Gunnhildr

Gunhildr isn't going to win any awards, but what it does win is my respect for atleast trying to big something much larger than what its budget clearly allowed for. The foundation is here, decent story with lore galore, decent weapons with decent movement and enemy variety, and decent ideas like the overheat mechanic. Nothing here however is above average, its all decent which would be fine for a $10 or even $15 game, but the $20 price tag puts it into whole new bracket, filled with titles like Gunfire reborn, Noita, even Spleunky 2 is only a single Andrew Jackson. Im not saying the game is bad, but you need to do better if you're going to price it so high with so many A+ titles. At max currently, a $10 game to play when you're bored. Assuming they make a sequel, try to make a more interesting draw to suck people in. You could have told me this game was made in 2015 and i'd 100% believe it, it screams Unity just from the screen shots alone. I respect the effort, and look forward to a...

Wooow, this is some pretty janky shit. I know its early access and stuff, but uploading this alpha stage demo to steam? Really? Maps look the same. Effects looks like they were made in ms paint. Fov just resets with dashing. You cannot rebind melee. Dashing and jumping sounds like a revolver for some reason. The AI is supercrap. And my favourite: you you can see the radius for explosions, but if you are near the radius you still get damaged. WTF DUDE? The only two good parts are the voiceover, and the weapon cooling mechanism. This game needs at least 4 more years.

EDIT: Came back a few months later, here's my take on the updates. I've invested a few runs into this game and feel like I've seen enough to give a first impression at least and help others on the fence about this game. First off, I love roguelikes, especially ones with tangible, permanent progress and good variety between runs. I feel like, so far, this game provides that, but here are a few points I'd like to call out. Pros: - Gunplay feels good and solid - No ammo; you just are left managing heat, which is reduced via double jumps and dashing - Same with grenades, no item management, only a recharge - Weapons have an excellent variety; even if you run across the same gun, the stats and bonuses on it will be different - A lot of good feeling paths for upgrades think investing cells in Dead Cells - The powerups have a mix of basic ones and epic, impactful ones - The melee attack is excellent at pushing people away, and the finisher you can do for extra currency is pretty nice - UI...

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For an Early Access game, this already has a depth of story, dialogue, and gameplay that is intriguing and entertaining. I might not always have the controls down yet (dash to cool down is all well and good until I'm surrounded and agitated and don't remember how to click the buttons), but I am driven to get better at this. Fairly generous drop rate of items and power ups, so there is always something new to consider. I genuinely feel like this deserves consideration from anyone watching the trailer and wondering, "hmm, is this for me"? It is also wonderful to have what seems to be good support for 32:9 screens natively! The number of settings within the menu is also nice to see even in Early Access: with the right rig, even Fantastic graphics settings flow smoothly. Nice job, RatDog! Excited to see where this goes from here.

I started playing it and was impressed with the intro and the tutorial. Graphics look great and the sound mixing very good!

Awesome game, plays sorta like a scifi Binding of Isaac, really cool, high difficulty curve at the start. Unique about this game - Weapons have infinite ammo, but can overheat, in order to reduce heat you need to jump and dash, sort of a "Move or Die" type mechanic which keeps things fast paced. Really awesome Idea, and something that makes it stand out amongst other games of the genre.

I still haven't beaten this game yet, but I'm hooked. It's not perfect by any means, but when it sings, it sings a beautiful, siren song. The weapons feel good, and each run sees you trying to assemble a play style that you enjoy, or salvaging your luck and making due with the circumstances, making an interesting challenge. There's a bunch of hidden stuff to look for too! Overall, it's worth the time and money to investigate this hidden gem

I played Gunnhildr on stream with one of the developers in the audience. We had a great time chatting about the game, and laughing at my lack of skill at it. Gunnhildr is a roguelike first person shooter with procedurally generated levels, enemy layouts, gun drops, and weapon/player upgrades, all dressed up in a unique sort of techy Norse mythology skin. It's somewhat like a cross between Doom and Binding of Isaac, and takes inspiration from a lot of well known entries in the genre. I can't speak for how much content is currently available in the game, as I wasn't able to make it past the first miniboss, but even in its current state of Early Access, there is a large variety of player and weapon upgrades that affect the game in fairly major ways, a small arsenal of weapons to choose from, and enough unlockable upgrades to last a player for quite a while. The developers are always working on fixing bugs and adding new features, and post regular updates on their public discord group, whi...

I love the idea of the game along with it's gunplay- but that's all the game has going for it right now. The voiceover is choppy, the levels are all mostly the same, and the game is ridden with bugs left and right that require you to just throw away a run to even try to play. Most progress triggers in the tutorial don't work, forcing you to manually skip sections of the tutorial via the pause menu. I look forward to what this game could become with steady development, but it's not worth purchasing yet.