Huntin' Ducks

Chaotic, overwhelming, and overall a great time!

formerly paid shooting gallery. started at 5 eur, permanently down to 2 less than 2 months after release, went free about a year and a half later. not even disgusting tag abuse helped with sales. action roguelike, roguelike, roguelite, boomer shooter and on-rails shooter are all things this game isn't. pve is rich as well. 'preloading assets' takes a while, then a splash screen that has to be clicked through, then a cursor ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stars everywhere it goes, topped off by settings only covering toggles for music and sound and the how to play section sometimes missing spaces after punctuation. it's also absolutely useless. all signs of competence and great attention to detail. surprised trophies are integrated, not just the steam overlay, though even after getting one the screen remained empty. it's basic duck hunt otherwise, with incredibly annoying audio that can only be turned off in the main menu. there are 6 inventory slots but can only choose a single item at the start, probably more after every few levels. they're not directly usable, some appear on-screen and have to be shot, the rest are passive, and their efficiency is affected by combos, mostly gained by shooting a singl…

Huntin' Ducks is a silly little arcade shooter that takes a very simple idea and pushes it into complete chaos. I play as a professional hunter called Ed, and my job is basically to deal with an ever growing population of ducks before they completely overwhelm me. The game is free to play and built around endless runs, so I am not working through a normal campaign. I am trying to survive for as long as I can while dealing with ducks, aliens, zombies, clowns and other strange encounters that get in the way of the hunt. The shooting is simple enough to understand straight away, but I like the way the game adds a few extra systems around it. I can pick different items that cover attack, defence and utility, which gives me some control over how I want to build my run. The most interesting part for me is the combo system. Fancy ducks can increase the power of everything I currently have equipped, so keeping my combo going can make a big difference. That gives me a reason to stay focused instead of simply shooting whatever is closest. I also like that the game does not take its setting seriously at all. One minute I am dealing with ducks and then I can suddenly be fighting something co…

Pretty cool game. Shoot a lot of ducks.

While its definitely not a Boomer Shooter it is a extremely faithful Duck Hunt homage with well made cutscenes, the dog is animated quite well, lots of enemies to shoot on screen with a variety of enemies outside of ducks including castles that spawn shield, zombies and armored ducks so even for a simple on rail game like this it has variety. If i had any complaints is that if you die you start back at the beginning and it would be nice to have a level selection. Boomer Shooter Score- Disqualified Score-8 out of 10