After the apocalypse, life continues in a world full of mutants, warbots, and REAL bloodsports drawing vicious audiences. You are a gladiator battling to escape this prison arena for the amusement and admiration of the bloodthirsty crowd.
September 2020: Gone Viral releases into early access with a great deal of grandiose talk and promises about coming updates, roadmaps, even coming roadmaps because just so much will get added. Here are some tidbits:
- "Every time we do a Major Update in Early Access (and we’re planning LOTS!) we’ll also be giving away a unique, limited cosmetic item"
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while the overall design is cool, and fast paced, even fun - the content provided is neither 1.0 (the lack of bugs I saw a good 1.o release that's about it) and when I read a dev respond to another comment that "early access sales weren't enough to fund the roadmap" I lost hope. I get there's difficulty settings but I shouldn't feel like I explored...
Decided to give this one a shot, anyone who loves Roguelites knows there's a dozen of them out there, some not so good. I started this game thinking I'll play for a bit then right a review, I actually got so caught up in it I almost missed a meeting... So for my brief time playing, I can say I really enjoy it.
UPDATE: Finished my first full run and...
Gone Viral is Bulletstorm + Binding of Isaac, but without any of the gross bits of the latter. It's also really good for an early access roguelike, which are everywhere these days, so don't let the EA tag dissuade you.
You spend most of your time booting enemies into pits, spikes, fire, bombs, or even eachother for bonus points that earn you a wide...
SMASH TV 2020: Virus of the Year Edition.
This was an instant buy for me. I love roguelites, I love twin stick action, and I love the idea that I am on a futuristic gladiatorial combat show. I thoroughly enjoyed the beta and can attest to the fact that it remains tremendously slick and fun now that it has been given an early access release.
The premise...
