Heavy Bullets
| Heavy Bullets | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Terri Vellmann |
| Publisher(s) | Devolver Digital |
| Composer(s) | Doseone |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
| Release date(s) |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, roguelike |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Heavy Bullets is a first-person shooter video game with roguelike elements developed by Terri Vellman and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on September 18, 2014.
Gameplay
Heavy Bullets is a first-person shooter video game. The player character is armed with a pistol and a low amount of ammunition which can be retrieved upon firing.[1] The player's objective is to battle through 8 levels and reset a security mainframe.[1][2][3] Levels are procedurally generated.[1] Killing enemies rewards the player with money which can be used to purchase usable and passive items.[1] Upon death the player will not respawn, a new play-through must be started.[4] Money can be deposited in a bank and will carry over to the next play-through, the player can also can also purchase insurance to save money and items if they die.[1][4][2]
Development
Vellman originally began working on the title as part of a game jam.[4][5] The game uses the Unity engine.[5] Music and sound was composed by American rapper Doseone.[5] An early access build of the game launched on Steam on May 15, 2014.[5] The full version of the game was released on September 18, 2014.[6]
Reception
Aggregate review websites Metacritic and GameRankings assigned scores of 72/100 and 74% respectively.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Woolsey, Cameron (May 23, 2014). "Heavy Bullets Early Access Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Davison, Pete (May 16, 2014). "Heavy Bullets is Another Attempt to Mash Up the Roguelike and FPS Genres". USgamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Prell, Sam (May 19, 2014). "Heavy Bullets is an FPS that makes you recycle your ammo". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Farokhmanesh, Megan (June 12, 2014). "Heavy Bullets adds roguelike difficulty to a colorful first-person shooter". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Graft, Kris (May 28, 2014). "Heavy Bullets is modern day indie game development dressed in 90s neon". Gamasutra. UBM plc. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ↑ Ben, Lee (September 19, 2014). "Roguelike shooter Heavy Bullets launches on PC, Mac and Linux". Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Heavy Bullets for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Heavy Bullets for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2015.