While Doomfans will be most familiar with maps of fire and bubbling lava, plenty of levels reminisce the eerie, sterile station halls of Alien. The zones across Jupiter Hell are all engaging, with set designs taken straight from the sci-fi classics handbook. They’ll hit hard, and scarce healing supplies mean that one bad fight can keep you on the back foot for the rest of your run. That’s not to say that the enemies – from reanimated soldiers to fireball-spewing demons and combat drones – don’t have powerful weapons of their own. Further in, there are plenty of weapons (including classics like the chain gun) to snatch up and fire at will. Shotguns will annihilate entire crowds of close-up enemies, while pistols whittle down individual baddies and are fairly versatile for long and short ranges. Every weapon is powerfully satisfying to use, and each delivers gore in its own special way. Speaking of rampaging, Jupiter Hell hands you all the tools to do so gleefully. The strategic roguelike is quite similar to Into The Breach in the sense that you’ll want to give thought to every action before committing to them, however Jupiter Hell is much faster paced and lacks any way to rewind your rampage. This means that Jupiter Hell lets you examine every single choice you make in a way few games in the genre offer. Do you run for cover, or fire a shot at the combat drone and remain exposed? Retreat under fire, or stand and stay fighting? It’s a very cerebral process, and the result is a game that manages to flow between turns smoothly – which is why it’s so easy to slip up and play for the kill.įiring your gun – and other actions like moving, reloading and using items – uses up your turn and allows others to make their move. You need to quell the bloodlust and think about your moves. That’s the thing – despite this being the fastest-paced turn based game I’ve ever played, it’s still a turn based strategy.

That’s because despite the roaring guns and fast-paced firefights, Jupiter Hell is still a turn-based roguelike, and one mistake will send you careening straight back to the menu. These moments, high on a demon-slaying god complex, come crashing down quickly and you’ll realise that you unknowingly committed yourself to an early grave five turns ago. Unfortunately, once you’re swept up in the intoxicating rhythm of heavy metal slaughter, it’s hard to snap out of the frenzy – and that’s very bad for your survival rate. READ MORE: Gorgeous, God-like and…bisexual? How ‘Hades’ developers made sexuality part of the power fantasy.Despite facing an endless horde of demons – and knowing better – it’s hard not to feel like an immortal demon slayer, especially when one barking shotgun blast turns would-be murderers to gloopy pink space slush. Feeling invincible in Jupiter Hell is a difficult, irresistible indulgence.

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