And it’s that very gun that these four adventurers are after, so that they might finally put their own pasts to rest. It is said that, sleeping deep within the depths of the Gungeon, there is a gun capable of killing the past. Essentially, the game follows a group of four characters - each of whom are haunted by their past - who have traveled to a distant planet which houses a gun and bullet-filled dungeon known as the “Gungeon”. Would you be surprised if I told you that Enter the Gungeon features a story that’s just as over-the-top as the rest of the game? Hopefully not, because it certainly does. I’m not sure whether to laugh at or be terrified by this concept. If that isn’t the mark of a good game, then I’m not really sure what is. It’s difficult - frustratingly so, even - but there’s so much satisfaction in getting better at it. But that’s what makes this game so much fun. I made the mistake of thinking that my previous experience with other games in this genre would give me an edge. Regardless of what games you may have played in the past, I can almost guarantee that you’re going to have to work your way from the ground up with this game. It’s clever, it’s creative, it’s fun, and it’s an absolute mess to get through (in the best possible way). If you’ll excuse me for sounding cheesy, Enter the Gungeon is a shining example of both the beauty and the brutality of roguelikes. But I finally got the chance to play it. And, now that I have, I can tell you that it was absolutely worth the wait. Yes, I’ve been waiting a long time to dive into Enter the Gungeon. I would see something about it, think to myself “oh, I need to play that soon!”, and would ultimately get side-tracked (although not necessarily intentionally) by something else. Unfortunately, it managed to slip away from me every time. It’s very fun.Enter the Gungeon was one of those games that I had been meaning to play. As someone who fell in love with top-down rougelikes after the advent of The Binding of Issaac, I’m always down to play a game like this one whenever I get the chance. Hey guess what? This is sponsored by Devolver Digital! That means you can head to Steam right now and play Enter the Gungeon to experience the excitement of being in Texas without having to actually go there. Amen.”Īt press time, Enter the Gungeon creators scared and challenged fans by announcing they were working on a nearly-unbeatable DLC based on New Jersey. I don’t agree with all the fancy colors of the game, but at least they seem to value the second amendment in that there Gungeon. “Finally someone was able to capture the high-stakes, rootin’ tootin’ and shootin’ that I’ve been borned and raised through. “We’re glad that Texas finally has a video game counterpart,” Abbot said. Texas Governor Greg Abbot weighed in on his state’s portrayal in the game. “You’re describing the player character.” “And yeah, you might be thinking, aren’t there also people in Texas who aren’t evil, and are just trying to make it to the next day?” he added. Every single thing in the game exists for the sole purpose of shooting you to death. Also no matter what high-ranking person gets defeated, another larger more difficult person steps in to take their place. For instance, all the people that inhabit the Gungeon seem either completely insane or just downright evil. “After putting over 700 hours into the game, I can see other ways Texas clearly influenced the Gungeon’s setting. “Now that I hear it, it totally makes complete sense,” Enter the Gungeon player Mark Plumowitz said. The game’s fans seemed delighted to learn the new tidbit of lore to the game’s development. We had to eventually tone it down though, because when we styled the game after Texas, it became way too easy to get a gun in-game.” Initially the game was going to actually take place in Texas, with players going deeper and deeper south with each cleared floor, but we decided to make a cutesy indie game instead of an immersive horror game. “We needed to code a sinister, dank pit that you could die in at any moment,” said designer Dave Crooks. AUSTIN, Texas - Creators of Enter the Gungeon, the notoriously-difficult indie roguelike pitting players against five randomly-generated floors of peril, revealed a key tidbit of lore today, that the evil, gun-ridden wasteland was inspired by the state of Texas.
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