This week's podcast episode is on the boomer shooter Nightmare Reaper! A DOS-inspired mayhem-filled FPS that really opens the hospital door to the world that is roguelike shooters.
All I need to say about this game: chainsaw grappling hook
#NightmareReaper progress update: Not much going on right now. I'm hanging about in act 4 because I've been duking it out in the arena. My two best weapons are still the explosive blood ammo shotgun, and a book of erupting fireball. I rolled a rare variant that does +11 fire damage, and requires less magic ammo.
I also found a building that I can abuse for cover since none of the enemies in the graveyard can fly: Grapple on top of the stone mausoleum on the edge of the map, and just start shitting fireballs like mortars all around you. Made it to round 65 before elites surrounded me, and one of them kept getting shots on me, forcing me to leave my safe spot, then getting shredded nearly instantly.
#NightmareReaper, on the other hand, is excellent. Rogue-lite FPS gameplay with high degrees of customization, fantastic sound design and a soundtrack by Andrew Hulshult? Oh, yes, please.