VIDEO GAME: One Gun Guy (2022)
One Gun GuyYear: 2022Rating: E10+Time Played: 24 minutes / 0.4 hours
I picked up One Gun Guy for free the other day because I thought it looked like a fun little platformer. While it was quite short for a play-through on my SteamDeck, I enjoyed myself. There are several influences that clearly went into this game, most all of which are from well-known retro games. This combination of influences made it worth the hour I spent on it. I might come back to it at some point and play again, but the initial play-through was worth it.
Like many of the retro games One Gun Guy is based on, there’s not a ton of reasoning behind why this guy is running through a robot factory and shooting all the robots (or collecting the coins). Still, the shooting mechanic felt reminiscent of Mega Man, which I enjoyed. The real fun comes in all the upgrades you can get to make it easier to...