ChainGunGuys Epic Adventure Demo

While it is true that you can attract a huge crowd with a simple, yet effective idea, the actual game must at least uphold a few quality standards, otherwise the simplicity looks a lot more like inexperience or laziness. Hence, while it may be true that people can get distracted by the simplest concepts out there, that doesn’t necessarily mean everything will stick.

ChainGunGuys Epic Adventure is an arcade platformer designed to provide you with a challenge, although it’s far from challenging. In fact, you can probably pass it in one go from the first try, as long as you at least have some experience with this type of games. The goal is to reach the exit, while jumping over obstacles and occasionally avoiding enemies.

However, the actual gameplay is atrocious, and it is rather difficult to enjoy the experience when you routinely get stuck in the environment. In the beginning, the first few levels are straightforward and somewhat functional, as long as you do not jump into a suspended platform from underneath. However, as the levels get a bit more complicated, everything breaks down, and it takes luck and patience to complete them.

To make matters more interesting, the soldier you control has the ability to shoot some kind of projectiles, which can destroy part of the environment. These come in handy when there is no other way to avoid an obstacle, but they look ridiculous and they do not usually work as intended. Thankfully, you only have to use them a handful of times.

Finally, the technical side of the game is nothing to be proud of either, which means that the graphics look about as basic as you would expect, and the sound is laughable as well. Naturally, it’s only natural things are like this, given the fact that the developer is not a professional designer. However, one can’t help but be thankful for the progress we’ve seen in the industry in the last decade or so.

All things considered, ChainGunGuys Epic Adventure is not the kind of game to keep you busy for hours on end. In fact, it can barely provide you with a few minutes of fun, and that’s only if you do not mind the rest of the elements.