

The quality of the weapon is affected by a multiplier which builds as you kill enemies in quick succession. You start the game with a weedy pistol, but due to the paradox affecting the Gungeon, your weapon changes every minute or so. Once you select your character, you enter an elevator and begin the mad scramble upwards from the bottom of the disintegrating Gungeon.Įach elevator serves as an arena where you are tasked with defending yourself against waves of gun- and bullet-themed enemies. The game begins in the Breach, essentially the game’s hub area, where you can select from one of four characters, each with unique passive abilities which affect the gameplay. Indeed, the devs said that they wanted to take the opportunity to make something smaller after the first game, having supported that with extensive free DLC after its release. The game is much briefer than its predecessor, and acts more as a palate cleanser. The mechanics are fundamentally the same, with the right stick controlling your aim and the left controlling your movement. Unlike the first game, which played as a top-down twin stick shooter, Exit the Gungeon plays as a 2D side scrolling shooter. As the Gungeon breaks down around you things get a little strange, the shifting nature of the Gungeon affects both the arenas you battle in, and the weapons you earn as you progress. The Gungeon has become a paradox, and you are tasked with escaping. Exit the Gungeon starts from the moment that weapon was fired.

It’s also, in all likelihood, the only way I’ll ever be seeing what lies at the bottom of the Gungeon! Fission MailedĮnter the Gungeon was all about working your way downward through the many floors a Gun-themed dungeon (hence the name.) Your goal was to find a special weapon, which when fired would kill your past. The Switch version, on the other hand, is punchy, tight, and (for better or worse) even harder than the first game. I’ve yet to play the iOS version, but I can’t imagine the tight shooting works so well with a touch screen. Exit the Gungeon initially released on iOS last year, before coming to consoles in March. Introducing: Exit the Gungeon Nintendo Switch Reviewĭid you Enter the Gungeon? I did… and promptly got my backside kicked! Exit the Gungeon is a spin-off of the 2017 bullet hell dungeon crawler that follows on directly after the events of the first game.
