Every single day, dozens of indie video games pop up on Steam. Nevertheless it’s just a few occasions a 12 months that we get one thing actually generational, and Megabonk is exactly one such recreation, upping the ante of the Vampire Survivors-like formulation by going up shut and private.
Megabonk is a brand new indie recreation launched on Steam on Sept. 18. In solely two days’ time, it has soared on Steam’s charts, attracting tens of 1000’s of gamers to its extremely addictive and enjoyable gameplay, which is essentially based mostly on Vampire Survivors, and I don’t imply that evenly. Not solely does Megabonk comply with the identical gameplay loop, with you discovering random gadgets and weapons that robotically hearth at enemies, it’s additionally impressed by a lot of its artwork fashion, the pixelated UI and all.
Chests in Megabonk additionally operate largely the identical as they do in Vampire Survivors, with flashy, colourful, borderline drug-trippy visuals and dopamine hits that no quantity of Instagram Reels may give. Nevertheless, Megabonk kicks every part to 11, making each little bit of looting on this recreation really feel just like the wildest acid journey, all of the whereas taking a whole lot of inspiration from Danger of Rain and its 3D roguelike design.
You’re taking management of a personality in a 3D surroundings, which provides a ton of verticality to the sport, and should survive numerous waves of enemies whereas buffing your construct, combining gadgets with others to create synergizing builds. On the similar time, you’ll be able to encounter chests to be opened with gold (like in Danger of Rain), in addition to shrines and different buffs you’ll be able to purchase through forex, additionally impressed by RoR.
Subsequently, I’d name Megabonk the right mix of Vampire Survivors and Danger of Rain, and I by no means thought it’d be a lot enjoyable.
There are additionally numerous memes in all places. You may blast music from radios, make each enemy explode into gold, throw bananas at them, be known as an fool by a man who bought you a shady merchandise that will or will not be well worth the gold you spent on it, and so forth. It’s hilarious, it’s brutal, and it’s among the most enjoyable I’ve had in a roguelike for some time.
The physics within the recreation, constructed on Unity, additionally play into giving it much more kick and suggestions, making the sport far more visceral than its counterparts and inspirations. When enemies burst into piles of gold, it simply feels so good it’s not even humorous, and the visuals that accompany that add one other layer of sober drug tripping Megabonk produces.
So, when you haven’t already, and need to scratch that Vampire Survivors itch, hop into Megabonk and by no means look again. Or at your loved ones. Or buddies. It’s fairly attractive.
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