Gastro Force – Review

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It’s the year 399H and massive aliens from an Eldritch nebula have come to our galaxy to munch on all the space stations, so it’s up to our unnamed protagonist, a soldier of the elite Gastro Force is on hand to battle off the new threat, plant the bomb and blast our alien friends back home.

It’s not going to be easy, so naturally you set out on the mission to defend the colonies from a massive alien ready to digest an entire starship, with nothing more than your deadly metal pipe,. Thankfully after walking into a few walls and squishing some bugs, you’ll pick up a pistol and have chance to actually shoot something.

As will be pretty clear from the screenshots, Gastro Force is a first-person shooter, similar in style and presentation to Doom. the main threat is initially from dormant eggs, which when disturbed will hatch a worm like creature which toddles forwards trying to headbutt our friendly trooper in his crotch, these guys are fairly easy to dispatch with that metal pipe, but it’s best to let them hatch and drop a few bullets into them, to keep them at a distance.
Soon enough you’ll meet a floating “drone” enemy who’s capable of firing back, these guys become your main threat as they’re a little more agile and can do plenty of damage, so you’ll want to keep moving and strafe around corners to avoid taking damage.

Thankfully you’ll find a decent amount of health, shields and ammo to pick up meaning you’re unlikely to have too much trouble in these early sections which gives you chance to fight the toughest battle of all, the control scheme.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of retro shooters, it’s not all that long ago I went back and completed the original Doom games, but Gastro Force has a small identity issue,