/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8232891
The 'ending' was kind of meh but I feel mostly cucked by not having more unique bossfights / unique really strong enemies towards the end.

But I think I'm mostly interested in new enemies, new weapons, new levels etc and how all of that incorporates into the game.

The bossfights are kind of shit in all Build Engine games but I'd hope they didn't recycle quite *as* much even that's what they do like reusing the Cycloid Emperor as a bossfight in Duke for Duke It Out in DC, the Snake bossfight in Shadow Warrior etc.

I don't think Ion Fury does anything 'worse' than the Build Trio when talking about game mechanics etc and general design BUT! I think parts of it are so good I expected more.

>>7893068
>It's the arsenal
Agreed. And even putting aside the power, killing monsters rarely feels anywhere near as satisfying as DOOM (especially modded doom) because seeing imps fly back with their stomach bursting open for example looks neat and makes it feel powerful.

>>7887065
>weapon reloading
Was a thing in Duke and Shadow Warrior too. Which is imho alright, you can reload at will and it brings about some degree of tactics to the firefights without being overbearing.

>Crossbow
Pretty much never you are going to need a zoom function and the crossbow's more useful mechanic is the scattershot.
>Bowling bombs
Again, they are fine and can be used for checking around corners without wasting ammo if you don't hit anything.
I think what I was mainly disappointed about was not having mines, I though the clusterpuck was going to be a landmine but guess not.
>Shelly
This is bordering on obsession. I think she's a completely fine character with a pretty but convincing face in the portrait and feels alright with the rest of the Build protags. Not going all YASSS KWEEN about her but she's alright.
Needs more one liner variety in the xpac though.

>>7865931
That is probably honestly true, some parts of the complex feel like they've been in shoddy state long since the resonance cascade.