This might just be my favorite party game ever made. It's so hilariously bonkers and bombastic that I have an absolute blast every time I play it with my friends. It's lightning fast and has so much bonkers tech to it that every round feels like such a rush. Seriously, you can do some insane shit here. Setting mines in places to trap your friends, using a gun's kickback to propel yourself to higher areas or even save yourself from certain death, the good ol' grenade snipe from across the map, the list goes on and on. Feeling to lazy to do some slick tricks? How about something goofy instead? I personally feel keen on trying to kill my opponents my stepping on them with shoes every time they come up even though it mostly never works out well for me. I have had some success crushing with boxes or rocks though, as I toss one from a distance and somehow manage to snipe their head with it. It's also hilarious to see my friends go mental over trying to get rid of the mind control ray whenever it comes up. (they almost always fold to it if I get my hands on it lmao) Whatever you find on the stage is up to you to use how you see fit on how to fuck shit up with them.

It's not even that hard to get into as well. The mechanics are all pretty simple to learn and utilize, but tough to master. And boy, mastering these mechanics feels oh so satisfying. The single player arcade challenges can provide good ways to help touch up on how to play, and help you 'git gud' to maybe even reach those ever elusive platinum and dev records. Speaking as someone who's beaten all of the dev records, they are absolutely FUCKED. Some like grenade launcher 101 and swing mace pro bring back particularly nightmarish memories.

My literal only complaint here is some of the other things required for completion. Raising eight little men and reaching level 20 in particular require an extremely annoying amount of grinding. But they aren't really involved much with the actual game at all so it's only really annoying to people like me I guess. It's just overall an absolutely exhilarating and over the top experience. Literal peak party gaming right here.

Also, like many others have said, the game has a dedicated quack button. If that doesn't sell you on this then I don't know what will.

Reviewed on Jun 26, 2021


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