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3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Ion Fury is a boomer shooter, fps and retro game
developed by Voidpoint and LLC
and published by 3D Realms.
Released on August 15th 2019 is available in English on Windows and Linux.
It has received 7,724 reviews of which 7,029 were positive and 695 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 9.48€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11
- Processor: Any 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB video memory. Intel integrated graphics supported.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or SteamOS 2.0
- Processor: Any 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB video memory. Intel integrated graphics supported.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
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Think of this game as if you were dating Duke Nukem's daughter: She's always gushing about how cool her dad is, and how similar she is to her father, even when you can tell that there are several differences and improvements. But, even though it looks like easy fun, there's a deceptively complex experience to be had here, and one that's pretty much a love letter to "Boomer Shooters". Pros: - Gameplay's fun and responsive - Beautiful environments - Shooting enemies is fun and enjoyable - Shelly, our protagonist, is a mashup of Caleb and Duke's one liners, with her own extra kick - It packs a punch in higher difficulties, giving you that old-school feel - Lots of secrets, easter eggs, and pop culture references - The game has a lot of content, even more with the Aftershock DLC Cons: - Lots of visual clutter, especially early on. Both the enemies and the environment are bright, neon, and colorful, making for a LOT of "Where the hell am I getting shot from"? moments. - In line with Boomer Shooter tradition, some enemies are "hitscanners" which can be frustrating, especially in higher difficulties: "What do you mean I lost 30 HP the moment I turned a corner??" - Finding all the secrets and ending all the enemies as the game encourages you can be a chore - In line with the previous con, why in the hell did the devs think it was a good idea to make hidden enemies that don't show up in the radar?! This is idiotic, since the game pushes you towards 100% Ion Fury is great, but not perfect. You'll enjoy it best if you have some background with the BoomShoot genre or if you enjoy some of the older fashioned games. I think it's great for the crowd it's aimed for, but probably won't be enjoyable for people who are used to modern features. A solid 8/10 for me, but gets -1 for completionist-unfriendly design and -1 for the visual clutter + hitscanners. Tldr: What Blood is to horror films, Shadow Warrior to martial arts movies, and Duke Nukem is to pop culture, Ion Fury is to the "Boomer Shooter" genre. P.S. This is apparently a prequel in a trilogy of sorts. Seems like the game "Bombshell" and "Phantom Fury" are part of the same universe with the same character. Too bad those two are less polished than this one.
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The newer generation of players may not appreciate the game, but the one ones who are drawn to the simple, run-and-gun, load-outs be damned, just get in there and lay out the foe while having a completionist angle of the game reminding you that you have 9 or so secrets left before you leave a level takes this game's reply value into orbit.
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If you ask me, the recent decade has shown that just because a game developer used to be good and made some well-known games, this doesn't mean that whatever they make now is automatically going to be top shelf. After all, game design marches on, and what used to be good might not have been if it came out now. And Ion Fury is... eh, it's not mind-blowing, but it's fun, tight, with a lovingly detailed level design, and it's not afraid to do its own thing. There definitely are far superior boomer shooters out there, but if you're a fan of the genre and looking for your next fix, you've found it. Are you a BAD enough B*TCH? In many ways Ion Fury is a look back at the 90s gaming culture, but with some things changed up a bit. Shelly aka "the Bombshell" - our protagonist - is a self-described BADDEST B*TCH ON THE FORCE; think Duke Nukem, but with the cringy one-liners toned down just a bit, and female - but not like Lara Croft with overflowing booba and a skimpy outfit. Shelly's look is rather plain; sure, she's wearing a skin-tight police outfit, but she's not here to impress you with her looks, she's here to f*ck sh*t up. Which she does. Watching her interactions with the main villain is entertaining, and her combat lines definitely feel badass ("Dance, f*cker, dance!" or "We're done when I say we're done."), but the variety is unfortunately kinda low. I could use more of Shelly's f-bombs. And if you're not a fan, you can enable "silent protagonist" and pretend you're playing a buff dude or something. Just stay away from the mirrors. A girl likes her toys A good boomer shooter needs a good weapon arsenal, and Ion Fury delivers, even if some