Warhammer 40K: Boltgun Preview: Die by the Chainsword

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The continued wave of boomer shooters joins the ranks of 'snotable spinoff games with the upcoming retro-FPS . It’s a brightly colored and busy shooter, filled with tangible references to the classic and games, but also with a few mod cons and a melee-oriented set of combat abilities. There’s plenty of gore to go with the grimdark sci-fi tone, and the exclusive preview build of this light score-attack FPS provides a promising taste of its throwback pseudo-3D gameplay.

A lengthy intro tosses the player into the fracas, a space marine dropped off near a snowy mountain cliffside which opens up into a sci-fi fortress infested with the forces of Chaos. Paired with a floating skull assistant, players figure out mobility basics while testing out combat; in a nice twist, features a generous mantle to scramble over edges and a powerful instantaneous dash-chainsword grind which briefly pauses time to select a target. On easy and medium difficulties, the latter ability can carry the bulk of a level aside from larger firefights, though things gets considerably tougher on harder modes.

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Some handy firearms can be snatched up in each level, with special time-limited mods for the titular weapon available to persistent secret-hunters. feels especially aligned in this respect with 2016’s and its love of hidden areas and armories, even though this game doesn’t feature any modular upgrade systems, with any boltgun boosts unloaded between levels. It feels appropriate to the smaller scope of the game, and the few available guns worked well, though it’s also worth mentioning that the shotgun felt a little underwhelming.

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