Review: Enter the Gungeon (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Harvard L.

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down procedurally generated shooter which asks the age-old question of “what if everything was more like a gun?” It’s an irreverent and lighthearted game which is one of the most kinetic of its ilk, merging danmaku mechanics with interactive environments to carve out a niche in an increasingly saturated genre. This is a game with such a cohesive vision that the developer even named itself after the game’s iconic Dodge Roll – it’s a lot of fun with a hefty challenge and even more content slated to arrive in the pipeline. There’s a huge number of shooters on the Switch at the moment, both of the procedurally generated and scrolling variety, but Enter the Gungeon might just be the one you play the most.

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