Enter the Gungeon

A Podcast Review of Enter the Gungeon: This week we cover one of the heavy hitters, the 2016 bullet hell twin stick shooter Enter the Gungeon and add it to the tier list. It's objectively a great game, so why aren't we putting it in S tier?

On this episode we talk Devolver Digital (just how many games of theirs have we covered already?) and the developer of EtG, the aptly named Dodge Roll Games. We talk guns, enemies, synergies, floors, bosses, items, and all the little things that make EtG one of the most beloved roguelites out there.It's clearly well-made and well polished, but in our heart of hearts we just found it a bit too slow-paced to really be itching to go all the way with this one.

We've both played EtG before starting this podcast and soft-bounced off of it. It's hard to say exactly why but I think a lot of it boils down to the slight down time introduced in walking around large rooms, backtracking, finding secret rooms, and tanky boss fights. Totally understand why people love this game but when you compile all of those things it just starts feeling a little slow. Will we feel the same about The Binding of Isaac when we cover that? We'll have to see!