pizzaandpasta

A blast to playthrough with some surprisingly fun level designs. It's sort of a 2 hour high octane action set piece and a fresh take on the Hotline Miami formula with a stunning isometric neon aesthetic. The pace of the difficulty was tight and the gameplay was fast and frenetic requiring you to think on your feet as the situations are all varied. Hotline Miami required pitch perfect runs with no room for errors sometimes leading to cheap strategies like hiding behind doors and stacking enemies. Here, it's more accessible/forgiving and allows the player more chances to fight back. There's no dialogue but there's some environmental story telling going on and leaves the interpretation entirely up to the player. I wish this was explored more because it was interesting to say the least. I was expecting the usual Outrun/Synthwave style music but what i got instead was a welcome change with Electro/Techno style beats and soaring string sections with a hint of JRPG inspiration. Somehow, it just works. The guns sound meaty and the sound effects are all unique and solid. There's a lack of ambiances or environmental sounds that hurt it a bit but that sort of thing can probably be overlooked in this style of game. I had some minor frustrations with the chopper area and but i'm sure that might get patched with a later update. I really just wish the entire game was longer or had more content because it sort of just stops at the end when i was hoping for more. Overall though, for the price, it's a solid entry and introduction into this neon soaked world.

Really enjoying my time with this game. I play it in quick bursts to relax and wind down after a busy day. My one wish is that there was more flexibility in building houses. You're constrained to a preset foundation with the outer house walls limiting some design potential.