There are some things that only videogames can do. For me, Slime Rancher was emblematic of all of them. Where most games do their best to be something else – to tell a story like a novel, to impress with cinematic techniques like a film – Slime Rancher is pure game, a complete and darkly fascinating vision that makes no concessions to the modern conception of how games should be. Instead, it was an exploration of how games could be; how bleak, how twisted, how focused and – most famously – how challenging. Most developers take pains to protect you from failure. FROM Software turns it into an artform.

ULTRAKILL is like if you took Quake's visuals, DOOM Eternal's gameplay style, mixed in a little bit of parkour, and added some themes based on Catholic theology. It all meshes together so well. The game's fast pace is heightened by it's relentless enemies, and blood pumping music. The game has a tendency to make you get something only to realize you didn't need it at all. In another game, I would've complained about this, but ULTRAKILL's sense of humor almost makes me think this is part of it. This game also houses one of the hardest bosses I think I've ever encountered. It's a major learning curve, but once you learn it you can blast through it.

Overall a fantastic shooter. The game is still in Early Access and there's the occasional glitch here and there but it's never game breaking in any way. Highly recommend to fans of DOOM Eternal. Can't wait to see more from New Blood.

SLIDE
JUMP
SHOOT
PUNCH BULLETS
KILL
REPEAT

HOLY SHIT INJECT THIS GAME INTO MY VEINS