weapons feel a little awkward. You might need to go against your instincts here and there, but once you do, I'm sure you'll enjoy the contents of Shelly's bedside drawer. The Loverboy - your 6-shooter-revolver - has an auto-kill option. You can scan and mark enemies, and Shelly will pop 2 shots in every mark, killing most of them. I found it stupid at first, but this ended up one my favourite ways to kill some enemies. The shotgun has a grenade launcher, but in order to use it, you have to -switch- to the launcher mode, which is cumbersome. You'll also get a lot of ammunition to it, and ever since Half-Life we were trained to consider the side grenade launcher a valuable bailout tool, so using it willy-nilly is something that doesn't come naturally. Here, you absolutely can do that - and killing enemies with explosions grants armour shards, so it's even a good thing. There's also some other weird pieces. A flaming dual uzi, a cluster bomb hockey puck, bowling bombs (self-explanatory), a crossbow that works nothing like crossbows do in other games (a good thing)... and a motherf*ck*n minigun. Although the ammo to that last one is somewhat sparse, so it's a little situational. Oh, and a police baton, which has some unique uses. No, not that kind of use, although I don't know. Copaganda, but make it ACAB Most of the story (such as it is) is told via worldbuilding; you're not expected to treat it seriously, and that's fine. Shelly is described as being proud in keeping the order of PERMANENT MARTIAL LAW for example, and you're clearly supposed to laugh at that - but then you deliver indiscriminate, extrajudicial waste to pretty much everything, soooo... which is it? Eh, it's okay, they're all robots. Fleshy robots. But robots. And yet, the levels (and even some dialogue) show that eh, maybe the police force ain't all good?... or... at all? It's kinda weird, the way I see it it kinda dances on the line and ends up getting confused in its own message. So just forget about it and shoot the damn robots. Press A to lower the ladder The levels are very interconnected in this Dark Souls kinda way. They're also rich in variety, visual funsies and secrets; I worked REALLY hard to find secrets early on, but eventually got frustrated and decided to just pick up the ones that I end up finding somewhat naturally. It worked - I even managed to find one super secret just by following my curiosity - but in the end my final secret tally was merely 44%. I can't say I ever was starved for resources, though. At first I tried to play on Hard difficulty, but something about it bothered me and I switched to Normal. That perhaps was a little too easy (except some fights, including the final boss. Ugh), but it made me feel powerful, which seems to be what the design is going for. Mission accomplished? Conclusion Yeah, it's alright. 17% of players got the achievement for killing the final boss, and otherwise the achievements paint a picture of a dropoff of roughly half of the players every few levels, although if you manage to get to a certain point, you'll likely go all the way. My personal gripe is that it ended up being somewhat easy to get lost later on - the levels get huge - and the pacing sometimes feels a little slow. But I played it over multiple sessions, sometimes a few hours a time, sometimes just 15 mins, and 15 hours later, bam. My guess is that you'll like this game if you actually lived through the times that this game hearkens back to. And if you can execute the crouch jump without issue. Take that advice for what you will. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42922988/]There are some boomer shooters on my curator page
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This game is so so good!! I love how it reminds you of Duke Nukem. Its fun to take your time, stay behind cover and take out enemies one at a time. I cant wait to beat this and get After Shock. Cant praise it enough, very very awesome game. Please keep making DLC and sequels devs = }
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You like Duke Nukem? This is the same but only with a female as leadrole. Even their defence force is similar, in Duke we had EDF and here it GDF. So yeah, this game belongs in the Duke universe! And these maps and sometimes puzzles are top!
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Ion Fury is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
Ion Fury is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Ion Fury received 7,029 positive votes out of a total of 7,724 achieving a rating of 8.82.
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Ion Fury was developed by Voidpoint and LLC and published by 3D Realms.
Ion Fury is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Ion Fury is not playable on MacOS.
Ion Fury is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Ion Fury is a single-player game.
There are 3 DLCs available for Ion Fury. Explore additional content available for Ion Fury on Steam.
Ion Fury does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Ion Fury does not support Steam Remote Play.
Ion Fury 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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