I swear this game made me a better person.

More specifically a more patient one.

It's like Getting Over It but with guns. The ranking system, where you have do redo a level if you die, will definitely frustrate you at first. However it later on becomes the appeal, the grindstone that you refine yourself on. This isn't a game that you absentmindedly blast through and forget about, with a YouTube video in the background.

It demands that you focus, and if you fail to, your heart will jolt with the beep of death that you will grow to despise. The initial difficulty makes it all the more satisfying when you are able to cleanly dispatch enemies without having to run. If you do have to run however, it's exhilarating.

The narration in the tapes is pleasant to listen through, and along with the scattered notes there's a lot of intriguing lore and gun history to dig into. (There's also a cute love story in there and I'm a sucker for that.)

You'll never hit a cap where you think you're truly perfect at this game, you'll always be improving. For me that adds a lot of replay value. I've only recently remembered to use it, but the Firing Range and Challenge Dome also give you a lot to do post-game. It's been over a year since I bought it and I keep coming back to it, and there aren't many games in my library that have that privilege.

I swear this game made me a better person. More specifically a more patient one. It's like Getting Over It but with guns. The ranking system, where you have do redo a level if you die, will definitely frustrate you at first. However it later on becomes the appeal, the grindstone that you refine yourself on. This isn't a game that you absentmindedly blast through and forget about, with a YouTube video in the background. It demands that you focus, and if you fail to, your heart will jolt with the beep of death that you will grow to despise. The initial difficulty makes it all the more satisfying when you are able to cleanly dispatch enemies without having to run. If you do have to run however, it's exhilarating. The narration in the tapes is pleasant to listen through, and along with the scattered notes there's a lot of intriguing lore and gun history to dig into. (There's also a cute love story in there and I'm a sucker for that.) You'll never hit a cap where you think you're truly perfect at this game, you'll always be improving. For me that adds a lot of replay value. I've only recently remembered to use it, but the Firing Range and Challenge Dome also give you a lot to do post-game. It's been over a year since I bought it and I keep coming back to it, and there aren't many games in my library that have that privilege.