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Description:
SPRAWL is a indie boomer shooter set in a future where a totalitarian government controls a megacity, known as the sprawl and uses humans and cyborgs to eliminate threats. You play the role of one of those agents that was betrayed and left for dead, later saved by a powerful AI that rebelled against the regime. You’ll play through a series of different missions set in different areas, facing enemies and boss monsters.

The graphics are what you would expect from this kind of game and are similar to older quake or doom games, with a cyberpunk/futuristic theme and bleak colors that represent the lack of hope and in that dying world.

The OST is a mix between more slow esoteric songs when the story is being told and fast paced techno songs in the combat section of the levels and both genres work very well together. The voice acting of the narrator is also very good and really gives that AI talking feeling.

The gameplay is solid but doesn’t reinvent much: the weapons are the classic ones you would find on other games, only the bullet time from Max Payne mixed with wall walking from Titanfall are the original aspects of this game. Personally, I found the platforming harder than the combat, but I played safely when I could, and avoided rushing in and getting surrounded in the combat areas, because if you do that you’ll get easily killed, even by the weakest enemies.
In some boss fights you might need to be efficient with your ammo since it isn’t abundant like in the rest of the level and you only get refills by attacking the weak spots.


Achievements:
How many: 31 Achievements.
How much time: Around 8 hours, with a guide for the collectibles.
Game difficulty: Easy, if you’re good at FPS games and play safely.
Achievements’ Difficulty: Easy. Most are story related and no missable achievements since you can replay levels but the collectibles are very well hidden and very hard to find on your own. Reaching them can also be frustrating at times.


Overall opinion:
SPRAWL is a solid boomer shooter with an interesting story and world building. It has all the classic weapons and an original mix of bullet time and wall walking when it comes to movement. Recommended for its price, currently under 1 EUR in the gray market.


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Killing yourself with the rocket launcher simulator 9/10

As someone who's heavily into old school shooters and cyberpunk as a genre, I really loved this.

Gameplay-wise it's very similar to another good recent shooter, Severed Steel, mostly because of the slowdown mechanic, but aesthetically it's grittier, reminiscent of OG Deus Ex and Quake 4. Soundtrack is one of the biggest standouts. Storyline isn't the deepest, but it fits well. One of the few things that could be improved is consistency of the maps in terms of fitting the movement system, as well as asset variety, but overall, it's totally worth it on sale.