Black Future ’88

I don't like the genre much, and yet I enjoy this one immensely. There's brilliant synergy in this coherent and powerful work of art, crafted with profound love only few devs can muster.

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Is this game a masterpiece? Yep, I think so. We had lots of fun with it. And I love the look of it.
You have 18 minutes until you die. Race up a (randomized) tower and defeat Skymelt. Don't really worry about the 18 minutes, though... your runs will normally end earlier.
Black Future ’88 is a traditional roguelike in perfect pixel art. You jump into a room, fight hordes of enemies, then die and restart. Or ragequit. As you play through the game, you’ll unlock 3 new characters to select, new weapons and upgrades to be added to future runs, but otherwise, none of your progress carries over after you die. Another feature that makes the game more hectic is that any dropped loot will be used by Skymelt to make itself more powerful if you do not collect it fast.
Dash, shoot, (double) jump, collect loot... and use the right stick for additional twin-stick shooting while Skynet mocks your progress and you have to defeat interesting bosses every few rooms. The game is fun from the start due to a very satisfying core gunplay, but it gets better when you unlock more stuff and discover how you can use your new toys most efficiently. Only problem is that sometimes you get loot that you don't like (or don't know how to really use...), which may lead to rather short runs.
Black Future ’88 also features a fun, extremely hectic co-op mode. The screen really bursts with bullets, enemies, flashy visual effects and chain explosions when playing together... this can be a bit chaotic if you do not have a very good eyesight. A nice feature is that you can give your blood to heal your partner.
The music is really good, I found myself stopping to play the game just to listen to the beat a few times. Who cares about the time limit? Gamepads worked fine.
Conclusion:
Black Future '88 is a fun cyberpunk roguelite you can play in short bursts.

Bear with me, I suck at reviews.
I bought this earlier in the year a little while after I found it. The game is absolutely wonderful. It has that “little known gem of a game” feel to it. I don’t have many hours on it atm because I tend to do quick sessions.
This game has an amazing amount of detail put into it. I’m personally a big lover of pixel graphics and I adore this game. The gameplay is quick and fun, yet still challenging at times. There’s a rather hefty choice of weapons and upgrades that you can get which just help spice it up even more.
Then there’s the OST for it. That alone is enough reason to get the game because it’s absolutely boppin’.
Overall an amazing game that people should definitely try out, especially if you are a big fan of platformers.

Stumbled upon this game when looking up the album Black Future by Vektor. Glad I did because this game rules.

Awesome, I can finally review this.
I have a ton of hours because I bought it in beta way early on the dev's website.
This game is fantastic, it hits all the right marks for a good roguelite
multiple chars, daily modes, a good loot and perk system, and a currency that is literally the time remaning till you die.
You can increase that time, or spend it for some various items and perks- along with a money currency for stores to buy stimpakcs, ammo and whatnot.
you can hold two weps, and that includes melee and ranged - you can mix and match, and tons and tons of weps will drop in the runs - running out of ammo is a real threat - as long as you play right, and don't let the tower absorb all your ammo, you should be good.
Tower absorb the ammo..what?
\Yeah. so anythign that isn't a weapon or a bloodpack ( stimpack, auger for the dope char ) the tower absorbs it, and increases in power - this means harder rooms, more enemies, tougher enemies, etc . It's a neat balance, and that coupled with the time restraint till you die - makes ffor a rush of gameplay loop.
The game had some pretty bad optimization in Beta, not much has changed in that regard - so if your pc is a bit low specced , expect to lower a ton of settings - and the game gives you plenty of options to do just this - not limited to resolition scaling, and background depth, volumetric lighting, etc.
The game is very good looking, too.
You keep playing till you die. That's it. Try not to die longer.
^^b

Black Future ’88 is a great game !
It plays like a dream. 💖
A 𝕤𝕪𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞. 🎵 🌴
Amazing pixel graphics.✔️
Awesome soundtrack.✔️
Fantastic retro cyberpunk universe.✔️
Perfect gameplay.✔️
Sweet rogue-lite elements.✔️
Lots of satisfying weapons to use.✔️
Cool bosses and ennemies.✔️
List goes on...
Do i recommend this game ?
Hell yes !
Rating 7.5/10.

Phenomenal game. Only major gripe is the relative lack of content for a rogue-like/lite, but the core gameplay loop more than makes up for that. If you liked Enter the Gungeon specifically, you'll love this game, but if you've enjoy any rogue-like/lite you'll probably find more than 20 dollars worth of fun here. Also recommended to those who enjoy run n gun shmups like Metal Slug. Really hope we get new content/characters