STRAFE

They should make this game 5 bucks, but otherwise its really really good man. If its on sale for 5 bucks you should buy it

I wish there was more nuance than "Like" or "Dislike" because this game is the definition of a mixed bag. To be clear: I like it, I think this is a good game, but I don't know if I'd recommend it.
To get right to the heart of it, the core gameplay is good, it just shouldn't have been a roguelike. What you gotta keep in mind is that this game came out a year and a half before DUSK. This isn't a boomer shooter that's a roguelike, it's a roguelike that's a boomer shooter. There wasn't a proven market for purestrain old-school shooters at the time; I'd argue that STRAFE paved the road to that market existing. All of these excuses do not change the fact that while playing this game, you will find yourself wishing for actual level design.
The game is stiflingly difficult, and the built-in easy mode doesn't do a good job of offsetting that. STRAFE is very tightly balanced around the default difficulty, and switching on easy mode feels more like playing with cheats on than it feels like a legitimate alternate difficulty setting. Even though it's theoretically possible to avoid all enemy damage - there are no hitscanners - the random level construction means that you'll be frequently funnelled into taking cheap hits.
I can only recommend this game if the idea of a boomer shooter roguelike strongly appeals to you, and you want to play a game that is specifically both of those things. If you just want a boomer shooter, you'll find yourself endlessly frustrated with the roguelike elements. If you want a tight roguelike, well, you are not starving for options. But if you want both, even though it's been almost 7 years, nothing's ever done what STRAFE does any better.

It's pretty cool! Good weapons, good enemies, good levels, good soundtrack.
Some weird performance issues and strange level layouts generations can taint the experience tho.

I am liking this game so far, not the best but it seems fun. but a big negative is that i had to go online and research how to start the game

To start off this is not a Boomer Shooter per say, it has some elements and is styled after 3D FPS games from the mid to late 90s but fundamentally this is a Rougelike.
I was very disapointed by that fact when i first played it, as seemingly were lots of others (it has to be said this game does a terrible job at marketing itself, it is nothing like what most of the marketing material makes it out to be which is partly why i am writing this review). Since then i have had more experience in both Rougelikes and Arena FPS, which is more of what this actually plays like. Seriously this obscure game has better movement mechanics than any AFPS i have ever played you are never told but once you figure out how to stack strafejumping, double jumps and acceleration you will be flying through levels.
The best way i can describe it as is a first person version of Enter the Gungeon but without the Bossfights and with the movement and verticality of Quake 3.
Sadly many things are not communicated well or at all and the only documentation online seems to be steam community guides (those are very good however and i would recommend looking at 1 or 2 to get the basics down). The corrosive blood of most enemies can be irritating at first but actually encourages you to learn the movement mechanics and can be painted over with other liquids so it pays to finish those enemies first to have their blood hurt their allies and then kill those to paint over the acid. The guns are fun and can further modify your playstyle but it can be frustrating if you don't know what the upgrades do and get handed one that you don't like with no method of changing it for 5 floors. Besides your primary weapon you can still pick up dsiposables in the levels though which all act differently and are based, in their function, on iconic guns from other shooters (you can even plasmaclimbe) and the Bolter from 40k.
Apart from that the game is brimming with style and personality (which granted you might not like but the vibe should be obvious from the store page and trailers) and is packed with secrets and even secret minigames and challenges. I have only encounterd one bug which was seriously annoying for that specific run but not game breaking or distracting and only occured once in what must have been over 200 runs.
There is also lost of stuff to unlock that transcendes individual runs and you can activate modifiers or let a run go on infinitly or choose wave mode if you just want to test your mettle against hordes of enemies.
If the main loop i described seems fun to you and you love Rougelikes and AFPS this is a must (though again i highly recommend looking at the user made guides to get started) if you are just casually intrested wait for a sale (and i can't say this enough look at the guides on the steam community page).
Edit: Oh yeah the jump map challenge (if you can even find it) is one of the hardest things i have ever powered through, took me over 3 hours (fuck plasmaclimbing) the first time for something the Devs could do in less than 15 minutes but i felt like i owned the world after beating it. If you can do it too, please post your time to the community page.

originally refunded it as it made me rage quit, came back to it because the soundtrack it too good. gameplay is also pretty fun, but the soundtrack is so good i still clearly hear it in my head for hours,

Great old school rogue style FPS that i want to like a little bit more than i do! 6.9/10
I would rate this game a little bit higher but it's stuttering more than King George the 6th and it's been doing it for years even on newer RTX graphics cards, laptops and all the different computers that i've tried over the years it always happening.
I do recommend this game to boomer shooter fans but it does need a update.