OC/DC

Space Marine 1.5

25.6 hours
5310

Well this is the most delayed review so far.. thankfully it's a brief one, so i can ease back into the rhythm of these things

Boltgun is a simple game; a boomer shooter, some might call it, or a doom-clone, if it was back in the day. It's clearly taking a lot of inspiration from those early-early 3D shooters, so perhaps doom-clone was even on the dev doc at some point. Coat the whole thing in a Warhammer 40k paint-job, and you have yourself a decent time

Weapons, gunplay, enemies, visuals, music - everything is alright to pretty good. Some soft-remixing ideas come with the weapon "strength" stat vs enemy armor, but nothing brain-changing (at least on normal). The narrative has 40k flavour, but as is tradition in these games, is just a thin excuse to shoot more things, which is fine

All in all, i can respect the commitment to the old-school 3d shooter bit, but perhaps they can be a bit bolder next time