Escape From Terror City Review (PlayStation 5)

For this Escape From Terror City Review, we play a third-person shooter inspired by run-and-gun classics but flipping the perspective behind the hero, all presented in retro low-poly graphics! Blast through enemy soldiers, mechs, and tanks in arcade-style action mixed with 3D bullet hell elements! Move your target reticle around the screen like a light shooter as you dodge projectiles and shockwaves! Can you survive and help save the city?

Escape From Terror City Review Pros:

  • Nice low poly pixel art graphics.
  • 177.6MB download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
  • Shooter gameplay.
  • Sensitivity slider for aiming.
  • When in a shoot-out section you get locked in a space and must destroy everyone in order to move on.
  • Simple controls, left trigger jump, right trigger shoot, and movement.
  • Boss encounters complete with a health bar.
  • You have a health bar and enemies can drop health.
  • Checkpoints throughout.
  • Platforming sections.
  • The left stick is movement and the right stick is aiming your gun.
  • Infinite lives.
  • Some cool-level locations.
  • Five stages to unlock.
  • Unlock and play the hard mode of the game.
  • Easy trophy list.

Escape From Terror City Review Cons:

  • No tutorials.
  • The aiming is sluggish and clunky.
  • Timing and aiming jumps are awkward due to the fixed camera angles.
  • You never pick up new weapons.
  • Health drops are sparse.
  • Cannot rebind controls.
  • Boss battles are in cramped spaces.
  • Just feels like they have chucked loads of enemies in for no other reason than to try and make the game last longer.

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Escape From Terror City:

Official website.

Developer: Renegade Sector Games

Publisher: Eastasiasoft

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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