You will also meet people along the way who will join your cause.īunker Punks moves and feels like older FPS titles like Quake and Unreal where as you jump you pick up speed allowing you to fly through different rooms to avoid enemy fire or just avoid the enemies all together. As you progress through the game you will unlock upgrades to help propel you through the game. For those of you who haven’t heard about Bunker Punks, it is a Roguelike FPS/ Base Builder available for PC/Mac that was released on March 30 th into early access.īunker Punks is set in a dystopian future where the corporations have taken control and the punks are a part of a resistance group formed to fight against FERO, the corporate government. About 4 weeks ago Shane reached out to me via email about doing a review of Bunker Punks and I happily obliged as I have been incredibly excited for this title’s release. At that time Shane was working on a little title called Bunker Punks, well it is now available. Clearly the game has a long way to go but I fear this is as good as it gets.Nearly a year ago I interviewed Shane Neville and Independent Developer. Released on Epic so they won't see the usual feedback from Steam reviews. Devs don't appear to be engaged with the community. Like most games of this genre, they need to come up with some more creative methods for scaling difficulty, instead or resorting to the same lazy mechanics that ultimately ruined alien swarm reactive drop, helldivers, red solstice, and payday.īottom line is, it's more infuriating than fun. Some of the weapon mods don't do anything. I'm convinced most of the stuff unlocked in the tech tree for the character doesn't actually do anything. I assume there is a random (min/max) range of stats for each item at a specific level, but I have level 24 gear that's way better than level 55 gear. The weapon and item energy levels are meaningless. The old school batman onomonopia action words add nothing to the game but not a deal breaker. The warthog's dash (a jet pack that does nothing useful) stops working frequently. The compare item function glitches frequently and stops working. The voice acting is trash and the characters say the same dumb lines multiple times per minute. There are no character stats which is retarded. The entire weapon upgrade system needs to be revised. It's only a matter of time before code is added to exchange real currency for game currency. The weapon/item upgrade system is a boring time-gated grind with multiple virtual currencies. 9/10 randos inexplicably race to the end objective and skip the chests. There is no chat or in-game VOIP which is retarded. It takes way too long to start a game and re-enter the lobby after a game. Looks like they are working on the connection issues. Every other Unreal game I've played is highly optimized and can run at extreme settings on old tech. Getting maximum FPS of 70-90 fps and it bounces all over the place. Playing on a single 120 Hz 1440p ultra-wide. I have an overclocked Intel 8700K with Nvidia 1080 TI and 32 gigs of ram. Both of us are in our mid-40's and have played most co-ops going back to coin-op arcades, including top-down shooters like Ikari Warriors, Alien Swarm, Hell Divers, Red Solstice, etc. I've got about 24 hours playing Bob in this game, playing with a friend who is the warthog.
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