Neckbreak
MGP Studios · 2022 · Boomer Shooter, FPS, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, Souls-like
PC
Mostly Positive80% · 463
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About Neckbreak
FOREWORD
PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING
Neckbreak is not a boomer shooter. Check the demo to see how the action plays and flows or check the games Discord which is full of clips with insane combos and cool encounters sent in by the community.
BACKGROUND
The world we have known is coming to an end. The European Union is in disarray, with a new superpower emerging on the horizon: The Novorussian Federation, which already welcomed new members such as Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland.
Enter the first mega-city of Europe: Crimson Tide. The free city of Crimson Tide(the representative free city of this New World Order, showing that both systems can co-exist in harmony, forging a better future for its citizens) was raised as the representative pinnacle of humanity's achievements on the border of Germany and Poland, in agreement to respect the sovereignty of both the EU/Transatlantic States and Novorussian Federation. But, as history has taught us, this is true only in theory.... Governing parties are not political but rather economical, pointing to a new direction of leading nations. Gone are the days of political parties, replaced by voting with your wallet for the corporate entity which provides everyday life with the highest benefits. Leading corporate entities deal most of the cards, keeping its citizens in check with mandatory medication.
Somewhere in the city, in the Lakk District, a regular middle class citizen is about to start another routine day…
THE GAME
An overdose of reality can have dire consequences...
Neckbreak is a pill poppin' first person adventure with semi-tactical in your face combat and unique perks and quirks.
You start in your apartment getting ready for another routine day at the office and your adventure starts from there. The storyline will progress with completion of main missions and branch out depending on various factors (chosen path, mental state, specific choice/interaction/pickup/etc).
You are a regular, middle class citizen. By day, leading your ordinary, rinse-repeat corpo-routine life, with your lovely girlfriend Olga by your side, a well paid job and crib with an amazing view. What more could a guy want?
Yet you feel privileged and as a true socialist you feel you need to give something back…
...By night, you give your contribution to society as a self-proclaimed dealer of justice, dispatching all sorts of scum with extreme prejudice… Or, at least that is what you think...
Featuring:
- A unorthodox semi-tactical shooter with superpowers, where reflexes, environmental awareness and quick thinking count. Encounters play more like fast paced puzzles with lethal consequences. Both you and the enemies go down real fast. You'll need to make best use of the games unique combat mechanics (such as the pills, superkick, slammer, adrenline slide/jump and more) for the most stylish and fun outcomes.
- A dynamic and fitting Original Soundtrack which adapts to what's going on on-screen
- Non linear progression. Certain scenes will play out differently depending on your choices and state of mind, or maybe even will reveal alternate levels, routes to your goal
- Cannon fodder
- Trippy visuals
- Sanity system. The world will react to the players self-medication threshold in varied ways throughout the games timeline.
- No health regen
- Actually no way of replenishing your health at all
- Lots of alternative events, possibilities, routes and more, leading you to one of the 12 endings.
- Combo kill and style system
- The Superkick
- lots of fun ways of dispatching your foes
- Leaderboards
- Freeroam hub which expands with the games timeline offering new opportunities
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A game where you die in one hit but enemies dont, everyone has laser accurate guns and you don't, and enemies can see you at all times but you can't. It just feels overly punishing most of the time. What makes super difficult games like Hotline Miami fun is the tightness of controls and enemies also dying in one hit to encourage aggressive play. This game wants to be hard but struggles to be fun. The devs say they don't want it to be Hotline Miami and only used it for aesthetic inspiration. They insist it's not a boomer shooter. It feels like they couldn't figure out what they wanted it to be and just made it hard and unfun as a substitute. I can squint and see the vision of what they wanted to do. It's just not the game in front of me. Props to the artists though. The game certainly looks good.5 found this helpful
Garbage!3 found this helpful
Good fun, playing on steamdeck, recommend lower resolution on low. Hard on the sd but enjoyable.1 found this helpful
Shadows stalk the night One swift strike ends the pursuit Silence claims the hunt
Adding this to my list of Neon Soaked Hyper Violence favorites.
Great game with a setting and aesthetic I'll never forget. It's crunchy and janky. A little unpolished in some areas - but that's also it's polish. It's charm. I loved it, it's gross. The sound design, gameplay and art are perfectly in sync - their style, their intent... I feel. That's what makes magic in these games for me, the feeling of artistic cohesion. It shines through as passion. The gameplay can be tough, unfair, unforgiving, but satisfying once you figure out the puzzle. I haven't finished it yet, and I understand there's multiple endings..I will come back for another play one day.
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