Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Reviews

Guys only want one thing: to slaughter the forces of chaos for the Emperor. Great controls, punchy sound design, lovely attention to detail, and fantastic art design. One specific thing to shout out - I'm obsessed with the way the warp is represented. The level design leaves a bit to be desired and on more than one occasion I found myself lost for where to go. Happily the devs have since included QoL improvements such as a togglable guidance system. A very solid boomer shooter.

Game itself, and what it provides, 10/10, absolutely love it. Unfortunately... it triggers a headache and nausea (and/or my motion-sickness? not much ever has) after an hour or so at a time, or I'd have tunnel-visioned the rest of the achievements I lack by now. Tried fiddling with the pixelation, etc. in the options (which, I'm glad exist at all!), but nada. 'bout an hour in, every time, start to get either a headache, nausea, or both (or one following the other). Which is a real shame, 'cause it's great DakkaDakka, arena-shooty fun! 😭

Good game overall. The hardest difficulty is not HARD at all. I haven't played lower difficulty but for such nostalgic boomer shooter, I would have preferred more monster over bullet sponges. I feel like I am not using enough ammo seeing how it is scattered after a fight. Hordes / Waves management like in newer DOOM. Otherwise the game looks great. I like the DA and the level design. I just regret how easy the secrets are but 1 ridiculously hard. They are a lot of liminal spaces if you climb places. Secret should be where I am not supposed to go :p Edit : Honestly, it gets hard at the end of chapter 2 Edit 2 : The final boss is great. <3

Good - Lots of interesting weapons. - Good enemy variety. - Good pixel art graphics in 3D. More like Heretic or Hexen than DOOM. - Correct feeling length. - You feel powerful. - Good DLC. Neutral or Minor Issues - There are almost too many weapons once you have the DLC. Six of your total weapons feel like a weaker and a stronger version pair though they do have some actual differences, just nothing huge. - Maybe some power-ups should have been permanent upgrades. - "Contempt" should have just been called "Armor". Bad - A tiny bit more story would have been nice.

It is unreal how good this game is. I was definitely a fan of boomer shooters in their hey day and this is easily one of the best (old or new). Period. As a 40K fan, this is the game I wanted so badly in the 90s or early 00s. It's just really satisfying and fun to play. It even has taunts, and I love it. Nothing like taunting a greater demon of nurgle before you melt it with a plasma gun or taunting a Black Legion Terminator before you shred it with a heavy bolter. Very satisfying. Difficulty is just right. Level design is great. Graphics are beautiful for what they are. A real love letter to the genre and to 40K. I don't even mind playing an Ultramarine and not a Dark Angel or Blood Angel.

Solid retro-shooter. Good level designs. And you get to be a Space Marine.

Let's just start with the obvious Warhammer 40K: Boltgun is a boomer shooter, and proud of being one. So if you don't like these kind of games, don't bother with it. There isn't too much in the story. You are Malum Caedo, a Space Marine that needs to kill HERETICS at any cost. And that's all you do: kill the forces of chaos. Something funny is you can start taunting the enemies or yelling at the empty environment. Malum Caedo will make the forces of chaos [b]quake[/b] with fear. He is their [b]doom[/b] . He is [b]Hate Incarnate[/b] . As you can see, this game loves its roots. I'm not well versed in the Warhammer 40K universe, yet it didn't matter at all for this game. So anyone who likes a good Boomer shooter will have a great time playing this. Graphics are fine. They do its job. Can't complain about them. Weapons are another important aspect of a FPS. They aren't memorable like the BFG or Railgun, but they are useful. It feels good shooting them for kill enemies. The titular Boltgun, your first weapon, can also receive some temporary upgrades like a special kind of bullets. Oh, did I mention there are power-ups too? They can be quite useful when dealing with hordes of enemies or a boss. The enemies are perhaps my biggest gripe with this game. Some are hard to identify visually. Looking specifically at the weak chaos humans. Some are annoying, like the awful Plague Toads. Constantly jumping, trying to pull you with their tongues and also spewing venom everywhere. There are many sponge-bullet enemies too. It gets worse with some beasts that always chase you, and if they hit you, say goodbye to your health and shield (It is called Contempt here). Bosses are also annoying. Worse is after their introduction they sometimes appears in other levels. There is a way to cheese them, but those grenades are quite limited. Overall, I would recommend it. Has some flaws, but if you can ignore them, you will have a great time with this game. TL;DR: Boomer shooter with arena style gameplay. You kill many enemies, advance to the next arena and repeat the process until you reach the level exit. Sometimes you will find secrets with power-ups scattered around the level. Oh! If you played Space Marine, this game has some references to it.

The level design is terrible making you waste hours walking around. The shotgun is useless because its niche is against low armored enemies with lots of health, which isn't an enemy that exists in the game. Everygun besides the shotgun can just be used for pretty much everything except if it can't penetrate, that's all the gun complexity.

Warhammer 40k Boltgun is honestly a really fun game. It brings the classic room mechanic and turns it up to 11 thanks to the difficulty and the music. If you like Warhammer and doom, you will love this.

Lots of fun initially, however it feels a bit shallow with lots of repetition through different levels, and boss fights. Easy to get lost in the large levels, which sadly takes the action off the boil versus the unlimited supply of ammunition littering the maps. That being, said it is fun but I’d probably wait for a sale before buying.