- Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Gunborg: Dark Matters is an action arcade platformer. Take on an army of alien soldiers and killer robots while making your way through a giant spaceship.
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, grave and classical in form.
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- classical in formformally daring
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God is a GeekLyle CarrMar 20229/10Gunborg: Dark Matters is a fantastic twin stick platformer, with a ton of variety and frantic twitchy action.
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ZTGDTerrence JohnsonMar 20229/10The only issue I had with Gunborg was the games length, being able to be cleared in just over 2 hours; just when I felt like everything was coming together and all the systems clicked the game ended.
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PlayStation UniverseTimothy NunesMar 20229/10Gunborg: Dark Matters excels with engaging gameplay, approachable difficulty buildup, and a wonderful visual style. The game is unfortunately all too brief and doesn't get the kind of time it deserves to truly bloom. Equally so, Gunborg places itself well high in the chaff of the side-scrolling genre, even though it doesn't quite reach the same full excellence as the greats.
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Niche GamerFingal BelmontMar 20225/10Mere hours after beating the game for the Gunborg: Dark Matters review, most of it went in one ear and out the other. In the grand ocean of brutally difficult indie action games, there is not a lot to distinguish this one from its contemporaries.
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SoftpediaBogdan PopaMar 20227/10Gunborg: Dark Matters is in many ways a fun game not only for those who have already fallen in love with platformers but also for those who are new to this genre. In many, it’s a fun yet extremely challenging side scroller whose only shortcoming appears to be the very short story and the weird control system that takes some time to get used to.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Rickard Paulsson
- Publisher
- ORBMIT Productions
- Released
- March 4, 2022
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Game Maker Studio 2
- Time to beat
- 2 h rushed · 3 h main story · 5 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 3 ratings.
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