Jets ‘n’ Guns Gold
I haven’t felt like spending the time on any of the more substantial posts I have waiting on the backburner, so I’ll tackle another simple one: game commentary!
In my current quest to seek out more obscure (at least to me) games, Jets ‘n’ Guns is one of my most recent conquests. The title really says it all: it’s a side-scrolling game where you fly jets and you have lots of guns. Everything you destroy is worth points, which turns into money that you can use to buy and upgrade ships and guns. It’s a challenging game, and it’s simplistically absurd fun.
There’s a lot of content in for a small game, and it constantly compelled me to devour content to get new stuff. Aside from solid side-scrolling shooter gameplay, it sure doesn’t hurt that Jets ‘n’ Guns has the coolest arsenal of guns this side of Ratchet & Clank. I was particularly fond of the gun that shoots a chessboard-like hexagon, the one that launches groups of flying, target-seeking zombie skulls and the one that creates a vortex on each side of you and pulls bullets towards you, so that it can hit enemies from behind.
It only played in 640×480 resolution, but it actually looked pretty good even though I had it stretched across my 1680×1050 widescreen. It’s a solid $20 purchase if you want some twitch-based gameplay.