Immortal Redneck Review – A Fun and Fast-Paced Trek Through Ancient Egypt

By Ashley
9 years Ago

Every once in a while, the hillbilly way of life makes its way back into the pop culture spotlight&period; We seem to be reaching the end of this phase, as poor ratings result in the cancellation of TV shows like Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo&period; However, Immortal Redneck is flying in completely undeterred, with a brand new fish-out-of-water hillbilly story&colon; a redneck wakes up mummified in Egypt&period; Yes, you read that right&period;&NewLine;CremaGames has had great success in mobile games market, with tens of millions of downloads worldwide, and Immortal Redneck is their debut PC game&period; It features a vacationing redneck who drives off a cliff in Egypt and wakes up mummified&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a fast-paced first-person-shooter that feels a whole lot like Doom or Serious Sam&period; The developer&&num;8217&semi;s goal was to create something outrageous and entertaining, and they&&num;8217&semi;ve nailed it&period;&NewLine;As your redneck awakens from his slumber, he finds himself surrounded by three large pyramids&period; Your objective is to climb to the top level of each of the three pyramids, taking out monsters and finding treasure chests as you go&period; You start the game with three basic weapons, and you discover more by killing monsters, finding treasure, and unlocking new classes&period;&NewLine;<figure id="attachment&lowbar;125853" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125853" style="width&colon; 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-125853" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30014618/imred2-e1496123630295&period;png" alt="Immortal Redneck, CremaGames" width="960" height="540" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-125853" class="wp-caption-text">Immortal Redneck, CremaGames</figcaption></figure>&NewLine;The pyramid levels are procedurally-generated, meaning each time you enter a pyramid, your experience will be different than the last&period; Guided by a mini-map, you must find your way to the staircase of each level until you reach a boss&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s impossible to sneak your way through the game, as the doors lock behind you upon entering a new room&period; You are forced to clear every enemy from each new room in order to continue, even if the room you&&num;8217&semi;ve entered is a dead end&period; The procedural generation of the pyramids prevents you from memorizing the floor plan and enemy locations of a specific level&period; Although some patterns may eventually be recognized, each new game results in a new maze puzzle to solve&period;&NewLine;The intelligent sound design of the game provides some assistance when you&&num;8217&semi;ve cleared a room&period; The up-tempo fighting music dies down as the last enemy is defeated, giving an audible signal that you can continue to the next room&period; This is an excellent design choice and saves the player from having to run around the room to make sure its clear&period; Combined with colorful, clear graphics, the visual and audible design is spot on&period;&NewLine;<figure id="attachment&lowbar;125858" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125858" style="width&colon; 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-125858" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30015124/imred31-e1496123602437&period;png" alt="Immortal Redneck, CremaGames" width="960" height="540" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-125858" class="wp-caption-text">Immortal Redneck, CremaGames</figcaption></figure>&NewLine;Immortal Redneck does an excellent job of playing with room layouts and ceiling heights&period; Although each room is procedurally-generated, if a monster is situated in such a way that he could see you enter the room, he immediately begins attacking, no matter his distance&period; Monsters who cannot see you continue on their usual path until you slide into view&period; This creates an interesting challenge when entering a room&period; You may be attacked by a swarm of terrestrial monsters at the same time a bunch of flying monsters spot you from across the room&period; While you are dodging attacks from both of these enemy types, an archer may be shooting flaming arrows at you from a platform two levels above your head&period; Many games prevent the monsters from attacking until within a certain range, but Immortal Redneck feels more realistic in its combat design&period; Well, about as realistic as a game about a mummified redneck can feel&period;&NewLine;Early enemies include a flying skull monster who has the tendency to team up on you and follow you around like a magnet&period; Shooting a rubble pile may uncover half a dozen tiny eyeball monsters who swarm at you maliciously&period; You will come across Anubis-like creatures who shoot flaming arrows from afar and solid, round monsters who wield slow but strong melee weapons&period;&NewLine;Weapon options vary just as much as the monsters&period; You start the game with a pistol, a shotgun, and some dynamite&period; These follow the standard rules of most FPS games&colon; the pistol is fast but weak, the shotgun slow but strong, and the dynamite the slowest and strongest&period; At first, you are only allowed to carry three weapons, so when you come across a new weapon in a pyramid, you must carefully decide which of your existing arsenal to replace&period; You can find things like a potato launcher, rocket launcher, or double pistol&period; When playing as a class other than the redneck, you&&num;8217&semi;ll use class-specific weapons like a magical staff or coilgun&period;&NewLine;<figure id="attachment&lowbar;125856" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125856" style="width&colon; 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-125856" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/30014837/imred5-e1496123571839&period;png" alt="Immortal Redneck, CremaGames" width="960" height="540" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-125856" class="wp-caption-text">Immortal Redneck, CremaGames</figcaption></figure>&NewLine;One interesting aspect of Immortal Redneck is the skill tree, which is a literal tree found outside of the three pyramids&period; Every time your character dies, he respawns with all of the gold he had obtained upon his death&period; This gold must be spent before entering a pyramid, or else it&&num;8217&semi;s all forfeited at the door&period; Gold can be spent to level up things like strength, defense, health, critical chance, and critical damage&period; New classes can also be purchased by utilizing the skill tree&period; These skills stay with your character, no matter how many times he dies while battling monsters or falling into lava&period; Hardcore players have the option to bypass the skill tree entirely, but they&&num;8217&semi;d miss out on the creative weapons unlocked with the purchasable classes&period;&NewLine;Fans of first-person shooter games like Ziggurat or Serious Sam will enjoy Immortal Redneck&&num;8217&semi;s new take on the genre&period; CremaGames succeeded in their goal of creating a fast-paced, exciting, and outrageous game&period; If you are interested in hearing more about Immortal Redneck, please check out our <a href="https&colon;//bagogames&period;com/bagogames-egx-rezzed-2017-immortal-redneck-interview/">interview with CremaGames co-founder, Enrique Paños</a>&period;&NewLine;A Steam Product Key for Immortal Redneck was provided by CremaGames for the Purpose of this Review&period;&NewLine;

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