Severed Steel

fun!!!

awesome game

(most of my playtime is on GOG) everything about this game is very simple, from the gunplay to the story. there are bad guys. kill them. why? they're bad. there are generators to destroy to progress. what are you trying to progress toward? escape or something idk. there's no ADS, barely any recoil for almost any guns, and the gameplay is basically the same for all levels. that said, none of that is a bad thing. the whole point is to feel like a murder demon constantly bouncing off of walls and slide kicking everything to death, sometimes in slo mo, and always with some good music. this is one of those games where the focus is nothing but the action and gameplay, and once you really get invested in that you enter this sorta trance like state of just naturally gliding around the levels chaining combos and kicking people through walls. the sound effects are nice and punchy, there is nothing more satisfying than jumping through a window and doming some guy halfway across the map with a deagle and hearing that nice dink sound. there are also destructible environments, which both look great when you finish a level and see the destruction and also allows you to do some tactically interesting stuff, like shooting a guy through the floor or blasting into a room through a wall. some of the modifiers you can get in this game's roguelite mode are pretty fun to mix and match too, like one shot guns that make people explode with headshots while you only have one health. it also goes on sale somewhat often, and usually for like $2. definitely pick it up.

This game was an absolute joy to 100%! The movement is satisfying, the soundtrack is great and the game really seems to pull you into sort of a flow-state when playing it. It's a lot of fun to try to do everything as stylishly as possible. A good game to play a few levels every once in a while too.

Fun fast paced shooter with cool parkour movement, slow-mo, and some level destruction. Relatively short, only took me 4 hours for my first playthough. Doesn't overstay its welcome, short but good. NG+ and other modes are available. It is fun enough and short enough to play multiple times.

Chow Yun-fat simulator.