Marty is an experienced participant that will help us stay alive. Images from https://www.goodshepherd.games/games/showgunners.

In the game we are a contestant in a game of killing baddies for TV. The enemies are all apparently death-row inmates in what seems to be a post-apocalyptic world in which jails are overcrowded Trying here really hard to not compare with current US. After a number of episodes killing almost everyone in sight who isn’t part of the cheering audience, the winner gets the opportunity to win some well-deserved money.

Lots of combats have interesting mechanics. And of course, as a good reality show it has a live commentator. Images from https://www.goodshepherd.games/games/showgunners.

The story will maybe not win a Pulitzer prize, but it’s certainly better than I imagined. The gameplay is fun and engaging. I played with normal difficulty and it was okay, maybe a bit easy at times. Still, a harder difficulty, for me, would probably be frustrating and move the game to last a bit too long. As it is it lasted just the needed time.

The game has a “DLC” that came free So, literally DownLoadable Content, but not standard DLC the way it’s normally understood, I’d say. and adds a few interesting combats at the end. Don’t forget to get it if it doesn’t come already.

I expected a filler game to rest my mind these days and got a good one instead. Recommended.