Once in a while a game takes conventional
trends and tilts them just far enough on their heads that you wonder why
anything had to change. Much like how Five Guys did not re-make the hamburger
or French fries. They simply went back to basics and took what worked: Real
Meat, large fries and the community joined in the celebration. As many larger
corporations have done formulation to change the base product from Big Mac into
a Soy Mac.
The FPS genre has "evolved" and changed as time has gone by. But not
too many titles revisit the foundation in which it was made popular by. So when
a game goes back to the basics and finds a new and interesting spin on it but
still respecting the title before it.
If you love old FPS game, do yourself a favor
and play GunGodz. (
Free download link here)
GunGodz is a really interesting clone of Wolfinstine, in such a way that the game
is one of the best love letters to the FPS genre in 1990s. There have been
several improvements with Gungodz: There is no run button; your character is
always running. Aiming actually takes into account to where you are pointing
instead of auto locking. There are plenty of modern additions to the genre in
this title.
But what makes Gungodz so great is that they force you to become a better
player. No control options so you will always have over sensitive controls and
it has sections where combat feels much more like a puzzle than shooting. Which
only makes the puzzle extra levels that much better as they teach you more
about your enemies, and best yet the best way to use your guns.
Yes, the shot gun still powns.
The pistol is great for killing smaller units, but it also stuns enemies.
The shotgun is 100% instant kill at close range but it fire rate can be slow
and is not the best at long range.
The chain-gun is like the pistol but uses ammo much faster.
The Rocket Launcher is great long range, but has splash damage that can kill
you.
But you are thrust into 4 different worlds where you are timed for completion,
kills, secretes and finishing.
I really had no clue if I would beat this game, the last time I tried I never
got past the sewer level only to get frustrated and quit. That said I really
enjoyed beating the game cause it really forced me to become much more accurate
with shots and breaking down how to go through areas. Like Doom you have
infinite lives but you have to figure out how to make it to the end of the
level.
CURSE YOU SLIME BOSS!!!
Soon enough I had my twitch skills back and I was doing really well and I
became one of the GunGodz.
Btw there is no recap for this month as there were no posts; I don't blame
people as I spent most of it playing MGSV.
Instead enjoy this educational video: