-Quick Review-Guns of Icarus is a Team-based steampunk themed first-person shooting game, where you play as either an Engineer who repairs stuff, Gunner who shoots stuff, or a Pilot who directs your airship. Guns of Icarus Online was developed by Muse Games and released in 2012, Guns of Icarus Alliance was released in 2017 and added a PvE mode (previously Guns of Icarus was only PvP), and added in factions, and some new airships! -Detailed breakdown review-Story: When I played Guns of Icarus Online, I thought originally the story was simply “You’re living your best life as a Career Engineer/Gunner/Pilot who is fighting in a perpetual war” … Actually, the dev’s probably had some long explanation about a war which destroyed humanity and collections of civilization’s clustered together to build airships to take to the sky and battle for dominance… because after all human beings are nothing, if not predictably self-destructive?I’m not sure where people are finding “Lore” for Guns of Icarus, there’s some stuff on the Wiki (but I dunno where that comes from), and on reddit I was reading most of the lore comes from Map Descriptions. Gameplay: Where to start with Guns Of Icarus Gameplay… First, you’ll make an account (It’s been so long since I did that, I forgot you needed to do it), then you should play the first Engineer Tutorial… I’d definitely advise giving all the tutorials a shot, especially if you’re planning on being a pilot. I don’t remember there being a tutorial when I first played, I remember learning by making Practice games and trying out weapons and airships there.Next, you’ll need to select your starting class… but unlike picking your starter pokemon you can switch between them at will. Engineer and Gunner are recommended for beginners because they have the most straightforward roles… but I’d add weight to learning how to Engineer as it’s the most beginner friendly role because you normally double up on Engineers.Next you decide if you want to play PvP or PvE… back in the day we had to walk up hill to school, both ways… An’ we didn’t got no fangled PvE option. Now there is a PvE mode, you should learn the game against AI controlled airships! You can make your own match and even sail with an AI controlled crew, or you can wrangle up 3 friends and play together the way the game was **** is definitely fun, and the next level experience for Guns of Icarus… but the people who know what they’re doing will DOMINATE the game, and everyone else will spend a lot of time respawning. Not to discourage you from it, definitely give it a shot… but you’re less likely to see PVP games going unless they’re hosted by the community events, or by clans. But as long as you have two people willing to be captains, you can make a PvP Game! Conclusion: Guns of Icarus Alliance is great! It enables me to play the game by myself at the worst… and at the best I can drag friends into this great team building exercise! Depending on what class you play as there are tiered difficulties and complexities, definitely start out as an Engineer or Gunner while you learn the game. Then maybe take the next step and try piloting!I said in my old Guns of Icarus Online review that the game is designed to be played for a long time, easily wracking up hundreds of hours of play time. I wish there were more people playing this game actively so we would have more PvE and PvP matches going. However Guns of Icarus Online would be harder to recommend due to its dependence on having enough people around to fill up two ships, it’s far easier to fill up one ship, or just make your own match and have people drop in to join your crew.Hopefully my review was helpful. I'm limited in text format just how long I can make these reviews, but in video format I can cover so much more, so I’d like to footstomp checking out my video review, anyway. Thanks either way for taking the time to read this review. …There's more to the review... If you want to know more, please check out my YouTube Video.

It's a good game, it's hard to learn, but if you get into it the concept of the game is good. The problem is, there is only online game mode, there is no single player, and the community is dead. There is not much info about caste in the tutorial.

An enjoyable -- if rough around the edges -- coop multiplayer experience. Guns of Icarus is not a game for everyone. I would only recommend if you are interested in PvP. There is a PvE component, but I did not find it very compelling mainly due to poor enemy ship AI. But for those looking for competitive multiplayer, Guns of Icarus shines. It is a team game that rewards knowledge and cooperation. Some will find the gameplay tedious, and I can understand why. But to those who give it a chance, the real joy of the game is knowing your role, working seamlessly with your team, and blowing enemy airships out of the sky. Performance wise, this PS4 port is not great. It seems strange that a game over 5 years old cannot run at a consistent 60fps on console. Even with crossplay with PC, the player counts are fairly low. At launch, the waits for games have not been too bad, but I would expect the player numbers will soon dwindle. If you enjoy cooperative PvP games, try it out for $15, especially if you have a crew of 3 friends to bring with you. Maybe you like it, maybe you won't. For a particular type of person, this might be their favorite game in many years.