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This spaceship shoot ‘em up is kinda like Vampire SurvivorsIn Gunlocked, your guns control themselves
In Gunlocked, your guns control themselves
If you’ve enjoyed murdering monsters and gathering gems inVampire Survivors, you might fancy a go onGunlocked. It’s an arcade shoot ‘em up where you gather random weapons and upgrades (and so many gems) across a run but attacking is kinda out of your hands. I’m not much of a shmupper but Gunlocked has started scratching that Vampire Survivors itch for me, and it’s less than £3.
Gunlocked gameplayThe mid-game of a run where I scored big on beams and beam synergies, bouncing blasts all over.Watch on YouTube
Gunlocked gameplay
It really only has one boss right now, re-used several times, but the battles get more intense across a run.
I played Gunlocked when it first launched into early access in April, and it was fine. It had familiar and fun elements of blasting baddies to grabbing gems to build a run, but runs were rarely exciting or extravagant. Too often I was dragging my spaceheels through asteroid fields with slow single-target attacks. While it showed promise, I wasn’t sure it would realise it. This changed witha new updateyesterday. It’s made an unexpectedly large difference with new beam weapons and synergies, a new enemy type, plus some power-ups and balancing and bits. Now I’m bouncing burning beams all over, clearing the screen while dancing through colourful chaos. Yes, this is what I’m looking for.
I still feel runs start too slow and meek. And bad luck with the random level-up offerings can foist a bad or boring run upon you. And extras zones and weapons will be most welcome. But I’ve now seen a glimpse of Gunlocked’s direction and I’m well up for it.
Gunlocked is available nowon Steam Early Accessfor £2.89/€3.29/$3.99. The plan is for a full launch to follow after 5-7 months of early access, during which developer Steven Lefcourt plans to add persistent unlocks, more zones, more enemies, more bosses, more characters, more weapons, more upgrades, and more other stuff.
