Madshot

Madshot is a competent roguelike platformer, with great art, good action, heavy soundtrack and a compelling meta-progressions system. The visuals and art are the best part of the game, just insane aesthetics! The scenario variety is pretty great, the effects are fantastic, the artwork is enchanting, the designs are out of this world (literally), and how the blood from killed enemies runs to the portal in order to open it really portrays the madness, and I have nothing but compliments for the artistry in this game. The enemy variety is great, and the Lovecraftian designs are Mwah, chef's kiss. There are a lot of bosses and mini-bosses, the runs are a bit too long if you want to get strong, but it's nothing major. As for weapons and upgrades, it's fine, the game could use a bit more weapons, and the upgrades could have a bit more depth, but this is the kind of game you normally beat once or twice, so it's ok. It's possible to break the builds pretty easily tho hehe. Sadly, the pricing is not properly regionalized, so depending on where you are, it may not be worth it. HOOK/505 is notorious for poor regional pricing, sadly, and it may have killed this game in other markets. Oh we…

[i] Madshot [/i] rarely inspires the strange awe that Lovecraft is famous for: there are elements of randomness, of the undecipherable, the out-of-control (in the map of each region or in those dark rooms where odd figures appears), but the focus of the game is elsewhere. For the visuals of both the enemies and the environment, the work is massive. They manage to be colourful and grim at the same time. Regarding the boss encounters, they are not often a struggle, but offer the occasions to recognize the dauting entitites of the stories. But if I like the game and could easily spend 15 more hours playing it, it is rather because of the dynamism of the fights, those backflips amidst a rain of ammos, airborne combos during slow-mo or throwing void grenades at a horde of horrors while hanging upside-down from a vine. This changes from the rogue-lites that require to build decks with adequate synergy, although I also love those. It just feels so good to blast and survive and relive in this mix between bullet-hell and rogue-lite.

Pure lovecraftian fun.

It's a well-done game, definitely worth a play. I wanted to play more after I beat it.

Phenomenal art, beyond addicting gameplay and loop and good ass music.

It's a cool game, but I'm kind of tired of rogue-lites. Nice art and movement. If you like this style of game, it's a good one, it's just not for me. 3/5