BioGun

Quick Description: -BioGun is a twin stick shooter, metroidvania hybrid that has a bright, vibrant art style and a fun sense of humor. While I enjoyed my first 8ish hrs with this one, I wouldn't say that I was ever blown away. I like that it's made by a small team of passionate game devs. I liked the different weapons, some of the cool abilities, and the bosses are pretty challenging at times. Unfortunately, this game lacks a lot of polish. I ran into about a dozen or so very small bugs. Near hour 7, the game would start lagging like crazy when there was a lot of particle effects on screen. I could have forgiven all of these things, if I didn't run into a game ending bug. I tried to fight a boss 4 times, and all 4 times, the game froze at exactly the half way mark of the fight. The boss has a transformation when you take out half of his health, but no matter what I did, I could never continue the fight. Consensus: -Bottom Shelf Game (Tier 5 and makes up 10% of my reviews). This is a huge bummer b/c I was finally starting to unlock some really cool upgrades and abilities. I was starting to feel really powerful, and then this happened. I see zero reason to continue b/c this is not an optional boss. You have to beat him in order to get the Atomic Drop ability, which allows you to clear pathways to unlock new areas of the map. So, I can't in good conscience recommend this game, unless this is patched up in the future.

A very funny and cool metroidvania. I enjoyed it a lot! I might even try to 100% it someday. (+) Loved the cartoony art style (+) Exploration always felt rewarding (+) Non linear to the right extent (I sequence-break’d twice without even knowing) (+) So many easter eggs (+) Voice acting was very enjoyable. (+) The story and writing was quite funny, I actually laughed out loud (+) Very interesting achievements / challenges (0) Controls can be quite finicky and complicated initially, but you get used to it eventually (-) Does not work well on Steam Deck, the game also tells you that (-) Some bugs that can be quite annoying (I had to restart a few times to fix them) (-) Movement sometimes failed miserably

Even though twin-stick metroidvanias tend to be not my cup of tea as fiddling with one stick is already too much for me, I massively enjoyed completing this one over its 20 hours play time (96%). The game is drawn beautifully if you like these comic-style colourful MV variants and it has lots of fun upgrades, which come early and often. Backtracking is ok, the map is AWESOME, with upgrades allowing you to show secrets and collectables on it. Bosses tended to the difficult in the beginning but not later on, as the game allows you to grind for more health midgame. There are accessibility "cheats" in case difficulty is too much for you (great!), but they disable achievements (not so great). Some achievements for 100% are too grindy for my taste but otherwise this is a great game and an underrated gem. Just a shame the devs do not develop a successor but something completely different. I hope some day there will another MV from you guys! :) Thanks for this one.

Wow!! What a game, indeed worthy of much more attention. Had a blast with it, the overall package is quite a ride. Very much recommended for those who enjoy this type of games. To me it’s up there with the very best, no need to mention their names. BIOGUN it’s a hell of a game 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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全收集通关17h，全成就30h，玩法扎实且设定独特。后期需要刷钱-1分，一命模式下存档点太少-1分，部分成就太阴间-1分，综合评分7/10分