Bagogames at EGX Rezzed 2017: Immortal Redneck Interview

<p class&equals;"western">My ongoing grumble with roguelikes is progression&period; I love the struggle&comma; but I like to see my blood&comma; sweat &&num;8216&semi;n tears leave a lasting stain on the pavement&period; It motivates me to try harder&comma; knowing that it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t all in vain&period; I understand others dig the randomized angle more&comma; starting tabula rasa and dragging themselves through like crawling on broken glass&period; However that pain has to be worth it for me&comma; to have a pay-off for how my character is now simply a broken bloody bag of bones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western">So when I heard of <em>Immortal Redneck<&sol;em>&comma; I wasn&&num;8217&semi;t sure as it is a FPS roguelike&period; Then I dug a little deeper&comma; and found it had a progression system based on how much currency you reap&comma; spent on a skill tree &lpar;akin to <em>Rogue Legacy<&sol;em>&rpar;&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sweet&comma; maybe I&&num;8217&semi;ll check it out as a preview&period;&&num;8221&semi; I then watched the trailer&comma; in all its redneck insanity&comma; and saw claims like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;over 50 weapons”&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s when I knew I had to pry deeper&period; So I got an interview with CEO and Co-Founder of Crema&comma; Enrique Panos&comma; which you can find just below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"iQyWIcpS6N0" title&equals;"Immortal Redneck Interview - EGX Rezzed 2017"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;iQyWIcpS6N0"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;iQyWIcpS6N0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Immortal Redneck Interview - EGX Rezzed 2017"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western">Fortunately up close the charisma of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;redneck invasion of Egyptian tombs” stands like a fortification&period; This mainly presents itself with the weapons&comma; and if they&&num;8217&semi;re boasting 50 weapons then I can buy that&period; Sure some are a little anti-climatic &lpar;a wooden gun that functions like a slow-acting 9mm &&num;8230&semi;eh&rpar;&comma; but others get pretty daft&comma; like a potato launcher&period; As I said&comma; I also dig the progression they have going on&comma; which partially rears its head via their class system &lpar;i&period;e&period; which god you pray to for weapons and abilities&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western">My main criticism&comma; based on a casual 5 minute preview and interview&comma; is how the pyramids are laid out&period; Some people are really bad at games &lpar;e&period;g&period; me&rpar;&comma; so having three pyramids could present as a difficulty choice&period; Instead&comma; they more function as levels to be completed one after another&period; While not a deal-breaker&comma; it feels like a missed opportunity for a difficulty option to be cooked into the game which could have lent greater accessibility to scrubs like me and masochistic folk who dig harder difficulties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western">Overall&comma; I generally had a good time with the punt I had&period; While the charisma was solid&comma; it was the mechanics that made me question &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is this something I could keep going an hour later&quest;”&period; However&comma; I believe that&&num;8217&semi;s rooted in personal preference than a significant noticeable issue&period; Although the reviews coming soon with the release will likely give <em>Immortal Redneck<&sol;em> a more thorough examination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western">You can find <em>Immortal Redneck<&sol;em> out on 25<sup>th<&sol;sup> April 2017 on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;595140&sol;">Steam<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;