Another game of "Ooh, they got a game with my music album" genre.
Let's be real, the game was robbed back in 2022 of its award as the best original score. But is there anything other than that?
Surprisingly, yes. Hellsinger presents a solid boomer-shooter gameplay with a fleur of a rhythm game. The music is getting more refined the higher your score multiplier is. Imagine Doom Eternal but fun. Design-wise though there aren't a lot to say about. All levels are rocky hellscapes with almost nothing going on. Enemies are bog standard demons of which I remembered only the puppet and the bug. Gun sounds though are heavy and bassy and slick and dare I say pretty good. Fire and reload animations are clicking in tune with music both audially and visually. Except for machinegun. That bastard plays a chaotic song of its own. And a sword is just... weird to use.
Where the game shines except soundtrack though is plot. I mean not how it was presented, but the concept of it. So you're playing as a Jane Metal who was robbed of her voice by the ruler of hell and you're tired of being mute. It's time for you to go up there and get your goddamn voice back even if it means killing everyone in hell multiple times over. The beautiful thing is, a little part of your voice is still with you and you can sing your song of death while being at the edge of the battle rage. Every trap, every attempt to stop you can slow you down but will not end your path. You're literally too angry to lose. Holy shit did I enjoy thinking about this idea. I just love stories about absurd rebelling sending stakes into overdrive with narrative explosion at the end that sends the stakes even higher for a somewhat stupid but personal reason.
No idea how to end this patch of text. Bye.
Let's be real, the game was robbed back in 2022 of its award as the best original score. But is there anything other than that?
Surprisingly, yes. Hellsinger presents a solid boomer-shooter gameplay with a fleur of a rhythm game. The music is getting more refined the higher your score multiplier is. Imagine Doom Eternal but fun. Design-wise though there aren't a lot to say about. All levels are rocky hellscapes with almost nothing going on. Enemies are bog standard demons of which I remembered only the puppet and the bug. Gun sounds though are heavy and bassy and slick and dare I say pretty good. Fire and reload animations are clicking in tune with music both audially and visually. Except for machinegun. That bastard plays a chaotic song of its own. And a sword is just... weird to use.
Where the game shines except soundtrack though is plot. I mean not how it was presented, but the concept of it. So you're playing as a Jane Metal who was robbed of her voice by the ruler of hell and you're tired of being mute. It's time for you to go up there and get your goddamn voice back even if it means killing everyone in hell multiple times over. The beautiful thing is, a little part of your voice is still with you and you can sing your song of death while being at the edge of the battle rage. Every trap, every attempt to stop you can slow you down but will not end your path. You're literally too angry to lose. Holy shit did I enjoy thinking about this idea. I just love stories about absurd rebelling sending stakes into overdrive with narrative explosion at the end that sends the stakes even higher for a somewhat stupid but personal reason.
No idea how to end this patch of text. Bye.