Shot In The Dark Review (Steam)
Armed with nothing but a six-gun the lone bandit will need a quick hand and a sharp eye to fend off the nightmares lurking in the dark.
Pros:
- Pixel art graphics.
- 203.56MB Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Tutorial at the start.
- Minimalistic color palette.
- Side-scrolling shooter gameplay.
- Controls-movement, jump, aiming and shooting is done by holding the right mouse button and firing with the left.
- Reload is on a one bullet at a time basis.
- Really good atmospheric soundtrack.
- Solid tight controls.
- Settings-show crosshair, show ammo, and left or right-handed controls.
- Difficult with one-hit deaths.
- Does a lot with very little.
- You fire where your crosshair is and not in a straight line.
- Satisfying gameplay.
- The kills are well done and look fantastic.
- Levels are played out on a screen by screen basis and act as a checkpoint.
- Precision is need for both jumping and shooting.
- Ramps up the tension with the ammo usage and reloading model used.
- Slight puzzle elements to it.
- Can break boxes.
- Enemies can shoot you and you see their crosshair and need to kill them before that crosshair hits you.
- Boss battles.
- Learn the patterns of levels.
- Clever mechanics are thrown in like playing as two characters, flashing lights in the darkness, and many more.
- Gets addictive.
Cons:
- No controller support.
- No graphics settings.
- Press the 1 key by accident and it’s back to the main menu screen and start the level again with you!
- Can’t see controls in-game.
- One hit deaths.
- After death, you have to initiate the process of starting again.
- Never sure what is and isn’t going to kill you.
