Do You Even Game, Bro? | Broforce Hands on Preview (Video)

<p>Lovingly styled with a look falling somewhere between Atari 2600 and the NES&comma; Broforce parodies classic action films and TV shows of the 80s and 90s while pleasantly assaulting players with bro puns and silly humor&period; Controlling characters with obvious likenesses to the stars of these films &lpar;Rambro&comma; Brommando&comma; B&period;A&period; Broacus&comma; MacBrover&comma; Bro Hard&comma; etc&rpar;&comma; the game requires players to pretty much kill everything in sight while rescuing their fellow bros&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the retro visuals&comma; action flick homages&comma; and bro puns&comma; I really&comma; really want to like Broforce&period; Unfortunately&comma; underneath all the things I just mentioned&comma; there isn’t a whole lot of to it&period; With all the chaotic action on screen&comma; the retro graphics kind of work against the game&comma; making it difficult to see what is actually happening on screen&period; I found myself dying several times without ever actually seeing what caused my death&period; Plus&comma; when I did die&comma; I seemingly respawned as a completely random bro character&comma; offering no option to choose my next bro&period; With 2D shooters&comma; the option to play with a friend is always one of the biggest draws&comma; however with Broforce&comma; it seemed to make the action doubly confusing&comma; especially when the players wandered apart and the camera wouldn’t pan out&comma; leaving one character to flail haplessly off screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Broforce was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the self-aware bro humor&comma; but sadly&comma; much like actual bro culture&comma; there doesn’t seem to be much below the surface&period; Getting together with a bro of your own and killing an with Broforce would be totally worth a bargain price of &dollar;5 or &dollar;10&comma; but once the jokes get old&comma; there won’t be much else to keep you playing&period; To see more&comma; check out the embedded gameplay video below from PAX East&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Broforce is available now via Steam Early Access and will be coming to consoles this summer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;