About one in every five missions, I’d run into connection issues that could cause other players to lag severely and disconnect. It’s a little bit unfortunate, on that note, that I didn’t find the multiplayer experience to be entirely seamless. But Deep Rock Galactic definitely shines brightest in a four-player group. It is possible to play solo, and the corporate overlords will even let you borrow a small combat drone to make it less of a chore. These create interesting tactical puzzles, since the dwarves focusing on the objectives usually can’t focus on defending themselves and have to rely on their friends. Each delve has a non-combat objective from mining a certain amount of a rare ore to stealing alien eggs. Racking up a body count by itself isn’t enough to come out ahead, either. Your squad needs to cleverly combine these abilities to access hard-to-reach objectives and avoid getting outmaneuvered in tough fights, and it’s really satisfying to find new ways to do so in the heat of the moment. The nimble scout has the most personal mobility thanks to a grappling gun, but can’t help his teammates as much as the others. The Engineer, in addition to being able to place powerful turrets, can spawn climbable platforms to help with getting around the huge, vertical arenas. The heavily-armed Gunner has a zipline launcher that can make a reusable cable bridge between two distant points. Racking up a body count by itself isn’t enough to come out ahead.My favorite way Deep Rock Galactic differentiates itself from other horde shooters is the movement abilities each of the four dwarf classes can deploy. It just works, in the same way that the best parts of Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise do. They come at you in waves with just the right amount of breathing room after each one, striking a great tempo between moments of tense, spooky solitude and adrenaline-pumping action. Mowing down these creepy crawly hordes is a riot, with special bug types like armored praetorians and sneaky grabbers forcing you to change up your tactics and make use of the environment to your advantage. And darkness isn’t the only hazard: Hoxxas is brimming with freaky insectoid foes both large and small that don’t appreciate all the racket you’re kicking up. Your headlamp doesn’t do you a lot of good unless something is right in front of your face, so you have to manage a limited supply of flares to even be able to see what you’re doing. In these deep, dark holes, lighting is an obstacle that creates both a deliciously oppressive mood and interesting resource management. I could go into the other classes, however no one would read of review this long so I'll let you find out what dwarves scratch that LFD + Minecraft itch.It’s not all laughs once you exit the drop pod deep below the surface of Hoxxas, though. His weapons are very basic, choosing between an assault rifle or a Garand like weapon and for secondaries he's got a sawed off shotgun and 2 submachine guns. The scout: The face of DRG (at least imo because he's always in the front of the menu screen, in the momorial hall there are 2 golden scout statues and some of the propaganda has him doing the Uncle Sam "I want you" pose), his grappling hook feels great to use, it sends you to any position within range at startling speed, but where are you gonna go if you can't see anything? Here comes the flare gun, the best weapon in the game because of one fact: you and your team can shoot whatever they see, be it an enemy or something else like minerals. The main part of DRG is its best part: the dwarves you play as. The guns are awesome, the feel like the hit hard, the reloads are satisfying and head-shotting an aliens face has never felt more punchy before. You play as a miner for the sketchy company called Deep Rock Galactic (seriously you have to PAY for your promotion isn't that sketchy?!) where you play multiple different missions encountering glyphids (and a lot of other hideous monsters for Hoxxes) who try to kill you. Rock and stone brother! (Actual review time cause I can't just put in rock and stone) Deep Rock Galactic, the best indie game of 2020 (a Rock and stone brother! (Actual review time cause I can't just put in rock and stone) Deep Rock Galactic, the best indie game of 2020 (a little late to the 2020 part aren't I?).
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