Necromunda: Hired Gun

Good idea, not so good execution! A DOOM like shooter, with parkour elements, guns out the wazoo, all set in Necromunda! Sounds great, on paper. The reality of the situation is a bit sadder. It's a clunky, unpolished and quite unoptimised mishmash of ideas, with a very shallow implementation, just deep enough that you could say it's there. Enemies and their hitboxes are inconsistent, animations often don't match what you're doing or are completely displaced from your character (half the time you visually strangle air while the enemy gets executed on their own). Most of the ranged enemies have a huge range and know where you are even before they see you. They can shoot through certain solid terrain or tiny holes, but you can't do the same back. It's fair to mention that they also like to spawn in groups of 4-6, really close to you, sometimes even right around the corner, and blast you to hell even before you have time to react. You are prompted and motivated to "explore" the area for hidden loot, but sometimes the enemies keep on coming, not sure if by design or not, so halfway through I gave up on searching for those cashes completely. The weapons you get are pretty cool looking, though some of them are more useful than others. Once I found those 2-3 guns that work decently, I stopped changing weapons. Most of the others couldn't keep up or were too clunky to use. Skills, on the other hand, were fun to use, especially the slow-mo and auto aim. You get a couple of cool parkour moves as well, but are often unable to execute them properly. The map is completely unadjusted for them, essentially you keep getting stuck on little bits and bobs sticking out of walls or uneven ground. And while we're at it, a big peeve of mine were the controls, and the control scheme, it just doesn't make sense or is enjoyable to use. I had a hard time until I changed pretty much every single keybind (apart from WASD). Not sure if I even want to get into the story and audio mixing quality, might as well since we got to this point. Found myself completely disinterested in both the main character and enemies, supporting cast as well. Weak motives, with pretty noninteresting and flat voicelines, all while sounding really quiet at times, as if played in a separate room. The rest of the audio was alright, but it's hard for it to stand out when it's out of balance half the time. There is one thing they did do extremely well, and it was the setting itself, general character, prop style and map design from a visual stand point. It seems that they really understood what Necromunda, the famous hive city, was supposed to look like and feel like. Praiseworthy work, shame it's wrapped up with the rest of the pure, undiluted jank of a game. As a summary, I wouldn't get it unless on a huge discount. There is some fun to be had here, but leave your expectations by the door or you'll be disappointed.