driving me nuts :(

I made the mistake of ignoring this game because I saw the word 'mixed' on its steam page. Lesson learnt, you miss out on a lot more good games if you only follow popular opinion. This game is underrated to be honest. Yes, its not without flaws, such as the muddy graphics, the janky execution animation, and some bugs that happen rarely like clipping or slowdowns. But lets talk about the positives: FUN shooting, fleshed out weapon customization, rewarding skill tree, and superb art design. Going into more detail, the devs got the shooting right. Every weapon feels unique and satisfying to shoot. Whats more you can deeply customize weapon that really adds to the tactics. Make a weapon more accurate and give it a scope for long range, or make it more powerful and strip it of every other attachment. Even the cosmetics on the gun are pretty. There is a whole range of them, from pistols, to assaults, to plasma guns, to bolters (Yes bolters!). You may feel like the lack of space marines is negative, but the world building of warhammer 40K is there, and its nice to delve into these other factions and worlds. Speaking of world, the art direction is so good it makes up for the muddy graphics. The devs really paid attention to detail. Every corner i looked was unique. Yes, its a wasteland setting, but still awe-insipiring with all the statues and skull motifs. A lot of players complained of bullet sponges. There is a workaround. And for that you have to grind for loot but not a lot of grinding. I was lucky enough to get a good rare gun that carried me to the end of the game. The game is hard but only if you don't play it the way it is intended to. That means regular use of skills and your trusty hound which serves as a distraction and attack partner. People might be put off by this approach but there is still freedom to stealth or go blazing. I could go on on how unfair the reviews were, and I hope the devs continue making warhammer games.

Core gameplay is very solid, but the game feels undercooked. There some bugs and weirdness, but there are also a lot of systems feel like they weren't fully developed. Like you have all these different and completely unique player models to pick, with diferrent colors schemes and everything, but you only see your character for 5 seconds in like 2 cutscenes. There is also an NPC called the Artificer which has a gorgeous model, but his only purpose is to customize your weapons. But there is a terminal on the other side of the same room which lets you customize weapons AND set your loadout/buy consumables. Why?? Not the best but I honestly had a ton of fun with it and would 100% recommend if it's on sale and you have a tolerance for hardcore jank.

This game is supposed to be played on Hard or Oldschool. I made a mistake of starting to play on Normal, and, well, the game seemed very bland. But oh my, then I started a new game on Hard, how much did it change! And the music! The music in the game is simply breathtaking, dark W40K beats meet Doom metal gore! I liked looting and weapons customization aspect of the game a lot, it feels just right, the only complaint I have, I would like to see in future some unique weapon blueprints (right now all weapons I find have a common blueprint that can be configured, e.g. Blazing Sun +3 blueprint).

This is one of the best looter-shooter FPS games I've ever played! The jank just makes it better! Unlike Rage2, I don't have to drive anywhere. I just go and kill with my awesome powers. Just like DOOM, I shoot a lot! The guns are just better here! Just like Borderlands, you consistently get better guns. And I get to customize them to fit my style! Very good game! Well worth the $8 (+ whatever Cosmetic DLC to support the creators). (Art pack DLC is bullshit and should be in the nonexistent manual; hence why I didn't buy it).