Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer

released on Jun 01, 2023

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer

released on Jun 01, 2023

So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now im 37, so i have life experience now.


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This is a short but sweet Build-engine inspired FPS that oozes 90's. As in...your melee weapon is literally that damned S everyone drew on their notebooks or sharpied in on school playground equipment. Your character hurls out one liners and insults like a certain Nukem, but they're all as hilariously juvenile as you can get. "Oh yeah, I got it on with your mom!", "You smell like turds. Well, would have...because you're dead!"

If you don't mind crude humor (or, in my case, still get a chuckle out of this kind of garbage at nearly 30 years old) and a handful of those classic "where the fuck do I go?" sections these games were notorious for, then this is a great time. Not sure if I'd put it above Cultic or Dusk, but I don't regret spending four hours clearing it with xbox game pass.

- The X-blade has a hex blood charge.

Very over the top and silly, but still has a pretty fun gameplay loop and a unique lineup of weapons! The shorter length was actually a positive for me, but it sucked how much I felt like I was slogging through the end at times.

Some of the Easter Eggs are also pretty interesting from a "world-building/character-building" sense. It would've been really easy to just fully caricaturize Zane, but there's moments where some (minor) depth is shown. His appreciation for his mother, the frustrated note from his friend who codeveloped, and other small touches.

I mean yeah it’s silly but it’s a slog towards the end. Also I can’t really complain about this given the fact that I got to play this through gamepass, but MRSP is $17?? For a 4 hour game???? Crazy

It's like Blood in the Hypnospace universe, and just like Hypnospace this game stands out for it's charisma. It really does feel like a game made by a 14 yo edgy kid with 0 self-consciousness and that is just awesome.