With Grave’s heavyset, ground-based attacks, you’ll need to adjust to the need to stand your ground most of the time, and rolling when you need to avoid any bigger damage, particularly in boss encounters. Having a heavy character as a main protagonist in a genre that typically prioritises agile movement and high-speed dodging is surprising, but a quick acclimatisation to this approach will help keeps the action of Gungrave G.O.R.E. The pace also allows a head-first approach you’re not just wildly shooting at enemies hoping for the best, you’re watching sight lines and surprise attacks, planning out your movement and next targets as you soak up bullets and methodically dispatch everyone in your way. You’ll always have your guns at hand, ready to take on new threats. Grave moves at a slower pace than you’d expect from an action-shooter hero, but a snappy dive and mid-dive shooting mechanics means he can dodge when he needs to. ![]() In motion, it’s a flowing orchestra of blood and guts, as enemies are mowed down in Grave’s path, and bullets flow from every direction. You can shoot at enemies with a massive, high-powered gun (chained over Grave like a handbag), take a lighter approach with twin pistols, pull off sweeping melee jolts, or initiate a range of special attacks to take down whole swathes of enemies. As in arcade titles, you’re given a set reticle that highlights enemies in your path, helping to guide your bullets as they fly. opts for a slower, more tank-like approach to movement and shooting. Unlike other games in the action-shooter genre, Gungrave G.O.R.E. Read: Gungrave GORE promises bullets, beauty, badass in 2022 Image: Studio IggymobĪnd it’s not just the game’s world that shines – its combat is also a flashy and over-the-top joy, despite its relative stiffness. This is followed by neon, cloistered corridors, as you take your first active steps into Grave’s blood-drenched world. Grave arrives at a criminal hideout in a rocket-powered coffin, bursts out, and immediately fires upon a group of goons. The demo, which was also recently on show at Gamescom 2022, kicks off with a beautiful CGI cutscene that glitters with style. At a recent preview session held by publisher PLAION, we were able to get hands-on with the gory tale – and came away deeply impressed by Grave’s unique power set, and the game’s uniquely flashy action. ![]() In Gungrave G.O.R.E., a sequel to Gungrave VR and the original PlayStation 2 Gungrave franchise, Grave comes into his own in bloody battles and combat encounters inspired by classic arcade-like action-shooters of the early 2000s. But as fate would have it, a grisly, beautiful future was in store – as his death at the hands of friend Harry McDowell led directly to his rebirth as killing machine Beyond The Grave, a gothic hero armed with massive guns and a penchant for spilling guts. Had life gone differently for Brandon Heat, aka the protagonist of Gungrave G.O.R.E., he might’ve stayed a wanton criminal working for the Millennion crime syndicate.
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