Review: Danger Scavenger (Steam)
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelike skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Pros:
- Decent cel-shaded graphics.
- 1667mb Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Graphics-quality preset and resolution.
- Controller support.
- Fov slider.
- Hud scale.
- Screen shake and low health warning option.
- Opening tutorial.
- Roguelike shooter gameplay.
- Isometric view.
- Hub-character and gun selection, enable co-op, use the workshop.
- Workshop-shows the next mission equipment unlocked inventory or crafting.
- Fully destructible environments.
- Loot chests aplenty.
- Every run you pick from a set of unlocked weapons.
- Can rebind controls.
- Level layouts randomize every run.
- Each level has multiple exits and you can freely choose. Each exit will show a map of the route you have taken so far.
- Very accessible.
- Earn EXP from your play and level up to get unlocks.
- On the map it shows the different types like shoot all enemies or wave-based defense or elite boss style fights.
- Small bite-sized levels.
- Scraps-currency that you use to buy items from the shop pads that appear.
- Pick up weapons/ammo/buffs/Ai bots from chests and enemies.
- Can see the enemy life bars.
- Upbeat soundtrack.
- The score, timer, and combo counter pop up on the screen.
- Each character has a unique ability.
- Markers show enemy and exit positions.
- At the end of a run, you can go back to the hub or do a quick restart.
- Slow-mo final kill on a level.
Cons:
- Limited graphics settings.
- Very basic tutorial.
- Rebind ING the controller is confusing and not easy.
- Levels are cluttered with environmental hindrances.
- After an hour you’ve seen all possible level layouts.
- Scraps and drops disappear way too quickly.
- Can fall off the level easily.
- Slow to unlock new toys.
- I found myself losing track of my character in big gunfights.
- Drones don’t break the environment and have a short attack range.
