Indie Action-Puzzle-Platforming Done Right
Gunpoint is what I would call an action-puzzler. Normally, all you would have to is tell me a game is an "indie action-puzzle-platformer" for me to roll my eyes and to say "What, another one?" But Gunpoint is an amazingly fun game, enough so that I have played the game through twice to see all the story beats. The story itself is pretty amusing, told through text messages between the main character, Conway the freelance spy, and his clients. The puzzle element comes in the form of Conway's gadets, which allow him to wire various and assorted switches to other things in the buildings that Conway is breaking into, and using those devices to get past the armed guards in said building.
While fun, the game is short. I've done both my play throughs in about 5 hours. Even with the short time, I would say that Gunpoint will well worth the cost.
