I like my games to maintain a consistency across the experience, and that doesn't happen when the protagonist feels like he belongs in a different game. Not only did that contrast fail to amuse me (though I think that was the intention), but that dissonance between protagonist and dragged down the entire setting after a while. Instead the game kept reminding me that my avatar in the game was a bloody redneck. Sure it’s all “gone in a flash” stuff because you’re so busy shooting everything while dodging out of the way of incoming enemy fire, but in those quieter moments this was a setting that I really should have enjoyed.
Monsters are fascinating takes from Egyptian stories and mythology. Envrionments are rich with colour and detail. What makes it worse here is that it’s set against a fantasy Egyptian setting, and the game does a great job of playing to that setting. But when they're portrayed like this, there's a romanticism about what rednecks are and stand for that’s similar to the way we have an odd appreciation and respect for bogans here in Australia in the way that they're depicted in the media, and I just don’t understand it. Why, on earth, would you want to make a redneck the protagonist of your game? Of any game? Rednecks aren’t people you want to get along with. What does irritate me a great deal more, is the protagonist. I will say that compared to some other examples of the roguelike, skill feels like it plays less of a role in Immortal Redneck and other roguelike FPSers, and I was left wondering whether progress was as much a result of my improved stats and equipment than my ability to read the game and deal with the hordes, but that’s a mild issue, and when I was playing the game itself, I was too engrossed in the gameplay loops to even pay attention.
#Where is steam folder for immortal redneck on my mac? series#
It should feel like pushing through a series of barriers, slowly, on the way to the final goal, and the game does a brilliant job of doing just enough to keep you coming back for “one more turn.” It makes that run when you finally manage to take down the boss all the more rewarding. At almost every attempt of a dungeon I would hit a wall and get trounced. And generally speaking (unless the gods of randomisation really decided to hit me hard) I would get a bit further. Each time I “delved” into the pyramids I felt that little bit more capable because of the upgrades I’d bought.
The difficulty curve is really impressive too. There is some repetition, but nothing that becomes intolerable. I thought at first that repetition would become this game’s crux instead that the careful design of so many of the rooms would mean the developers were unable to produce so many of them, and you’d see too many of them too frequently for the game’s own good. Indeed the game feels like it isn’t randomised at all at times, because the level design does play like it has been very carefully designed, which is genuinely impressive. In fact, Immortal Redneck does a better job than most roguelikes in making something of the random design too many of these games offer an endless succession of empty rooms to move between, but Immortal Redneck has far more intricate room designs, with multiple tiers, platforms to jump between, and so on. Is it a grind? Absolutely! That’s entirely the point of roguelikes, and thanks to the game’s randomisation, that grind never actually gets boring.
And then you’ll die again, with a little more loot. You’ll return to the hub area, use the loot to power your characters up, then head back into the dungeon, at which point your improved character will get just that little bit further. Set in a fantasy Egypt, you’ll find yourself making your way through pyramids, mowing down hordes of enemies, collecting loot, and then finally being killed. Immortal Redneck is an enjoyable example of the shooter. If done well they’ll be fast paced, high action shooters, reminiscent of the Dooms and Heretics of old, and that random level design means that these games can be interesting to play and replay well after a standard shooter has outworn its welcome. Roguelike FPSers are a rather specific genre, but I do like them.
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