Posted on: May 9, 2024

ChrisOzzie

Jeux: 784 Avis: 56

Superb Retro FPS, One of My Favorites

WH40K Boltgun has a lot going for it. It has an amazing arsenal of weapons. They all pack a punch, have amazing sound effects, and were balanced very well and remain useful throughout the entire game. TOGGLE SPRINT! it's a great feature that can be enabled in the settings. That way you can press and forget the sprint key. Then for the rest of the level you'll freely zip around and stomp with every step like RoboCop. Level design is great and I only got lost in one level. Some secrets are barely hidden, but most require a keen eye to spot. None of the levels were too long and never overstayed their welcome. Enemy variety is fantastic. There's tons of different creatures to fight. Some explode in one hit, but most pose quite a challenge. The bosses, in particular were designed super well and will obliterate the player if you're not careful. Unlike most of the boomer shooters I've played, Boltgun can get quite challenging. It took me quite a few tries to beat some of the bosses, and I only played on the hard setting. Some of the "Purges"/combat gauntlets can get super chaotic and it's fun as hell navigating these hectic fights and barely making it out alive. It'll be fun coming back to this on the highest difficulty. Also worth mentioning the music is damn good too. It meshes well with the atmosphere and will intensify when enemies swarm you. Dunno what else to say about Boltgun. I haven't had this much fun with a retro shooter since Amid Evil. Can't recommend it enough!

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Posted on: July 7, 2024

Xfailukoldunas

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Feels soulless.

I love retro style shooters*, but this one just falls flat for me. Feels like a soulless content and not something with coherent vision. Mimics a retro shooter, but doesn't even use retro figures for sprites - it uses modern pieces instead, which results in visual dissonance. Level design also is a bit lacking - easy to get lost during more frantic moments and there's no map which would make navigation way easier. Weapons aren't satisfactory to use - shotgun is one of be biggest culprits of this - just lacks the punch that you'd expect. Honestly, I enjoyed Prodeus way more than this one and I found that one similarly unsatisfying. *Altenatives: Cultic; Project Warlock; Fallen Aces; Wizordum; Turbo Overkill; Hellbound; Forgive Me Father.

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Posted on: January 1, 2025

SRn142

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It's bland

It does what you'd expect of a boomer shooter from the 90s, but doesn't add anything new or interesting into the mix. I'm just going to list cons since I didn't find anything about this game exceptionally praiseworthy. It does a lot of things well enough, but not in a way that makes them stand out. With that being said, here are the cons: - It would've been nice if we had more movement options - grappling hook, dash ability, etc. - I don't understand the logic of resetting the loadout to just a boltgun at the beginning of each chapter or even if you want to replay/restart the current level. - Certain sections like purges and key hunting are overused and don't improve the experience. - Enemies are bullet-spongey and not varied enough. - Level design is bland. - Some boss fights are borderline unfair, with bosses constantly summoning ads, making potshots against the boss the only viable strategy to defeat them or using a powerup if you're lucky. - Story is uninteresting and never captured my attention. It has a solid foundation, but the developers could've been more creative with the mechanics and level design.

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Posted on: December 28, 2023

Crazy_McGee

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Rip And Tear...For The Emperor?!?!

I recently wrote a revew on Blood West where I noted that the retro shooter renissance had begun to move past the likes of Dusk and Ion Fury into more complicated offerings (just as the 90s shooters had moved past Doom onto Duke Nukem 3D and finally into System Shock 2). This year has shown that, if the gameplay is fun and the price is right there is a place for both types of shooters to prosper. Having played Blood West - and loved it for what it was - I can say that it is refreshing to be able to turn on my Steam Deck and just turn off my pre-frontal cortex for a time while having some old-fashioned F-U-N playing Boltgun. The story is, as amazing as this is going to sound, a sequel to Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. You are a veteran of the Ultramarines, sent in to mop up the mess left behind after forces of Chaos decided to interrupt the 'little shindig' between the Orks and the Imperial Guard. Nothing complex to tell here; no grandstanding moral quandaries or introspection into the human soul. You are a Space Marine, purged of fear and doubt, ready to slay anything that goes against the will of the Emperor of Mankind. Promo material for Boltgun made it out to be some long-lost 90s shooter recovered and and re-released. While not true they weren't far off. The graphics are a chunky, pixelated type with a wide range of saturated colours. It's the sort of style that was post-Doom but pre-PS1 (so, think Sega Saturn). Environments are detailed and colourful, the enemies are easy to differentiate (with excellent attack animations), and the weapons...oh, the weapons. If you thought that the Doom remakes treated getting a new weapon like a religious experience, Boltgun definitely does - because in the 40K universe it IS. So then, why 4/5? Because, simply put, much as stealth shooters are not everyone's cup of tea, neither is a power fantasy shooter. No cover coupled with slow movement might not appeal to everyone. If you can get past that, Boltgun is a blast.

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Posted on: June 12, 2025

lkmiecik

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Woooaaaah Bolbgun

Technically and thematically a fun retro shooter. The guns feel varied and fun, same for the enemies. What I didn't know when buying this game though is that it's an arena shooter. Every level has multiple arenas that you get locked into and have to defeat waves of spawning enemies. It's pretty annoying to have cleared out an area with good cover just to have waves of enemies spawn right on top of you. Every level is like this - explore, get locked into an arena, clear it out, explore, locked into the next arena etc. Some people probably don't mind this, it's just not what I was expecting.

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