Gish
Gish isn’t your average hero. In fact, he’s not your average anything…you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground. Following Brea’s calls for help, Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps, and some of the most demented creatures imaginable.
With his gelatinous structure as his only means of defense, Gish must follow the echoing cries of his damsel in distress deep within the earth below. What freakish creatures dwell in this subterranean land? Who is Brea’s captor? And just how far down does the rabbit hole go?
Life isn’t easy when you’re a 12 pound ball of tar…
- Dynamic physics and lighting
- Destructible environments
- 34+ story levels
- 20+ collection levels
- 80+ player-made levels available for download
- Six unique VS. modes
- Unlockable game modes
- Over 15 animated enemies
- Six deranged bosses
- Five "super secret" levels
- Level editor
15 year ani. update features:
- The Lost Levels
- Updated Physics engine
- Widescreen supported
- Updated menus
- Updated levels
Steam User 3
game looks fun, but you have to use awful arrow keys so im sad, broken fingers
Steam User 2
As plenty other reviewers have mentioned, do yourself a favor and play the 1.7.0 version of Gish.
I believe Edmund genuinely wanted to do a good job, but the Anniversary Update feels more like a downgrade than anything? The physics are too fast, you are locked to Easy difficulty, and the ghost on Isle of the Dead just plain doesn't work, turning a thrilling chase sequence into a slightly dangerous walk through the neighbourhood to say hi to Satan. Unfortunately the only upgrade the game got were improved illustrations, which are always nice, but don't really fix the rest of the problems in the update.
Going back to 1.7.0 version, however, I had a blast with Gish. Initially I thought I was going to hate it, and it's kinda hard not to, considering that Gish himself not only controls strange due to his physics based gameplay, but he dies if he does so much as land wrong; but as I kept trying to go for achievements and clearing the levels I was beginning to enjoy myself a lot with his movement.
It's really no surprise Edmund loves the little ball of tar so much, this is genuinely a fun game, with a level editor, a versus mode and even an appearance on Isaac Rebirth, and it's a shame that the Anniversary Update doesn't showcase those highlights well. Maybe Ed will feel the itch to come back and update it someday, who knows.
48 secrets / 10, bring back Hera for the lulz
Steam User 6
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Steam User 1
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