Teleglitch

Teleglitch: Die More Edition represents itself as one of the best top-down pixel shooters and is fun in all aspects. The game has great core elements of horror, creativity, and surprise. The unique number of gameplay features contribute to this great game. Adding a bit of music to the game would have made it more “Vibrant” but it still stands for itself.

In particular, its insanely high difficulty and repetitive nature make the game dull and unenjoyable. As a result, it's only recommended for masochistic players.

Make no mistake, Teleglitch is a hard game. It’s old school to its core, from the art design to the perma-death, and for many it will be an education in how things used to be. It’s solidly built, with slick controls and a mean learning curve but it’s not the kind of game you would sit with for hours on end.

The Die More Edition certainly lives up to its name. As if I didn't die enough in the original Teleglitch, I found myself really struggling to get to the fourth level (of nine) of this new version. It's got other bells and whistles like new dossiers to help expand the lore further as well as more upgrades for weapon crafting.

Forget what you know about roguelikes and enjoy this new mashup of genres; one-half roguelike, one-half survival-horror, and one half bear...erm..,and one-half top-down shooter.

Some unfairness, though, is part of the deal. Sometimes you’ll blunder into a horde of creatures at the worst possible moment. On other runs you’ll get that medkit just when you need it. That’s Teleglitch at its best. Tense. Punishing. Skill-reliant. And just a little bit unfair.

The simple pixel art style and lack of music only go to show that good games don’t require anything fancy, just a fun idea and nice controls. The enemies only get bigger, the game only gets harder but I still can’t wait to see what’s next. Teleglitch has beat me for now, but I shall prevail.

The only negative thing that can be said for it is that it’s unforgiving. Teleglitch will punish you relentlessly. It’s a good kind of punishment, though; after dying, you want to get better so that you can breeze through the next run. Teleglitch inherits this legacy of hard-but-fair from its thematic inspiration Quake, and like Quake, it’s an instant classic.