played it because it inspired the best shootout in John Wick: Chapter 4 so I thought I owed it some attention. Honestly as a concept - a slightly more realistic looking Hotline Miami inspired top-down shooter - it plays pretty well! It actually has a real John Wick kind of mentality, that weird blend of tactility and gun-fu - where you're as likely to have success shooting some goon accurately from cover with one bullet as you are diving in mid air and taking out three goons with an entire spray of one clip of ammo.

where this game loses all its points is in its vapid style and art direction and level design. it's just so uninspired - boring brown hotel rooms and the occasional spatter of neon coloured led lighting. music that just lacks any style. it's hotline miami inspired but not inspired enough to be its own thing. story is also so paper thin and passe it would make John Carmack take notes.

shooting is fine though I guess. could have been worse