‘Anger Foot’ evaluation: Brings my internal child out, however that efficiency although

Anger Foot may have you kicking and screaming as you make your manner via its dirty ranges and colourful enemies. And it’ll at all times be via pure rage, whether or not you’re on an unstoppable rampage or dying all of a sudden to a stray bullet.

The sport is a speedrunner and first-person shooter, with loads of gameplay selection via its many weapons, sneakers, and goals. Nevertheless, Anger Foot is held again by its poor technical efficiency on PC, in addition to some management points.

Anger Foot plot

One night time, you’re simply chilling at your woman’s place on the point of watch a film. Swiftly, somebody breaks into your condo and steals your greatest pair of sneakers.

The 4 of your sneakers are divided amongst Shit Metropolis’s gangs: Violence, Air pollution, Enterprise, and Debauchery. It’s as much as you to kick your manner via 4 districts so as to reclaim your sneaker assortment. 

It’s apparent that the story in Anger Foot isn’t deep, however that’s not the sport’s core focus. It’s the right and easy setup that will get straight to the purpose so as to deal with its important energy: gameplay.

Anger Foot characters

The characters in Anger Foot are slightly one dimensional, however similar to the story, the characters aren’t actually the largest focus right here.

Enemies are simply there to kick down, however the bosses are uniquely designed and have persona. For instance, the primary boss is a helicopter and it’s insanely humorous to see your character simply always kicking it down.

Anger Foot mechanics

Anger Foot is a first-person shooter, however with the additional hook of utilizing your left foot to kick down enemies. It’s extremely chaotic and enjoyable, and it looks like I’m enjoying as John Wick, attempting to keep away from getting shot whereas taking pictures myself and kicking enemies in all places.

Each stage in Anger Foot has two optionally available goals, comparable to finishing the extent in a sure period of time or finishing the extent with out killing anybody. They’re price doing as fulfilling them earns you stars that unlock Sneakers. Every Sneaker has a particular skill that may drastically change the way you play, and enable you acquire a bonus in sure conditions. It’s a sensible type of development that doesn’t depend on grinding.

For instance, my favourite is the Holy Shoe, which is designed after Christ’s sandals. With them, I get a second probability at life after dying one time. This explicit one actually helped me full ranges I in any other case had bother ending.

Not solely are there an enormous variety of Sneakers to equip, however the weapons are available in a superb selection as effectively. There’s your commonplace pistol, in addition to machine weapons and even a rest room plunger grappling hook. This merchandise made me really feel like I used to be enjoying Doom Everlasting or Halo: Infinite typically, as it will pull enemies in the direction of me and I may kick them again. Whilst you can solely decide up weapons from lifeless enemies, the mixing and matching between your weapon and Sneaker is extremely enjoyable as that always switches up the gameplay.

The enemy selection is nice, too. For instance, Anger Foot has its commonplace henchmen with pistols, however there are stronger ones which have shotguns, in addition to alligators with pipes that may cost at you. The sewers even have tentacles that emerge from the wastewater holding weapons and toxic snakes. It’s a must to determine how you can take care of a bunch of various enemies on the fly, which makes the sport so exhilarating to play via.

Nevertheless, there are some ranges, particularly within the first space with the Violence Gang, which have big skyscrapers. Right here, you typically have to leap from constructing to constructing. The leaping physics do not feel fairly proper — and there have been loads of occasions the place I misjudged my distance and fell to my dying.

Anger Foot graphics

Anger Foot has an awesome cartoon-ish artwork model that matches its juvenile premise. Every of the sport’s areas and stage design replicate completely different themes successfully, such because the Air pollution Gang’s dwelling turf of a sewer, and the Enterprise Gang’s dwelling turf being an interconnected subway system.

The colourful anthropomorphic enemies are made up of various animal species and gown in streetwear clothes, which provides to the dirty setting. Trash is littered in all places with largely comical flies surrounding them, and you may even kick down stall doorways to see enemies utilizing the bathroom and a censor masking them. Shit Metropolis feels disgustingly charming, even when I personally wouldn’t need to reside there myself.

Anger Foot soundtrack and audio

Anger Foot has plenty of funk and hip-hop tracks that add to the vitality and pleasure as you kick your manner via the degrees.

It’s a recreation that doesn’t really want a posh soundtrack, however the sound results additionally heighten the expertise. Weapons sound snappy, explosions sound intense, and your foot sounds forceful. All of these sound results enable you get immersed within the recreation.

Anger Foot problem and problem

Anger Foot could be surprisingly troublesome because you’re very frail. It solely takes a couple of stray bullets to kill you after which it’s important to restart the extent. You might have to concentrate on your environment. Generally, rooms have explosive barrels, and in case you unintentionally shoot them, you may be caught within the blast and die. 

It could take a couple of tries to finish a stage, however Anger Foot feels truthful. However if you wish to make the sport simpler, there are a bevy of accessibility options. Auto intention is out there, and By no means Die mode, you possibly can guess, makes it so that you by no means die and reside out your energy fantasy. 

Anger Foot efficiency

The efficiency in Anger Foot is its greatest pitfall. If there’s an excessive amount of happening, the sport’s framerate tanks. There have been conditions the place I unintentionally blew up a barrel, inflicting a series response that blows up different barrels. In a recreation the place one single bullet from an enemy can imply the distinction between life and dying, a dip in efficiency feels discouraging.

Moreover, there are some surprisingly lengthy load occasions between deciding on a stage and loading it up. The wait between booting up the sport on my PC and Steam to get to the primary menu is annoying too. In lots of cases, I believed the sport froze, however it’s simply that the loading occasions are unacceptably lengthy.

Is Anger Foot price getting?

Anger Foot has plenty of replayability, as you possibly can return to earlier ranges to see in case you can full the optionally available goals and earn extra stars, thus unlocking extra Sneakers. And the sport is kind of low cost at $25, making it really feel prefer it’s price each your money and time.

In case you like speedrunners or gameplay loops that require studying the structure of ranges to beat them, comparable to Neon White, Ghostrunner, and Celeste, then Anger Foot is certainly one to offer a strive. It’s bought nice gameplay and enemy selection, however the total efficiency wants enchancment.