It starts out promising enough, but the way the upgrade system is implemented inevitably leads to a feeling of staleness and lack of depth once you’ve made it past the first act. This makes for a title that feels like it is overstaying its welcome, despite being on the short side.
Wildcat Gun Machine
Chunkybox Games · May 4, 2022
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Wildcat Gun Machine is a bullet hell dungeon crawler where you take on hordes of disgusting flesh beasts with a wide variety of guns, giant mech robots, and cute kittens.
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- 6.0Wildcat Gun Machine delivers some great sound and art design but unfortunately that doesn’t make up for lack of explanations and repetitive gameplay loops. I do think isometric shooter fans may want to check it out but gamers wanting to try the genre have better choices out there.
- Overall, Wildcat Gun Machine is an addictive and incredibly difficult shooter. The vast variety of weapons and the exploratory element keep it interesting. If you’re looking for a challenge, you’ll certainly find it here.
- While Wildcat Gun Machine is a worthy first attempt by Chunkybox Games, it nevertheless doesn’t do much to elevate itself beyond the games that obviously inspired it. I wouldn’t say it needs to be a rogue-like, but there are so many elements of the game I feel would have been improved if it were. And while I don’t mind the challenge, it can get pretty unforgiving, which is sure to turn off many gamers. But if you’re a fan of twin-stick shooters and bullet hell and love hideous monsters, this might be for you.
- 7.0It’s just a fairly run-of-the-mill bullet hell shooter wrapped up in a cute, colourful visual style. There are some issues, too. You can sometimes get stuck on scenery in the heat of battle, for example, and while additional respawns are available, they’re not particularly useful since they just place you back at the entrance of the room you died in.
- 7.0Overall, Wildcat Gun Machine is a decent shooter. There are aspects of the game that feels unpolished or even rushed but the core gameplay loop is fun and that is what should ultimately matter. Hopefully, the game gets better through patches.
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