Written By: Patrick Orquia
Title: State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem
Developer: Sometimes You
Publisher: Sometimes You
Genre: Action, Twin-Stick Shooter, Arcade
Number of Players: upwards to 1 players
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Price: $7.99
Also Available On: PS4, Steam, XB1
We direct keep roughly other twin-stick shooter inward our hands, as well as this time, it’s State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem. The developers themselves say that this game offers “mindless fun” as well as is precisely what it does.
The fine art mode is reminiscent of the doodles that nosotros did when nosotros are kids: stick figures drawn on a slice of paper, alongside tiny dots for bullets. And of course, nosotros also do the audio effects ourselves, doing all the “pew-pews” as well as “booms”. This game has all those. It’s similar those doodles as well as vocalized sounds all mixed into i simplistic nonetheless awesome game, as well as alongside it immediately on the Nintendo Switch, yous tin accept it on the move as well as play it whenever, wherever, as well as inward curt bursts. Of course, yous tin also play it docked as well as run across it on your TV.
The gameplay is merely simple: shoot anyone as well as everything earlier they shoot you. Enemies gain from elementary rioters to drones to tanks to alien motherships as well as many others. Also, yous may run across yourself battling inward the streets during a bird as well as thence discovery yourself piloting a spaceship shooting at asteroids as well as thence hold out at an alien planet shooting at, well, aliens, as well as thence dorsum to earth. That’s a large diversity of enemies inward tandem alongside dissimilar ways to shoot them up. Plus the longer yous play as well as progress into the game, the to a greater extent than the harder to kill the enemies. And also yous battle to a greater extent than of them, shooting at yous from all directions, spell yous dodge out of harm’s way. At i point, the enshroud volition merely hold out thence filled alongside enemies that yous mightiness direct keep a hard fourth dimension finding your ain character. Luckily, the game also characteristic a practiced leveling upwards system. The to a greater extent than enemies yous kill, the to a greater extent than experience points yous get, as well as when yous bird up, yous larn to pass science points on bird permanent talents, similar running faster or shooting to a greater extent than bullets. You tin also pass coin (dropped yesteryear slain enemies) on weapon upgrades. The to a greater extent than yous bird up, the stronger your chances inward beating a level. Also, afterward each beaten bird allows yous to larn a novel weapon. Unfortunately, yous don’t larn to switch betwixt weapons on the fly: each novel weapon replaces your onetime i as well as you’re stuck alongside that until yous larn a novel one. This makes roughly enemies as well as bosses harder to beat, making yous grind a flake equally yous croak multiple times, but eventually, you’ll larn the upper mitt defeat all of your enemies.
And that’s pretty much it. This game is ideal to play inward curt bursts as well as the Switch is built ideally for that form of gaming style. The game has 48 levels that progressively gets harder equally yous play more, 60+ weapons to shoot your enemies with, as well as dissimilar upgrades that yous tin mix as well as represent depending on your play style. Whether you’re on your commute to run or merely sitting at habitation chilling at your couch as well as yous experience the itch to play a video game that lets yous shoot everything on the screen, this game on Switch lets yous scratch that itch alongside ease. Be the principal of mayhem yous direct keep been aching to hold out since yous were a kid. Not ideal to do it inward existent life, of course, thence do it inward the side yesteryear side best agency possible: inward this game, YOU are the principal of mayhem.
REPLAY VALUE: Very High
PROS
- Simplistic gameplay alongside mindless fun
- Ideal to play on the go, as well as is real ideal on the Switch
- Simplistic nonetheless hilarious fine art style
- All audio effects are vocalized/done a capella style
- Awesome soundtrack; it has rock, metal, country, as well as other fast-paced music that complements good alongside the visuals
- Has a practiced leveling upwards system
- Has a practiced diversity inward enemies as well as ways to shoot them
- Has a practiced diversity of weapons
- Vehicle driving is slow to execute
- Smooth animation alongside no frame charge per unit of measurement drops
CONS
- May move also chaotic when at that topographic point are lots of enemies shown on screen
- Can’t swap weapons on the fly
- No selection to purpose shields
- Has a sudden difficulty spike that form of forces yous to grind
- The gameplay tin move also repetitive fast, making the game non ideal for long gaming sessions
RATING: 4/5 doodles as well as violence-induced giggles
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