Developer: Auroch Digital
Steam Deck Compatibility?: Verified
Rrp: £18.99 (Gog.com, Humble and Steam), £19.99 (Epic)
This is yet another game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, I’m not complaining but when is Games Workshop going to give Warhammer Fantasy some love? I’m kidding of course, I know Warhammer Fantasy has Vermintide one and two as well as the whole Total War: Warhammer (or is it Warhammer: Total War?…. Total Warhammer?) series, and that’s without mentioning the older games.
There’s something about the setting of Warhammer 40,000 that makes it compatible with the first person shooter genre. I suspect it’s the over the top nature of the universe. What I can say is that Boltgun is the Warhammer 40K game I didn’t know I needed. The guns all feel great to use, having a good sense of weight to them as well as an audio and visual ‘kick’.
The developers have really gone out of their way to make everything suit the 40K aesthetic. For example, the armour you collect in this game is called ‘contempt’, which is just so very Warhammer 40,000.
Visually the game uses 2D sprites similar to the original Doom games to represent your enemies. This is an interesting choice given the fully 3D environment, however, it’s a choice that really makes the game visually pop.
Something that I really love is the inclusion of a taunt button that has no practical use whatsoever other than to make the player feel badass.
This is very much a boomer shooter which despite its visual style harking back to the original Doom games plays far more like Serious Sam (minus the absolutely huge enemies).
