Hordelicious Demo

One of the surest things you can say in gaming is that shooters will never get too old or boring. Regardless if it’s an FPS or a top-down, shooting swarms of enemies with everything you have will always be delightful.

Hordelicious is a twin stick shooter with a cute minimalistic design that throws you into several arenas and leaves you there to face hordes of delicious-to-shoot enemies.

Right off the bat, Hordelicious feels familiar from the first few seconds of gameplay. After all, it uses a proven playstyle and rocking its unique look makes it a sure thing. For the shooter fans, this is straightforward appealing, and once you get your hands on the intuitive controls, you’re hooked.

As its developer Marko Silvasvuori describes it, Hordelicious is a ‘semi-hardcore’ shooter and that’s very accurate. It’s not a walk in the park and it won’t give you finger cramps from all that button mashing and intense action. It will however comfortably place itself right in the middle between the two aforementioned styles. It’s fun, and it’s challenging at the same time.

One thing games like Hordelicious need to avoid is having a generic arsenal of weapons. Here, the weapons are randomly dropped from 50 in total, and you get everything from rocket and grenade launchers to frisbee guns and badass toasters. Also, Hordelicious seems to have that laydback humor you want to find in a game.

The upgrades you find in Hordelicious are also well-implemented. From pieces of meat to gambling scenarios, the game comes with quite the interesting choices for character improvement. And that, as well as all of the above, come together nicely to form an enjoyable experience.

There is no co-op but there are boss fights and that makes Hordelicious a good choice for those days when you want to kick back and relax while mowing down some interesting critters.