Son of a Gun

Basically a nostalgia bait that's trying to recreate a flash game. There are quite a few of these topdown shooters here on steam and this is probably the weakest one out of the bunch I ever had the pleasure of playing. It has an uninspiring level design and progression system.

A top down shooter that is quite easy lacking a lot of polish (haha, get it, the developer is polish... nah but really, it lacks polish). Im not usually playing games like these and I found it rather easy, sadly no difficulty settings exist. [hr][/hr] [h2]The Positive:[/h2] There were portions were I had some fun. [hr][/hr] [h2]The Neutral:[/h2] Graphics are there, could be a lot better though. [hr][/hr] [h2]The Negative:[/h2] German translation is quite bad. The pathfinding of enemies is horrible. They are just getting stuck when they miss line of sight. Level Design is a bit boring. Story is just text and the most BS whatever story you can imagine, but a game like this doesnt really need a story, if the rest of the game was great, it sadly isnt either, so its negative to me. The final boss is oddly easier than some before it. One of the achievements is unachieveable through normal play. 10000 kills. The easiest way of getting it is to redo level 4-5 over and over (you cant level select, you have to go back to it in a new campaign if you are past it or have finished the game). Sadly the kills you can do in this fashion dont actually get added to the visible total…

Son of a Gun is a top down shooter game with satisfying gunplay and plenty of chaotic action. If you grew up playing classic flash games or 90s top-down shooters like Alien Breed, you will feel right at home here. Each run lets you collect new weapons and creating some fun build combinations as you fight through waves of enemies. Unfortunately, the game lacks variety. Enemy types, environments, and objectives become repetitive after a few runs, and progression feels fairly shallow. While the core gameplay is enjoyable, there isn't enough content or build diversity to keep things interesting for long. 7/10 If you are looking for a simple, fun game to play in between larger titles, it is well worth grabbing, especially if you can catch it on a sale.

What a waste of time and money. For a game that lets you do two things - walk and shoot - it does them both poorly. Walking has some weird momentum going on. It's not Sonic, I'm not sprinting around the place. Shooting on the other hand has literally nothing. It feels like throwing wet noodles at enemies, they don't have any hit animations, they just die after you shoot them enough. Your character handles the recoil like a champ, absolutely no movement from a shotgun shot. No muzzle flash too, I think every gun might be a laser gun? With a speaker that plays dull gun sounds? This game has absolutely nothing going for it, I regret the time I spent playing it more than the money I spent to buy it.

Awesome top down shooter, just what I like!

Very fun top down shooter. It's not too expensive and therefore entertained me very well so far. What you see in the trailer is pretty much what you get.