The 6 Best Gaming Surprises Of 2016 (So Far)

Enter The Gungeon

If you’ve been searching far and wide for a roguelike dungeon crawler to scratch an itch in the vein of Spelunky, Rogue Legacy or even The Binding of Isaac, look no further than Enter the Gungeon. Dodge Roll’s tough-as-nails bullet hell title is a riot in every sense of the word. Published under Devolver Digital – home of Hotline Miami, Not an Hero and the ilk — Enter the Gungeon is bursting at the seams with personality.

From the anthropomorphic bullets to the gun-themed puns, Dodge Roll’s cutesy genre mash-up is a must-own for anyone with even a passing interest in roguelikes, and that exhilarating feeling of storming into a room, flipping the nearest table and firing one of the game’s many, many weapons from cover never gets old.

Speaking of which, the game’s wacky arsenal is something truly special and would give even the team at Insomniac a run for their money. At the core of the story, though, is a very special gun – one able to kill the past – that attracts the attention of four eccentric Gungeoneers: The Marine, The Convict, The Hunter and The Pilot.

Each dungeon crawler comes packing their own unique perk, be that in the form of enhanced armor or a canine companion that sniffs out some of the many, many secrets buried within Enter the Gungeon.

For more on what we thought, be sure to check out our full review.