Fashion Police Squad is very much one of those games where for everything it does well, it also does badly in equal measure.
On the surface, its a gleefully camp as heck throwback shooter filled with jokes, fast paced battles and colourful levels. More than once I laughed a bit as a new enemy was revealed or I spotted one of the many punny store names. Moving around is fast and the whip/slingshot mechanic feels super natural super fast and if old-school style shooters are your thing, you'll feel at home very quickly.
At the same time the levels are mostly pretty linear which, while it doesnt really hurt the game too much, makes exploration a bit of an afterthought. This especially is the case when it comes to finding secrets as most of what you'll find through secrets are jokes with the main character wearing various 'gag' outfits.
Also while some of the humour works, some of it already feels quite dated and boring (such as Karen jokes). I get that is the danger of having certain internet based jokes in but some feel more lazy than others.
Also while some of the fights are fun, frantic and tense affairs, you often get ones that feel unfair, pokey and clumsy. Having each enemy have specific ways to defeat them sounds fine in theory and works often but you'll still get those odd moments where you're stumbling through weapons trying to find that one specific way of beating somebody. Its a little messy.
Overall its a decent enough old-school shooter with some new-school camp but you feel the levels and gameplay could have been expanded just a bit more from what it is.
On the surface, its a gleefully camp as heck throwback shooter filled with jokes, fast paced battles and colourful levels. More than once I laughed a bit as a new enemy was revealed or I spotted one of the many punny store names. Moving around is fast and the whip/slingshot mechanic feels super natural super fast and if old-school style shooters are your thing, you'll feel at home very quickly.
At the same time the levels are mostly pretty linear which, while it doesnt really hurt the game too much, makes exploration a bit of an afterthought. This especially is the case when it comes to finding secrets as most of what you'll find through secrets are jokes with the main character wearing various 'gag' outfits.
Also while some of the humour works, some of it already feels quite dated and boring (such as Karen jokes). I get that is the danger of having certain internet based jokes in but some feel more lazy than others.
Also while some of the fights are fun, frantic and tense affairs, you often get ones that feel unfair, pokey and clumsy. Having each enemy have specific ways to defeat them sounds fine in theory and works often but you'll still get those odd moments where you're stumbling through weapons trying to find that one specific way of beating somebody. Its a little messy.
Overall its a decent enough old-school shooter with some new-school camp but you feel the levels and gameplay could have been expanded just a bit more from what it is.