Namely, the fact that they change depending upon which character you’re playing as. I should also probably talk a little bit more about the elevators themselves, too. Except, you know, a little more filled out (pun intended). Do any of you remember those old Newgrounds games where you played as a stick man in a room, killing other stickmen? They were, like, all the rage in the early-mid 2000s, so I’m sure that at least some of you have. Rather than exploring your surroundings, Exit the Gungeon is entirely focused on combat, with the player doing little else aside from shooting down swarms of enemies. But it doesn’t! Exit the Gungeon is, in fact, a platformer. If this game still played like the first one, that would be really bad. Instead, each level takes place on an elevator-most of which make occasional stops here and there. First of all, levels aren’t entire floors like they were in Enter the Gungeon. But that’s where the major similarities end. The game once again has players going from level to level, shooting, looting, killing a boss, and repeating. Technically speaking, the gist of Exit the Gungeon should feel pretty familiar. And, after seeing it from that angle, it’s easy to appreciate the simplicity in this game’s story. There’s nothing else that you need to do but leave. You’ve already done everything that you need to do all of the drama of the Gungeoneers’ past is dead and gone. But that’s just it Exit the Gungeon is basically just an extension of Enter the Gungeon‘s ending. After all, Enter the Gungeon‘s plot, though not the most detailed thing ever, was honestly pretty intriguing-especially toward the end of the game. At face value, that might seem a little disheartening.

So, as I’ve already said, Exit the Gungeon‘s plot is simple. By the grace of the Sorceress (and the guy in charge of maintaining the Gungeon’s elevators), the Gungeoneers have been given a chance to… Exit the Gungeon! Fortunately for the Gungeoneers, however, all hope isn’t lost. And, considering that it had just been used multiple times, the fabric of reality isn’t doing such a great job at keeping itself together. You know the Gun That Can Kill The Past? Well, it turns out that using that messes with the space-time continuum. But it seems as though there’s a bit of a problem. Having already braved its bullet-filled depths, and successfully killing their own past afterward, the Gungeoneers are ready to make their escape from the Gungeon. Basically, Exit the Gungeon is the story of (although I’m sure you’ve figured this out, already) the Gungeoneers’ attempt to escape from the Gungeon. But, old habits die hard and, thus, here we are. So simple, in fact, that I probably shouldn’t even give its own section in this review. What, are you saying that we had something to do with this?Įxit the Gungeon‘s plot is simple.

But Enter the Gungeon it is not despite everything that it borrows from its smash-hit of a predecessor, Exit the Gungeon-for better or for worse-is very much its own thing. Heck, in some ways, it even plays like Enter the Gungeon. Is it a platformer? An arcade game? An attempt to utilize the Enter the Gungeon mechanics in a new way? Well, yes, actually, yes to all of that.

I’ll admit that I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from this game going in. But, seeing as how their entire attempt to, *ahem*, Exit the Gungeon, has been made into a game, you know that it’s going to be anything but easy. But, now that that’s all done and over with, the only thing left to do is leave. And, when everything’s said and done, we even managed to kill off our brave gungeoneers’ pasts. There’s been plenty of shooting, looting, shooting, dying, and shooting. We’ve, at this point, spent years entering the gungeon alongside the Pilot, Marine, Hunter, and Convict (plus a few others).

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