Gungrave G.O.R.E (Gunslinger of REsurrection) is the fourth video game

entry in Gungrave series following the last events in Gungrave VR (2017).

Players control Beyond the Grave as he attempts to kill the Raven Clan,

who are distributing Seed, a drug which transforms its users into monsters and was thought have been eradicated. Players can shoot enemies with dual pistols, swing Beyond the Grave's coffin to hit nearby enemies, and use several special abilities, such as grabbing enemies to use them as a human shield. If Beyond the Grave avoids moving, he can do extra damage. Additional attacks are unlocked if players continue killing enemies without any pauses in the action. The game comes with a narrative History in the main menu which offer an update of the gamestory so is not necessary to have played the previous games in the series.

Reception:

• Metacritic score: 57 / 100 (PC), 57 / 100 (PS5), 56 / 100 (XSX)

• IGN score: 6 / 10

• Push Square score: 4 / 10

• Digitally Downloaded score: 1.5 / 5

Although praising its style and combat, IGN said it does not live up to

its potential because of too-similar enemies, difficulty spikes, and "often-frustrating design decisions". Hardcore Gamer said it can be "basic and repetitive" but recommended it for players who are looking for something they can play without thinking. Push Square said it "genuinely feels like a lost PS2 game" but recommended it only to fans of the series. Digitally Downloaded's reviewer found it to live up a longtime fantasy of playing a nearly-immortal protagonist in a series of highly stylistic action sequences but found the result to be a terrible game.

The game is a third-person shooter but with strong elements of

run-and-gun shooter and some of arcade and RPG features. The effort of the developers to revamp the series is visible but the plot is about the same game series theme: fighting the Seed drug dealers and the drug users turned into monsters. The level design is good but could have been more diverse, while the movement controls are not very friendly with the keyboard+mouse users. One of the good things in the game is the user interface which is well built. Other positive things are the charismatic characters and game graphics (despite the less quality of characters mesh). What I praise the most are the cinematics, a great work of DIGIC Pictures.

Overall, my ratings for each game department are:

• Gameplay: 2.2 / 5

• Story: 2.1 / 5

• Characters: 3.1 / 5

• Video: 3.7 / 5

• Audio: 1.5 / 5

• UI: 3.9 / 5.