Broforce is a game I can’t believe didn’t already exist – South African developer Free Lives has righted a mighty wrong here. Bursting at the seams with veiny biceps and draped in American flags, Broforce is a love letter to action cinema carved into lead, fired into the corpse of the nearest copy of Contra, and then brought to life via dark magic. It’s so obvious, really; a squad of Earth’s greatest heroes (and heroines) – most of whom are only a typo away from a thick wad of cease-and-desist letters – against the worst that international terrorism, the galaxy, and the underworld itself can throw at humanity. Frankly, it’s bloody fantastic (and spectacularly bloody).
Unforgiving but (mostly) fair, frantic yet tactical, and oozing with 16-bit 2D charm, if Broforce had been released two decades ago I expect it probably would’ve been the greatest thing to happen to me since puberty. In 2015 the effect is a little less life-altering, but Broforce remains an incredibly confident, refined, unique, and content-rich run ’n gun shooter for up to four co-op players.
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Unforgiving but (mostly) fair, frantic yet tactical, and oozing with 16-bit 2D charm, if Broforce had been released two decades ago I expect it probably would’ve been the greatest thing to happen to me since puberty. In 2015 the effect is a little less life-altering, but Broforce remains an incredibly confident, refined, unique, and content-rich run ’n gun shooter for up to four co-op players.
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