A bananas game, and one I had very little interest in due to its seeming dudebro humour and funky physics, but actually giving it a shot allowed it to reveal unexpectedly enjoyable depths in its gimmicky seeming gameplay. Humour’s still shit.

Well, okay, I laughed a few times, and I've played games with worse writing, but it really is there to just give some context to what you are doing, and nothing more.

But what you're doing is a surprisingly fun gun ballet through well constructed levels where each one introduces something new for you to take into account, be it a new weapon, a new enemy, a new environmental detail, or a new twist on an old one. There aren't many weapons and nothing out of the ordinary, but they all feel good to use and offer some interesting approaches coupled with the game's weird character physics and unique movement.

It wasn't long until the start of every level filled me with excitement, both to see what the game had come up with now and to just enjoy its movement and shooting down the artistically adequate corridors (that I did enjoy in some way).

I'm not sure if I'd include it in my favourites list, but the fact that I'm even considering that is such a leap from not even wanting to try it out and doing it only because it was leaving PSN and pushed some button in me. I'm glad I did as I enjoyed the hell out of it, even the somewhat lacklustre finale. I never expected it to blow me away, and it doesn't the way a great game would, but for what it is - fuck yeah, I'd be up for now.