Black Future ’88
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of deadly traps, homicidal AI, crazed junkies and colossal Wardens standing in your way in a stylish alternative version of 1988. The world is reeling from a nuclear cataclysm, created by Duncan, the tower architect. The First of his bombs fell in the summer of 1988, and by December they had blacked-out the sun with endless rain. We decided to stop keeping time after this, and it’s been 1988 ever since. Everything that lived through the initial attack will die in the extreme floods that followed. These are the times after, where there are no more months, or even weeks…everything is measured in minutes left to live. Take on the mantle of one of the last remaining misfit survivors, and fight your way to the top of the tower to kill the architect and stop the endless nuclear rain. Ascend to die, and die to survive.
Game Discussion
Steam User 6
crazy hidden gem. the aesthetic is absolutely slick, the music bangs, the combat is extremely fluid. the game is hard - no doubt about that - but the amount of unlocks is crazy, and the unlocks add a ton of variety to the game.
If I absolutely had to find a complaint is that the game could have used a bit more variation in the bossfights - either more bosses or some other mechanic to switch up how they play out. But really it's a minor complaint.
really fantastic job to the devs to make such a stand-out game in a crowded genre.
Steam User 2
This game is really fun at times, and although there are some super clear upgrades to pick everytime, theres just barely anything in here. The upgrades and variation in characters dont hold up at all to some similar games like enter the gungeon (foreverglaze) and voidigo. Weapons are super casino monkey activation clapping but in a good way, definitely my fav part of the game. The whole vibe and setup is so cool, I just wish there was more content and enemy variation. Still a fun short game tho drippin with style. 7/10
Steam User 0
It's not bad but there could be more to it. Sometimes the gameplay feels too fast and the screen has so many effects it can be hard to avoid damage or you'll be hurt but unsure how it even happened. There are multiple characters but they don't really play different, just start with a different gun that you'll stop using pretty soon and they usually have less health and like a single perk ability. Also you fight the same bosses in the same order and all the environments look the same so it gets repetitive pretty fast.
Nothing in the game is described, as there are portals to go through, help to ask for, obelisks, curses, secret areas, and more, and you have no idea what any of it is or does and theres no real wiki online for it. So you may screw yourself without even realizing what you're doing, there should be better descriptors of what things do if theres so many different things. There also are very few perks and I had seen most of them after like 10 runs. The forced time limit also seems dumb, as it goes against the whole point of the genre as it limits your ability to upgrade and explore the environments, and really adds nothing to the game besides another way to kill you which the game already has enough of.
The best part is the weapons, theres so many different ones and they all function different, and its fun to find out what the next one is going to do. Its also nice to include the assist mode to take out some of the annoying things like curses and make it so you dont die so quickly, as this game will kill you in like 2 seconds and ruin runs which can feel lame. This game is nothing special, but its also not terrible, and fun for a few hours. After I finally beat it once I had no interest in going back for more. 7/10.
Steam User 0
Good but on a massive discount, at least 80% is fair imho.
After 10 hours I've beaten it multiple times and open almost all unlockables.
No replayability value, but it is somewhat fun.
Fast paced, flashy, simple run and gun, even simpler with gamepad cause of autoaim. Has even simpler "Assist mode", dunno for what purpose =)
5 bosses, repetitive level generation, few weapon/perk combos that doesnt really matter.
Somewhat buggy: softlocked after killing bosses couple of times (including final one, lol); sprites of killed enemies dont disappear, menu points disappear instead =)
Achievements are horrible, "10000 dashes" is sooooooo dumb, worse than that HM2 one, doubt that I'll grind it anytime soon.
Steam User 0
it takes a bit of time to get into the flow, but this game has a wonderful atmosphere, graphics and music. definitely worth playing
Steam User 0
Finally picked this one up at a steal, and was not disappointed. It's a very compact game but has a lot of interesting variety to it that will keep you re-loading its eighteen-minute loop. (should you consistently consume all of it, that is.) Yes, that 18-Minute loop is most deceptive. You think you're only going to do one run, and the next thing you know it you've done five in a row and see now signs of stopping.
The difficulty is something you will get used to -- and dying in itself remains visibly rewarding as you get to unlock more and more stuff as you go along. And don't be afraid to use the Accessibility Buff -- there is no shame! It helped me a ton to just familiarize myself with the game loop and eventually was able to progress more smoothly in each run.
Neat little loop, and an easy 100% for Trophy Hunters. Some achievements need a bit of time to unlock but all of 'em are pretty easy to fish.
Steam User 0
Co-Op Gud...