Disfigure is a rogue-like shooter game which is played in a top-down perspective. You can choose between multiple melee and ranged weapons to survive against endless enemies. The more eliminations you have, the more perks and upgrades you can unlock for your character. Today I’ll share my opinion with you on if the game is worth a try and what you can expect.

Basic Gameplay

You start with a weapon of your choice (at the beginning just the pistol) and have to eliminate spider-like monsters. Your character is standing in the dark and can either see an area in a circle around him or a cone view in the direction the mouse cursor is facing. Every time one is defeated they drop a ball of EXP that you have to pick up in order to level up your character.

Once you level up you are able to choose one of 5 upgrades or to reroll the selection. Upgrades improve stats such as bullet speed or weapon damage but can also decrease stats like fire rate but reward you with other improvements. In addition to the upgrades you can unlock one of nine weapon perks every 10 levels.

What I enjoyed

The little tutorial right at the start of the game was enough to get started and saved time to look into the keybindings in the settings.

I really like the fact that you’re able to change both the player and the cursor color. It’s small things that bigger titles don’t allow their players to change.

The artstyle of the game really finds the small border between a simple 2d polygon style and pixelart. I really like the way the upgrade images ingame and the store page background on steam are designed.

I was able to earn the money needed to buy another weapon in a run that took me around 15 minutes. The cool things about Disfigure is that it can also be enjoyed by casual players because of the short grind time and the option to play on normal instead of hard difficulty.

What can be improved

What I missed at the beginning of the game was the epilepsy warning. Especially towards the end the visuals get to a point where there are so many bullets flying around and effects going off that you really need to concentrate to spot the player in all the chaos.

Feel free to leave your highscore in the comments if you decided to try out the game or already knew about it. Let’s see if you are able to beat mine. (Score: 635500)

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Today we show your our favorite team combinations in the 2d tactic shooter Door Kickers Action Squad. The game was published in September 2018 by the independant romanian gamedev studio KillHouse Games. You can either play the game solo or in coop mode.

Shield + DPS

The Shield gear basically negates any damage dealt to the Shield as long as you face the enemy. An Antistab Armor is useful to block incoming melee attacks. Therefore the Shield player should always be the one opening the doors, the DPS player (Breacher or Assaulter) stands behind him.

For the gear slots we recommend running either double Flashbangs or Flasbangs and Breaching Charges to be able to stun large groups of enemies. In the shield slot we are using the Rifle Resistant Shield to stop damage from rifles as it deals the highest amount of damage other than knifes or “exploding enemies”.

As an ultimate we’re going with double Sniper Support to progress in the achievement Slacker where you need to kill 1000 enemies with this ultimate. If you already got that or don’t care about it try going with Sniper Support on the Shield and Dragon Breath on the Breacher or Light Machinegun on the Assaulter.

Recon + DPS

The Recon has the ability to crack open doors without kicking them in giving you a stealthy option to enter rooms. This and the Spy Camera gear can be used to get an overview of the next room without alerting the enemies. Keep in mind that the Recon doesn’t do much damage which is why a Assaulter is needed to eliminate all threats on close and also medium range.

In this combination we use Sniper Support for the Assaulter and Suppressed Shotgun for the Recon. Gear slots can be used to your liking, we recommend using either Flashbangs or Smoke Grenades to not get shot too much yourself as there is no real protection as above with the Shield

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In this article I share some impressions from Street Fighter 6 and tell you my opinion on this soon to be released 2d fighting game. The game is part 6 in a series of games starting in 1987 developed by Capcom. I tried the free Demo version of the game that is currently available. The base game is supposed to cost 60€.

The general idea is to fight against AI or player controlled enemies using different attacks and blocking mechanisms.

Things I like

The demo lets you try 2 of 3 modes: Fighting Grounds, where you can fight against other players locally or against AI (you only have one character unlocked to play) and the World Tour, where you create your own character and need to complete quests to get stronger.

The graphics are pretty realistic and the game has a nice art-style for animations and character introduction screens. The music matches the style and has a catchy vibe to it, especially during the start of a battle in the “Fighting Grounds” mode.

If you play the Word Tour mode you’ll find a complex character editor with many possibilities to make your character look just like you want it to. The world tour mode is pretty cool as it offers an more or less open-world experience in the “Metro City” where you’re able to challenge strangers on the street, purchase new items and need to complete missions.

The tutorials are really detailed and introduce you to the basics of the game. This helped me a lot as I have never played a fighting game in this style before and still struggled to keep up. Another cool feature is the ability to change between classic and modern input mode where keybindings are set to single keys instead of the classic way of pressing combinations of arrow keys.

There is a story behind the game (at least in the world tour mode) and different fights are connected with cutscenes and quests. This rounds the game off well and makes the difference to a simple fighting game.

Things I don’t like

For a beginner there are way to many buttons to learn and remember if you’re just getting started and I often found myself just pressing keys, hoping to knock out my opponent. That being said I think if you invest some time into the game you can get good rather fast.

The movement in the open world felt a bit snappy and too fast. During important cutscenes the protagonist and the other characters talk normally but during for example conversations with other characters you just hear single word and need to read the dialogue box. Nothing major just a bit weird in my opinion.

Conclusion

Feel free to leave your own opinion on the game or constructive criticism in the comments below this article.