Necromunda: Hired Gun

Not sure why all the hate with this game. Its a pretty fun shooter with a really cool atmosphere. Game runs well, got stuck twice but aside from that, no major bugs with the gameplay. If you like Warhammer Dark tide then you'll probably like this game.

At first I was a amazed at the swift movement, the expansive and highly detailed levels, and the cool dog companion. Then the problems started mounting. - Movement is really janky when it comes to wallrunning, because the level detail is always in the way - There is no depth to the combat - Tons of weapons, all of them basically the same - Story and missions feel like generic placeholders, just to glue combat arenas together - Everything shakes the camera: player movement, shooting, getting shot, explosions, moving environmental pieces, earthquakes. I do not suffer from motion sickness, but this game really tries its best to change that. - It has tons of loot and customization, but all of them are "3% increase of ..." stuff. There is no meaningful loot and since you don't get explanations, the numbers often have no meaning to you. (How much better is +6 Armor? How much damage am I even receiving? How much impact has +3 Loot?) - And that combines with the awful menus. Loot is not just mostly meaningless, it is also a chore to deal with. If it had a bit more variety in its gunplay and if it would stop shaking the player constantly, then it would be a mid-to-good-shooter that I would recommend. Sadly the problems really outweigh the charm. --- Personal things that I also disliked, that don't feel like they fit into the regular review. You have a dog companion and can buy upgrades for them. They all look so horrific, that it pained me to upgrade the dog. I understand this from the point of fitting into the 40K lore, but it didn't feel like an upgrade, but torture. Why would I subject my loyal companion to this?? For slightly better stats.... I guess. Didn't enjoy it. Again, I get the adherence to 40K lore, but why is 90% of this game drenched in Nazi themes, designs and aesthetics? Maybe the world of 40K just isn't for me, but for every cool piece of design I found, there were at least 2 things that were "badass nazi". And it isn't like Wolfenstein, where it's you against the Nazis. Here it is "everyone is scum, so nazis fit into the here", which feels yucky.