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3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, are excited to team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famously known for classic first-person shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. 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 less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Ion Fury into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10
- 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 Steam OS 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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Okay, hear me out It's not bad So okay, the game when it was released, it had a shaky start. It was originally called Ion Maiden, but then Iron Maiden sued 3D Realms, which had to have a name change to Ion Fury, and then we had the whole censorship in dialogues etc... It left bitter taste with some fans which I would assume is why this game had mixed ratings at the start, though the ratings have been improved after several years. So controversy aside, what is this game? Well this game is a successor to Duke Nukem 3D... more or less. Other than being published by 3D Realms, the creators of Duke Nukem 3D. It uses the same engine, the Build Engine, although upgraded and modernized to run on newer systems obviously. Visually, I think this is one of the best build engine games out there. The level design is fantastic. I love the details, the atmosphere, I genuinely think this could have actually been what 3D Realms imagined Duke Nukem Forever would have looked like if they continued using build engine. So graphics are top notch, kudos to devs for it. Now as for the gameplay part, the game is I would say long for a boomer shooter. It took me 25 hours with DLC to complete the game. Now funny enough I played this at first around the time it launched, on the Maximum Fury difficulty, and I remember being brutally hard. I remember basically the enemies could easily melt your hitpoints, it wasn't like Duke Nukem 3D where it was a lot slower paced, here bullets flied everywhere... but actually over time I kind of got better at the game. I utilized weapons better, the accessories and eventually I mowed through the game. And it was good... 7/10 that's all I could give. Now why am I not giving a bigger rating? Well other than cringy dialogue that the protagonist throws (not nearly as memorable as Duke's quotes), there are various problems. For starters, did you know if you have the DLC installed, you have to turn it off if you want to play the original campaign? Well that's because there is a bug that makes one of the weapons unusable, even the devs admitted this. Why they have never fixed this? I don't know, I think they are focused more on the sequel which is coming out. But other than that, some other problems include enemy hitboxes feel a bit off, especially when you try to hit fast flying enemies, there are enemies which are unbalanced in my opinion, and some of the weapons straight out suck. The shotgun and the revolver are not great, comparing to duke nukem 3D where the pistol was a great weapon at the start before you get more serious weapons and the shotgun was great at close range. The bowling ball bombs also have weird trajectory and are awkward to aim, comparing to pipe bombs from duke nukem 3D, and the same can be said for grenade launcher which I barely used. I think developers obviously tried to have different level design than duke nukem 3D, which does work for some weapons, like I think the crossbow is a great far range weapon and the uzis are great at melting enemies at close range. I would have loved if some duke nukem 3D weapons like the devastator made a come back here honestly, but that's just me. And overall... The game was fun, I enjoyed it, despite it's flaws. Is it as good as Duke Nukem 3D? No. Is it a worthy successor?... Only by level design. Is it still worth the price despite it's flaws? Yes, and make sure to get Aftershock DLC too. In my opinion, Aftershock DLC is better than the original campaign. Shorter yes, but for an expansion, it was surprisingly good.
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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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This is a really fun game, but oh god why the hell haven't you fixed the stupid shotgun/DLC bug that leaves it inaccessible throughout the main campaign yet?! It's stupid that the bug still haven't been fixed, years after its introduction, and even various workarounds the player can try (e.g. console vars, restarting the chapter, etc) are unable to fix it for some of us. This means we are forced to play through the whole main campaign with a reduced arsenal, which also means some more ammo conservation needs to be taken into account at times. I was almost of the mind to not recommend the game due to that stupid bug, but yes, the game is still quite fun. It would've just been even more awesome if I was allowed to use the stupid shotgun too, guys...
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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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Developer
Voidpoint, LLC
Publisher
3D Realms
Release
15 Aug 2019
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