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Slayers X

Decided to play this because its like a sequel/spinoff? of Hypnospace Outlaw (which i really liked alot). I don't really have much to say about it, it was pretty fun. I haven't played any classic boomer shooters so it's influences are pretty lost on me. It reminded me alot of POSTAL Brain Damaged (probably because they both fall into the category of 'boomer shooter homage game thats a spinoff of a series that isn't usually a boomer shooter'). It's a unique idea to have us play through a game and characterise the developer as we go through. Only other thing I can think of that does this is 'The Beginners Guide'. Guess this one is kinda different since most of the characterisation for Zane is done in Hypnospace Outlaw. Soundtrack is supposed to be parodying nu metal i think but most of the songs are so good that i would put them in my playlist

Big fan of how all the levels are just normal settings. You go through a suburb, a trailer park and a fairground. Kinda reflective of how the character making the game is like 16 so he probably based the levels off of places he lives near. Wish there was more Hypnospace references/links and the final 2 levels weren't the best . level design went from being super open and fluid to being in these enclosed/precarious spaces where you're fighting these wolf enemies with rocket launchers that do like 50% of ur health. was extremely tough until the final boss which was fun, a little too easy if you use the right guns.

6/10 probably the best game set in boise