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All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.
INCISION is a boomer shooter, 1990's and retro game
developed by SmoothBrainDev
and published by Hyperstrange.
Released on September 16th 2022 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 648 reviews of which 588 were positive and 60 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.09€ on Steam with a 35% discount.
The Steam community has classified INCISION into these genres:
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics: DX10, DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs
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THIS IS THE GAME YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR outstanding soundtrack peak gameplay and probably my favorite visuals in any boomer shooter the dev did a great job and should be proud
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Very fun weapons and enemies. Very unique level aesthetic and tone. The movement gives you a lot of control with it's very tight handling and completely free air control. Cool cut-scenes that feel like they were ripped straight outta' Blood (1997). There are 9 weapons each with their own alt fire, some completely changing the way the gun works. Main issues I have with this game is lack of graphics options, and also some performance issues, so I hope to see a patch in the future addressing some of these optimization issues. Some more settings would also be nice, like different cross-hairs. Overall I recommend to anyone who enjoys older shooters, and is looking for something unique.
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I've just beaten episodes 1 through 2 on the normal difficulty without dying once (not counting the lives lost), minus the final level where I restarted a grand total of 3 times until I found my Sifu training kicking back in. It's probably the most tense boomer shooter I've ever played on a normal difficulty. The lack of quick saves or checkpoints becomes incredibly nerve-wracking, especially on the longer levels, and even on the intended difficulty can be surprisingly tough, if it weren't for my secret-hunting skills and the extra lives obtained from those nooks and crannies. Upon first discovering INCISION it definitely was my "Mad God the game" candidate, but going deeper and deeper into the growth vivarium and beyond I felt much more like I was in a Lovecraftian story, and this time, a creature of termination, I was able to influence a level of eldritch politics I could never fully understand. INCISION's story, unlike Mad God, is not completely surreal, but was very open to interpretation, and that's my favourite kind of story. You play as a man who was "rebranded" by something he couldn't understand, and has been hiding in a desolate part of a walled-off city for a good long time, waiting for rescue, dissecting the corpse soldiers and flesh walkers to try and figure out what made them, and in turn himself, tick. Then he gets a visit from the growth's army, and from there he continues his original goal, to delve deep into the world below his feet, constantly descending into something mankind should never have to tread. Along the way I found the many humanoid figures, gone of skin, nothing but emaciated flesh and torn bone, curled into fetal positions or spread out among a pile of ammunition. You can even find some of these seemingly human remains in the [REDACTED], which makes you wonder if you weren't the only human thing to make it down that far, crossing between realities. The combat and shooty-shooty-bang-bang action of a boomer shooter is here, and it feels good. Fast, slow, you never feel as if you're being choked into a certain playstyle, however you're never really forced to super-super fast. Level design is great, the weapon selection is beautiful, and Kitty is the most adorable bioweapon. It may not be bunny-hopping central like DUSK, you don't have the tactical forethought of Gordon Freeman from Half-Life, you're not the DOOM Slayer, and you can't shoot coins like it's Ultrakill, but you do have double-jump and the best melee weapon in any boomer shooter you could ask for: the saw-spear-blade. When I replay INCISION, I've got to do a saw-spear-blade-only run, cause the saw-spear-blade is the most amazing-feeling weapon apart from the rocket launcher and the revolver spinny secret mechanic and it makes me wanna see more melee action in shooters. In fact, the designs for all of the weapons top-notch, maybe even a little overcompensating. [SPOILERS IN CASE YOU WANNA FIND THEM ALL FOR YOURSELF] For one, you've got the saw-spear-blade. Then you've got a six-shooter revolver, which is the only weapon you could possibly call "subtle" in this game. Then a quad-barrel shotgun, a two-barrelled machine gun that can also fire several shots as an improvised incendiary grenade, Arnold's iconic Commando quad rocket launcher, Kitty the living bioweapon, a minigun that tallies its rounds via how many yards rather than the actual number, a triple-barrelled shotgun nicknamed "THE JAWBREAKER", and a meaty railgun infused with Lovecraftian energy. The artstyle and level design is immaculate. The placement of everything, from death traps and weapons to story clues and dead bodies made everything feel really lived-in despite everything being inside-out. My imagination ran wild throughout the game. Enemy designs are great, and their usage is phenomenal. Too many shooters will forget about the enemies of an earlier level, or forget to add new enemies to later levels, but SmoothBrain's INCISION, especially Episode 2, is very smart with enemy placement. Even after fighting hordes of later level enemies you'll still come across a few early level enemies, again making everything feel like a proper lived-in world, as if the corpse soldiers are steadily following your path of carnage. My only gripe is the saving system, but only for repeat playthroughs. I didn't mind the looming dread of having to replay an entire level if I screwed up, however it'd be fun to unlock a cheat after beating an episode that lets you go back and play with either quick saves or checkpoints. Quick saves would be the easiest to implement, so that way you wouldn't have to go back through every. Single. Level just to implement specific checkpoints, but I presume with enough patience even that would be possible. The only time I think any kind of checkpoint system should be implemented (outside of cheats) is in the boss levels. The parry miniboss almost made my heart take a leap when I realised that I still had over 100 enemies to kill after dealing with him, and then at the end, you had a special surprise of not one, but TWO more parry bosses, plus several late-game enemies . Fortunately for me I really like parrying, and I've always been a fan of horror games, so having a scare like that made the level much more memorable, even if I was anxious in the moment. I also noticed how the level select option in the main menu didn't unlock after beating either Episodes 1 or 2, but I assume it's only cause it hasn't been implemented yet. Early access and all. So long as you manage your extra lives well, explore the environment, and learn your weapons and your enemies, you'll do just fine on the easy or normal difficulties. I've yet to try anything harder, and will prepare adequately before doing so. If you're feeling apprehensive about getting the game, I recommend waiting for it to leave early access or grabbing it on a sale. But the atmosphere, the sound design, the world of INCISION is easily worth your time. I didn't even mention the soundtrack, which is absolutely awesome and unique.
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MEATMEATMEEEEEEAAAAAAT Cool enemies, great movement, tried and true weapon lineup and killer aesthetic. Overall very fun once you adjust to the weird gravity and get past the first couple levels that lack the personality and wow factor of later maps. Can't say the game is particularly hard, but my perception is warped by playing tons of movement shooters over the years. At least I haven't yet died in a place that'd force me to replay all 30 or so minutes of the average level. Ah yes, about that. The only big drawback of the game is the save system, offering no checkpoints when your levels are this long is just disrespectful of the player's time imo
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This scratches that Quake itch just right . Great level design! My only problem is no checkpoints/quicksave. That would work if the levels were 5-10min long, but some levels are take 30min... Great levels, but going back aaaaallll the way to the start is not fun. The extra lives help, but you are still forced to complete a level in one sitting. Having checkpoints instead of extra lives on normal, and extra lives (no checkpoints) on hard/extreme?
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INCISION is currently priced at 9.09€ on Steam.
INCISION is currently available at a 35% discount. You can purchase it for 9.09€ on Steam.
INCISION received 588 positive votes out of a total of 648 achieving a rating of 8.49.
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INCISION was developed by SmoothBrainDev and published by Hyperstrange.
INCISION is playable and fully supported on Windows.
INCISION is not playable on MacOS.
INCISION is not playable on Linux.
INCISION is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for INCISION. Explore additional content available for INCISION on Steam.
INCISION does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
INCISION does not support Steam Remote Play.
INCISION is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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SmoothBrainDev
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Hyperstrange
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16 Sep 2022
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