Game #903: Ion Fury

  Duchess Nukem 3D.

 If you used to game on your PC in the '90s then you're surely familiar with Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior, Blood or Rise of the Triad. Doom clones at their core, these games were what people thought of when you talked about first person shooters. Loads of gore, loads of weapons, loads of fun.

 Ion Fury uses the same engine, albeit slightly modified, these old games used, so not only does it look the part, it also plays the part.

 The game is tough. Thankfully you can save anywhere, my normal difficulty run required a TON of save scumming. And it felt like I was constantly running out of ammo, which forced me to play with the game's entire arsenal of weapons, make of that what you will. Oh, and the basic gun? Its alternate fire makes it the most useful weapon in the entire game against basic human-type enemies.

 The game has a wealth of content, there are a ton of levels, in my opinion, way too many. I was a bit bored by the end of game. On the other hand, people that love these games will love the copious amounts of levels to go through.

 The Switch version of the game runs at 30FPS and has some slowdown every now and then, but I'd say even when it was at its slowest it never felt unplayable.

 7.5