Pro-tip: you can freely reroll your drink selection by Save+Quit then Continue. Tune the game to your difficulty by re-rolling abilities as needed.

Definitely a grower, OTXO is a tough as nails twin stick roguelike inspired by Hotline Miami. The ability modifiers really open this game up in cool ways, dual wield SMGs, get a support drone, splatter enemies. All paired with a combo system that rewards wreckless aggression. Sprint from enemy to enemy to rack up a combo, then use that gold to buy more abilities so you can build a better combo to get more gold etc etc etc.

There's a few balancing issues with some abilities being near useless while others being almost required for a good run (I'm looking at you drone support and dual wielding). Additionally readability can be a bit tough due to the limited color palette.

Overall though, this hooked me hard for a couple of days, a solid experience.

Reviewed on Nov 28, 2023


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