![]() Shotgun blasts can be saved and stacked on one another, pistols can turn into insta-kill, motion-tracking death machines, and rifles can be duel-wielded to double damage or picked up one at a time for higher accuracy. They're your typical FPS finds from shotguns to rifles and pistols, but their alternate fire modes are where they shine. For me, that was the true goal of exploring: the variety of weapons is excellent and their abilities are, for the most part, satisfying. The rewards for exploration range from finding collectibles (that don't ultimately add up to much) to accessing new weapons before they're introduced through the main path. The environments are well designed and pique your interest without hitting you over the head with the fact you might be missing a thing or two if you leave some stones unturned. It's pretty refreshing to see a game in this mostly linear genre be full of truly secret optional areas worth poking around for. Levels are huge and sprawling with hidden secrets and paths scattered about, giving you the option to be an unstoppable freight train of bullets and chainsaws (don't worry, we'll get back to the chainsaws in a bit) or a methodical detective investigating every nook and cranny available to them hidden just off the main path. After completing the tutorial level, however, its depth becomes clear. ![]() On the surface, Turbo Overkill seems like a pretty straightforward cyberpunk-themed run-and-gun shoot-em-up. Turbo Overkill Early Access Review: Cyberpunk Chainsaw Man Even in Early Access, Turbo Overkill has a lot to offer and will only get better as Trigger Happy Interactive continues to work on it. Its fast-paced, aggressive gameplay is certainly not for everyone but it's a fantastic way to spend your time if you've been a fan of any modern arcade shooters of the past 10 years. For the most part, it juggles its mechanics and systems well. Turbo Overkill takes lessons from a wide range of titles like Hotline Miami, Left 4 Dead, and the original BioShock that manages to be a Frankenstein of sorts. “As the guy who helped launch the shooter genre with Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D, Max Payne, and Prey, I haven’t been this excited about an FPS since the golden era of Apogee/3D Realms,” wrote Apogee Entertainment founder and FPS pioneer, Scott Miller.While Turbo Overkill takes many queues from modern arcade shooters, specifically Doom: Eternal, it doesn't feel like developer Trigger Happy Interactive's influences stopped there. Along the way, find game-changing collectibles to unlock punishing modifiers like triple-monster-speed and insta-kill. ![]() Throughout the campaign, players will race through two dozen stages packed with secrets, bonus arena stages, and combat puzzles. Johnny’s chainsaw leg is also a helpful tool in the player’s arsenal, allowing them to eviscerate foes and soften up bosses by dealing critical damage.įor more firepower, there are the Twin Magnums, which lock onto and decimate several foes, the Boomer Shotgun and its attached grenade launcher, and the Telefragger sniper rifle, which teleports Johnny inside an enemy before exploding from within. ![]() Turbo Overkill includes a number of momentum and movement-based mechanics, like Hero Time, a new form of slow motion with a twist. Rival bounty hunters want to claim the prize first, so players need to prepare for difficult fights ahead. In this cyberpunk hellscape, Johnny finds the city’s entire population possessed by Syn, a rogue AI, and its army of augmented minions.ĭesperate for enough money to outrun his past mistakes, Johnny takes on the impossible job of destroying the greatest AI ever created. Players assume the role of Johnny Turbo, a mercenary with a robotic chainsaw leg, returning to clean up his crime-ridden hometown of Paradise. The cool thing is that Turbo Overkill will be published by Apogee Entertainment, which may sound familiar to fans of old-school MS-DOS games like Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein 3D. The ultraviolent cyberpunk first-person shooter comes to us from the creator of the award-winning Doom II mod Total Chaos, Trigger Happy Interactive. ![]()
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