Based on the core design, Turbo Overkill is one of the greatest FPS ever made. It's design, weapon roster, movement, world ; it's all so immensely fantastic and creative and well made. Aside from the Uzi after it's level 3 upgrade (seriously, I preferred it at level 2. WTF) and the entirety of the plasma gun, I used every single weapon frequently depending on the situation. The upgrades push weapons in and out of viability too in cool ways ; upgrading the shotguns was such a fun moment, pushing them from very underwhelming to extremely fun and powerful.

Unfortunately, and it pains me to say this, a lot of small blemishes knock the game down from new genre titan, to just a very good fps. The game lagged very inconsistently ; in some areas I was on max graphics without a hiccup, and in others the game chugged at minimum graphics. I also got stuck in geometry more than a few times, and tutorial popups and the recharge notification for the chainsaw arms would often just... not happen.

Money is very oddly balanced. I played on the middle difficulty, Street Cleaner, which turns off buying ammo and health in shops. So I just consistently had WAY more money than I could possibly use. I bought almost every upgrade as soon as it became available with money leftover. Even cutting zen gain to 2/3 would make the process of saving up for upgrades way more fun.

The damage attacks do feels very lopsided. At max health and armour, I could take dozens of bullets, or two enemy rockets. Frequently against big enemies my health would jump from full to near dead in a single hit, and the game's feedback on these attacks wasn't strong enough for me to generally figure out what I could've done differently. The Sloths, Technopedes, Rammers and Teddies were some of the worst offenders.

And there were a lot of small things where I just went "HUH?" Like how single armour fragments don't charge you above 100 armour, but single health point vials do ; and how easily I voided out when looking for collectables or hit an invisible wall in the car stages. The game is lacking polish in a lot of small ways.

Despite all that, I still wholeheartedly recommend TO. The movement and guns are joyous, and the story was a blast to see. I hope trigger happy games consider patching some of the game's issues, so I can update this review to read "Chegg. Charms. Chenis. Game of the year"

Based on the core design, Turbo Overkill is one of the greatest FPS ever made. It's design, weapon roster, movement, world ; it's all so immensely fantastic and creative and well made. Aside from the Uzi after it's level 3 upgrade (seriously, I preferred it at level 2. WTF) and the entirety of the plasma gun, I used every single weapon frequently depending on the situation. The upgrades push weapons in and out of viability too in cool ways ; upgrading the shotguns was such a fun moment, pushing them from very underwhelming to extremely fun and powerful. Unfortunately, and it pains me to say this, a lot of small blemishes knock the game down from new genre titan, to just a very good fps. The game lagged very inconsistently ; in some areas I was on max graphics without a hiccup, and in others the game chugged at minimum graphics. I also got stuck in geometry more than a few times, and tutorial popups and the recharge notification for the chainsaw arms would often just... not happen. Money is very oddly balanced. I played on the middle difficulty, Street Cleaner, which turns off buying ammo and health in shops. So I just consistently had WAY more money than I could possibly use. I bought almost every upgrade as soon as it became available with money leftover. Even cutting zen gain to 2/3 would make the process of saving up for upgrades way more fun. The damage attacks do feels very lopsided. At max health and armour, I could take dozens of bullets, or two enemy rockets. Frequently against big enemies my health would jump from full to near dead in a single hit, and the game's feedback on these attacks wasn't strong enough for me to generally figure out what I could've done differently. The Sloths, Technopedes, Rammers and Teddies were some of the worst offenders. And there were a lot of small things where I just went "HUH?" Like how single armour fragments don't charge you above 100 armour, but single health point vials do ; and how easily I voided out when looking for collectables or hit an invisible wall in the car stages. The game is lacking polish in a lot of small ways. Despite all that, I still wholeheartedly recommend TO. The movement and guns are joyous, and the story was a blast to see. I hope trigger happy games consider patching some of the game's issues, so I can update this review to read "Chegg. Charms. Chenis. Game of the year"