metal: hellsinger ended up being one of my favorite games to release in 2022, perhaps it’s just because of my love for heavy metal music, but overall i just really enjoyed the game for reasons like the gameplay, story, and gimmicks. the best way to describe metal: hellsinger in my opinion is a mix of doom and crypt of the necrodancer, it’s a mix that shouldn’t work good but it works EXTREMELY well. having to take out large groups of enemies to the beat of the heavy metal music is probably one of my favorite video game gimmicks to date. with a good story and a talented voice cast of troy baker and jennifer hale, metal: hellsinger is easily a wonderful gaming experience that i definitely recommend to everyone, ESPECIALLY if you have xbox game pass like me. the ending of the story seems to hint at a potential sequel, so i’m very excited for that already.

bonus points for having serj tankian (goat) on the final boss theme.