drip and swag are all that matter in this world; assimilation is underway

the atmosphere here is so oppressively dense that it almost makes me forget i'm playing one of the worst feeling shooters to ever be released by a professional company. it's like if faceball 2000 somehow ran at an even lower framerate and was intended for people who'd never had nice days in their entire lives

but that fucking vibe is immaculate. the premise is hopelessly bleak without feeling tryhard, the industrial soundtrack is somehow more mechanically clunky than the gameplay itself and the cutscene direction rivals actual fucking cinema despite being from 1994. who the fuck made this??

oh - it's the guys behind gadget: past as future

alright that explains everything

Reviewed on Feb 18, 2024


7 Comments


2 months ago

How did you play this? Are 3DO emulators decent?

2 months ago

@brockreiher i used an english-patched version of phoenix, which is a somewhat janky but totally functional 3do emulator. runs jaguar too. retroarch is probably the most ideal way to go tho

2 months ago

@brockreiher yeah I've been using Retroarch for 3DO emulation and it's worked great so far

2 months ago

hell yeah

2 months ago

Holy shit, I remember hearing about Gadget from a YouTube video and that the guy who wrote Half Life took a lot of inspiration from it. I never realized the developer did anything else.

2 months ago

@crossoffate yeah honestly everything by synergy seems to be worth a look. these guys are fucked in the head

1 month ago

looking at gameplay, it looks like the closest thing we'll get to a Tetsuo: The Iron Man game