Guns Up!

Guns Up! (stylized as GUNS UP!) is a free-to-play action strategy game developed by Valkyrie Entertainment and published by SCEA.^[1] It was released on December 5, 2015 for the PlayStation 4.

It received negative reception from critics, who commended its accessibility but criticized its lack of complexity and microtransactions.

Gameplay

The game tasks players with creating an impenetrable base and an army to attack the bases of other players.^[2] The player must use munitions, the in-game currency, to do this, which is earned by attacking other players' bases.^[2] The multiplayer is asychronous in that players cannot defend their bases, only direct their troops in capturing other bases.^[2] The player can randomly unlock special attacks on the field and from support cards.^[2]

There is the option to spend real currency to buy in-game gold, which can unlock special soldiers much faster, as well as customize the player's army and soldiers.^[2]

Reception

The game received negative reception, with the aggregate score being 54/100 on Metacritic.^[1]

C.J. Andriessen of Destructoid rated the game 25/100, calling the game "repetitive, tedious" and "digital Ambien", and stated that the game was "un-fun" without spending money on microtransactions to increase the XP gained, but also said that the microtransactions made the game too easy.^[2]

Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat rated the game 70/100, finding it "fun and replayable", but criticizing the "slow network response".^[3] He compared it to Clash of Clans and said that it had the potential to bridge the gap between mobile and console games if the network was more reliable.^[3]

Official PlayStation Magazine UK rated the game 40/100, saying that it felt "soulless" and that it was "a mobile freemium game in poor disguise".^[4]

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