Lock and Load!
For those of you that adore the rapid-fire, ludicrous pace seen in top-down shooters, this little gem recently announced at Paris’ Game Expo should be right up your alley. Take what you love about the retro gameplay, splash it with a detailed noir-esque art-style and throw in a bunch of very angry Triads, and you have The Hong Kong Massacre.
According to an article on Gamespot –
During Sony’s pre-show livestream at Paris Games Week, the publisher revealed the appearance of an upcoming top-down shooter from indie developers Vreski and Captain Rogue Production called The Hong Kong Massacre. Set in Hong Kong during an intense crimewave, you take the fight to the Triad, where you engage in intense, hectic gunfights with gangsters and criminals in the tight spaces of urban landscape.
The game is channeling aspects of the old-school Hong-Kong action films like Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow, with the moodiness and style of Blade Runner and Hotline Miami. In development for some time, The Hong Kong Massacre has made been making the rounds in the indie-scene for some time, and it’s now ready for its release on PS4 next year. The action looks to be very exciting, even letting you pull off a number of slick moves and abilities that are lifted straight from classic action films.
Please let there be bullet time, please let there be bullet time!
Given the recent influx we have seen in remakes, remasters and spiritual successors to the top-down shooter genre (Hotline Miami anyone?) this new title should fit right, and from the looks of things also inspire brand new bouts of rage quits.
Gangland warfare in China has never looked so much fun! Seriously John Woo would be proud.
Be sure to check out the trailer for The Hong Kong Massacre below.
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