Gunlocked

Small and fun SHMUP inspired by vampire survivors, worth the 5 bucks

Awesome simple shump combined with Vampire Survivors. You can't rebind keys, but the default controls are all there, move with WASD or the arrow keys, or heck, you can use mouse clicks to traverse with your ship. The game seems to have some slight freeze whenever you choose any of the options in the menu, but it's literally for like one second and then it's fine. It did launched with the sound muted in the options menu though, I had to manually bump the sound in settings to get it, which I thought was weird. I think the game is really tough early on, it has tutorial, easy, and normal modes for you to play, and the rest of the levels, characters, and most augments you can take to your runs are locked behind you completing a run in the first level, something a lot easier said than done. I managed to do it with perseverance and understanding what the game wanted out of me, after a while it wasn't so much about getting synergies (marked in the upgrade menu which is really cool) but it's more about learning enemy patterns, attacks, and playing on the defensive. You have to dodge a lot and understand how to get powerups if you want to get through the game -even on normal- and this can take a bit. I don't agree with the reviews that say the bosses don't get attacked with certain upgrades or something? That's simply not true, the has different attack patterns and upgrades that change depending on your character and the skills you prioritize, but in general these are well thoughout, the issue is with the game trying to be a shump and a survivors like, because you have to both consider synergies and high level upgrades, as well as learning enemy patterns, paying attention to bullets, projectiles, and power ups alike. You basically have to play two games instead of one, I personally really like that, but some of you might not. Definitely recommend it, get the DLC for it too, is good.