Now it’s not just enough to be able to run and gun. From the first room of the game, there’s enough variety in the enemies you face to keep you on your toes. There’s also a variety of other enemies filling the floors that are made of tougher stuff.

Most rooms you enter will have multiple enemies that are known as the ‘gundead’, which often take the form of living bullets/shells that also carry guns. Be it collecting bullet casing currency to get better guns, finding guns in chests, or items to use with your guns. If you want to have the best chance of taking on any of the bosses, you’ll need everything you can get your hands on. In some cases, I’ve only been two doors from the boss, and in others, you need to check nearly every room. Being procedurally-generated, you never know what kind of layout you’re going to get. Then you’re sent into the depths of the Gungeon. It’s handy, and what you learn in there should be enough to get you to the very end. My personal favourite was the trusty lockpick, that would give me a chance to unlock a chest when I didn’t have any keys, which was most of the time.Īt the very beginning, there is a training area that covers all the basics you’ll need to make it past the first few rooms. Most characters have an extra gun with limited ammo, and all have passive traits that are helpful in different ways. All the ‘gungeoneers’ start off with a weapon and unlimited ammo to help you get through the basic enemies. There is also the Cultist who is exclusively for the two-player co-op. You initially start off with four characters The Pilot, the Convict, Marine and the Hunter. There are also elements of bullet hell shooters which will have you back to the start often as enemies fill the screen with waves of bullets. If you’re killed, you lose all your progress. If there’s a game the NRA would be gushing over, it would be this.Įnter the Gungeon, in short, is a roguelike, or a procedurally generated, dungeon crawl. True to its name, it has you descending into the depths of the dungeon filled with guns, bullets, bullets wielding guns and shooting you with more bullets. Whether they’re coming out of guns, or the ones holding the guns. The only thing that stands between you and that chronologically-altering weapon is bullets, lots and lots of bullets. Things are dire when you have no option but to get your hands on a gun that is said to be able to kill the past.

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