A Game Pitcher Won Me Over by Comparing His Project to Helldivers 2 With Dogs Instead of Soldiers
A tale of dog people with human bodies, fighting waves aboard a wandering ship — sorta like Helldivers, yet wholly its own.
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Tag: co-op shooter
Game Reviews5.7/10
Earthfall Copies Left 4 Dead’s Formula — and Never Quite Escapes Its Shadow
A shooter of many waves and little else, Earthfall borrows a tried form yet fails to add much of its own.
Game Reviews5.8/10
Fuse Review: Four Wild Weapons, One Shot at Glory
A tale of four agents and their wild guns, whose spectacle and humor cannot save a campaign lacking in depth and balance.
Game Reviews5.6/10
Army of Two Review: Co-op Promise, PAI Failure
A tale of two soldiers bound by contract and conspiracy, whose union proves brittle against a phantom ally and ruinous difficulty.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Tripwire’s Killing Floor Still Scales Its Waves Better Than Most Co-op Shooters
A review of Killing Floor, the co-op shooter where players face waves of mutants in London streets, praising teamwork and lasting appeal.
Game Reviews6.4/10
Payday 3 Review: The Heist Formula Holds, But the Campaign Drags
A gang of thieves returns to crime for vengeance against a conspiracy threatening their safety and fortune.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Shoot Many Robots Still Runs on the Joke of Its Title, and That’s the Point
Shoot Many Robots review: Demiurge's 2012 2.5D co-op shooter, its five-slot loadout, survival stages, and why it scores 7.5 despite a 67 Metacritic.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Review: A Confident Co-op Shooter That Grew Into Seven Classes
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide review: Fatshark's four-player co-op shooter scores 7.8/10, with seven classes, a mole plot, and a four-year release spread.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Dinosaur shooter Exoprimal deserved better than the year it arrived in
Exoprimal pits two squads of five in exosuits against dinosaur hordes, and its class-swapping hook still holds up despite a short, repetitive life.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Mothergunship wants to be two games at once
Mothergunship review: a bullet-hell shooter fused with a gun-building sim where you craft absurd weapons no person could lift. 7.5 of 10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Blazing Chrome Review: A Sharp, Honest Run-and-Gun Tribute
Blazing Chrome review: JoyMasher's Contra-style run-and-gun with one-hit deaths, four weapons and couch co-op, scored 7.7/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Serious Sam 4’s alien invasion has already won before you fire a shot
Serious Sam 4 review: Croteam's prequel sends Sam against a winning invasion with a huge arsenal, a capped skill tree, and an ending that whiffs.