5/30/2023 0 Comments Mr. shifty review![]() Your game file only saves between entire levels, which I found out the hard way. They only act as a reset point for when you die. However, these checkpoints do not save your game between runs. Shifty is very generous with its checkpointing system, as nearly every door to a new room is a checkpoint. Throughout the majority of the game, though, this isn’t actually too much of a hindrance. This repetition becomes more and more noticeable in the later stages of Mr. Sometimes this made for overly repetitive gameplay, as I found myself having to redo the early parts of levels several times so that I could figure out how to beat the latter part of them. You might have a flawless plan for the first half of a level, only to realize the second half requires a completely different strategy. And as levels become increasingly difficult, the game starts to almost become an exercise of trial and error. One stray bullet hits you and you will have to restart. You have to maintain a constant knowledge of where your enemies are, quickly figure out a plan of attack, and then execute that plan with little to no room for error. ![]() The controls feel natural and intuitive, which helps give players a very visceral feeling as you teleport behind enemies and punch them out of windows. This gives the game an extremely basic control scheme that you can quickly pick up and understand with ease. You can also pick up a varying arsenal of weapons such as rods or poles, which you can either throw from afar or use in melee combat. Shifty has two basic moves: shifting (teleporting) and punching. Shifty‘s take on a violent overhead brawler results in quite a different game, for better and for worse. The top-down shooter’s gameplay style draws painfully obvious parallels to Hotline Miami. The expert thief and master of teleportation can shift his way in and out of trouble, Nightcrawler style. Like so many older comic book and video game heroes before him, the eponymous Mr. Platforms: PC (Version reviewed), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Shifty is filled with fast-paced action and combat that will leave you feeling like a badass superhero. Shifty is out now on Nintendo Switch and Steam.Mr. The game revels in its wacky violence, and it never asks you to feel bad about it. Shifty’s tone is less violent and oppressive. ![]() You’ll instead battle enemies with your fists, sticks, boat oars and coffee mugs, and their bodies sail comically through obstacles and out plate glass windows. ![]() The game’s protagonist also seems to have an aversion to guns. First and foremost, your ability to teleport gives you a unique edge as you blink through walls and past bullets. Shifty advances the Hotline formula in several meaningful ways. It looks derivative at first glance, but Mr. They even share moments of quiet reflection as you backtrack through a level to admire the carnage you’ve caused. They also each give you the benefit of instantly restarting the bite-sized encounters. Both titles give you a top-down view of your protagonist and task you with surviving increasingly complex combat scenarios where death comes quickly and often. It’s like Hotline Miami with less gore and a whole lot more teleporting, punching and trident stabbings.Ĭomparisons to Hotline Miami are inevitable. Shifty, the newly released action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty. ![]()
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