Remnants Of Eden

It's always good to see indie games being put out, especially considering the disgusting mess that we see in the AAA "industry". That doesn't mean indie games get a pass on quality or gameplay mechanics. Remnants of Eden has decent graphics, responsive controls, and the movement and action feel good and weighty, without being bogged down and animation-locked. Guns provide excellent feedback and (generally) feel good to shoot, and hit registration is obvious. Instead of requiring you to track ammo, the game has heat buildup, with each weapon having a different threshold or rate of increase. Once you hit the cap, you're stuck with a useless weapon and can't do much of anything until the weapon is fully cooled. I haven't played long enough to pick up another weapon, so I don't know if you can swap to another weapon when one is overheated. Regardless, it's not a particularly generous threshold, especially considering the hordes of enemies the game can throw at you thanks to Gauntlet-style generators. Even if the enemies die in one hit, you're still stuck with trying to take out the generator with a very miserly heat buildup, meaning you'll likely be standing in one spot for a while, t…