Thrown out of an Ork warship for having fantastic hair during the – wonderfully over-the-top – introduction sequence, your character is dead set on taking down the commander that stole his groovy ‘syrup of fig’.
The dialogue and sound effects are great, the meat-headed Orks are always amusing and tongues are very much firmly in cheek as you make your way through the stages, churning up everything into bloody gore whilst screaming war cries and general abuse at the humans you plough through.
A 2D twin-stick shooter, the game is quite heavy on customisation, and this does have an impact on gameplay, especially when it comes to the weaponry, which consists of an arsenal of guns that are satisfying to use. There’s a clever balancing act going on behind the scenes, regardless of how one-track-minded our Ork protagonist is, you’ll get splattered if you aimlessly peg it forwards into the trenches, making switching up your weapon - dependent on the enemies at hand - a must.
It’s a simple premise that has clearly been fine-tuned. As mentioned above, the chugging metal soundtrack and overall audio in the firing effects and voice acting etc. are groovy fun, as is the cartoonish art style. There are, however, some caveats that chipped away at my enjoyment of the game.
The way in which the screen moves appears to cause some sort of juddering effect. It’s hard to explain as it wasn’t a frame rate problem per-se, but an effect that made my eyes never feel comfortable when playing the game, whether docked or in handheld mode. It also affected the aiming, in that, I never felt fully in control of my actions when firing, a shame – as the weaponry is so satisfyingly crunchy.
Whilst not a huge issue, the game does also feature a lengthy loading time when loading, which initially was so long that I assumed that it had crashed, but it’s just a chunky loading time at the start, and then shorter loading sections between stages in-game.
Whilst I didn’t get the opportunity to dive into Warhammer 40,000 Shootas, Blood & Teef with all four players causing carnage, it’s clear that this is a game that gets more fun, the more players that are involved. It’s a direct premise that throws huge bosses at the players, whilst pummelling them with a metal soundtrack and booming guns. Unfortunately, that slight jitteriness in terms of the way that movement is handled - on the Switch, at least – and the subsequent issues caused by that, meant that I could never quite relax and get 100% hips-deep into the fun. It could be that this only affects some players, but it was a real issue for me, personally.
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