Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN APRIL 2025?

On Sat, 03 May 2025 20:27:39 +0100, Mr Rob
<noemailformethx@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:

On Fri, 2 May 2025 14:52:45 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man
<rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Ion Fury I have, but I'm not sure about Aeon of Ruin, and whether that would be one I like.

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Is it true to a "Retro style"?

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Yes it is. Not so pixelated that it makes your eyes hurt, but just
enough to give it a bearable retro look.
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You can adjust the pixel scaling to make it look like Minecraft at
320x180 resolution if you so wish. I really do not like heavily
pixelated games. Not even as an FPS.
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It's similar to Ion Fury in looks.

Heh. I played both. "Wrath: Aeon of Fury's" visuals were the least
annoying part of the game. In some ways, they were almost impressive.
But the gameplay was just attrocious; a really bad boomer-shooter.
(disclaimer: I played it three years ago, and I think the game was
still in early-access at the time, albeit in a late stage of EA, so
maybe it's had a tremendous improvement since then). "Ion Fury" was
better, but not by much; it played too closely to the 'boomer shooter'
"look, I'm just like a game from the 90s!" trope, forgetting that not
all the games from that era were great. It wasn't terrible, no, but it
was no "Duke Nukem 3D" or "Dark Forces" either. Maybe more of a
"Witchhaven" or a "Rebel Moon".