Gunbrella
Developer Doinksoft
Publisher Devolver Digital
Format PC, Switch (tested)
Release Out now
The Tinkerer can upgrade your attack power and reload speed, but he has plenty more to say besides. It’s worth talking to every vendor – their conversations add colour and charm to an otherwise brutal, pitiless world
Within minutes of starting Doinksoft’s action platformer, you encounter a timid fruit seller. Concerned for the whereabouts of her sister, she passes you a photo, asking you to keep an eye out for her in the next town over. She’s right to be anxious, it turns out: soon you’re embroiled in a rescue mission, one that turns out to be anything but a straightforward kidnapping. Still, when you finally unlock the cell in which she’s been held – achime and a text prompt letting you know your journal of quests has been updated – you naturally relax your guard. What follows makes it apparent that all bets are off: this story is unlikely to play out the way you expect.