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around them. Players defeat enemies using a gun that randomly transforms over time due to a "blessing". Each time the player kills an enemy in succession without taking damage, the greater the chance that the next time their gun transforms, it will be into a more powerful shape. More types of gun
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called Hegemony Credits that can be spent to unlock the new guns. Once unlocked, the gun may be randomly transformed into the new shape. The player can transverse levels and dodge enemy attacks by dodge rolling or jumping, which allows them to be immune to losing
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noted that the game was shorter than its predecessor and had less exploration, but considered it comparable in terms of combat difficulty and praised the
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rated the game a 7/10, saying it was a challenging action-platformer but lacked the "freewheeling imagination and tantalising sense of adventure" of
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game, players are sent back to a safe area called the Underbreach every time they die. There, they can switch between Gungeoneers, talk to
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disliked the constant swapping of guns, but said that the chaotic nature of each play through made the game fun. Jon Mundy of
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received "mixed or average reviews" for its Nintendo Switch version according to the
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co-developed by Dodge Roll and Singlecore Games and published by
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Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Devolver Digital
Platform(s)
Windows
macOS
iOS
Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Genre(s)
Bullet hell
platform
Single-player
bullet hell
platform game
Devolver Digital
iOS
Apple Arcade
macOS
Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Enter the Gungeon
bullet hell
platform game
levels
spawn

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