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The level became a three-dimensional bullet hell as I used my high-speed traversal to look for gaps in all the incoming attacks while I unloaded my arsenal on my adversaries. As I pressed forward, the enemies started firing at me from all around at various elevations. A tap of the alternate fire button and that mini-gun became a high-powered flame thrower, perfect for barbecuing this squad of goons. One section I encountered had a large group of enemies all gathered around watching a stack of CRT monitors. Dodging and speeding around enemies is exhilarating, but it doesn’t compare to the absolute glee of cutting right through them as you activate a tactical slide, extending your chainsaw leg to turn rows of enemies into pink chunks. Secrets and collectibles will give you some incentive to travel off of the beaten path, while-over-the-top enemies look for increasingly violent ways to cut your life short. You still travel through corridors and arenas, but at high speed and with an incredible amount of verticality. The movement feels like a natural evolution of the classic Doom formula. In short order, I was careening around the arena, kiting my enemies like the pied piper until they were neatly lined up before turning them into my own crimson waterslide. As your momentum increases, so does the damage of your chainsaw. Jumps, wall runs, and slides all add to your speed and momentum. I was introduced to an arena shaped and styled like a skate park, with ramps and quarter pipes spread around. The beginning of my playthrough was straightforward. Each weapon has an alternate fire, turning a sawed-off shotgun into a grenade launcher and, in another clear Titanfall callback, allow the pistol to lock onto several targets before automatically firing perfect headshots. Enemies fell to my ridiculous arsenal of pistols, shotguns, and mini-guns. In an instant, I was sprinting around the first level, double-jumping and wall-running like I was playing Titanfall. I went into my hands-on demo expecting the gameplay to match the retro visuals, and I could not have been more wrong. Johnny is a bounty hunter, hired to shut this A.I. Your character, Johnny Turbo, is an imperfect amalgamation of flesh and machine.

The world of Turbo Overkill is a futuristic cyberpunk dystopia in a city subjugated by an out-of-control A.I.

Beautiful lighting effects and smooth action are the only giveaways that this game is being created in 2021 and not 1991. They even recreated that big pixel look of the era. Enemy-filed corridors, limitless storage for increasingly oversized weapons, key cards, health pickups - it’s all there.

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That intimate knowledge of the classics is on full display in Turbo Overkill.

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Sam Prebble, one half of the two-person team at Trigger Happy Interactive and my guide through the demo, is perhaps best known for Total Chaos, a mod that converted Doom II into a gorgeous and original survival horror adventure. Turbo Overkill is an homage to the two founding titles of first-person shooters, Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. It must have been a daunting task to try to create a fun and cohesive experience from video game influences spread across nearly three decades, but, as I discovered in my hands-on demo at PAX West, Developer Trigger Happy Interactive may have just done that with Turbo Overkill.

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