Vagrant Fury

A casual sideshooter indeed (note the "story-driven" part, which is a rarity in the genre, methinks) with a peculiar visual style and a storyline choke-full of references ("Roadhouse", anyone? No? "American Psycho"? "Commando"? Jeez, these damn kids nowadays...). Also featuring: a de rigueur synthwave soundtrack. The mechanics have their fair share of arcade beat'em up DNA, but with guns, which is a good thing IMO. Lots of weapons, explosions, and snarky bosses, just like we used to have in The Good Old Days(tm). I'm a simple man: gimme rocket launchers, demons and ninjas, action movie references, hipster-shooting, a synthwave soundtrack, and I'll buy it. Now get off my lawn...

I was really doubtfull when I purchased Vagrant Fury due to some comments below, but since I saw the devs lowering the price I decided to give it a try and I’m glad I did, because the overall concept of the game is well done. I think it’s at a reasonable price range now for what it’s worth. It could be improved, yes, as all other indie games, but it’s simple and gets straight to the point. I see the effort in its visual style it took to implement, and they actually did it in an interesting manner. It’s a risky move to make full 3D games when compared to 2D, but looking at it I think they nailed it. Since I’m a lover of good visuals, it’s great to see when new teams actually take risks to do different visual styles. I really enjoyed the story, and all the different bosses. A car salesman dressed in an american flag kimono that uses a sword that is a fish... Also an evil hipster computer... like hahaha, what the *** is this?! And a lot more characters that feel like the...

It's a fun, responsive shooter with fun graphics and music with a good beat. However, it lacks polish, the pacing is weird, and I found it to be a bit punishing with no option to turn down the difficulty. Would have been nice if any of the background was destructable consideriing the low res nature of the game. Also, being able to run out of ammo conpletely in a bullet hell game is not a wise design choice. Worth the sale price. Surprised they're selling it for so much as early access.