At first glance, Shotgun Cop Man might not seem like the bigger-and-better follow-up to indie hit My Friend Pedro that many would’ve expected.
It’s got a stripped back aesthetic, and the gameplay has shifted from slow-motion chaos to more minimalist micro-movement platforming.
It’s a surprising shift in scope and style, but after getting my hands on the debut demo for the game, I see the vision.It’s not that this game is a smaller and simpler project.
Instead, it skews so deftly into an efficient, minimalist approach to art-style and gameplay that it’s more like I’m playing the long-awaited sequel to N++.
A sequel with shotguns and Satan in it.There’s a narrative hook to Shotgun Cop Man, but it’s been written on a napkin and dangled from broken fishing-line and, honestly, that’s totally fine.