GAME REVIEW | Nonstop Mayhem in Rage-Inducing "POST VOID"
The premise of POST VOID is fairly simple: keep on killing, and keep on moving to survive. Hesitate, and you die. Dilly-dally, and you die! Allow your severed head idol to deplete itself of health, AND YOU DIE!!! So yeah, POST VOID is certainly one shooter that requires you to always be on your toes in order to win. And man, is it tough as hell!
Roaming around a place that looks like a Primus album cover brought to life, POST VOID will have you shooting to live at every corner. From gangsters to drones, everything that will come at you wants to kill you. Come to think of it, because your idol easily drains itself of health, one could say that even the very thing keeping you alive wants you dead! So who’s there to look out for you? Nobody, that’s who!
It’s this aspect that keeps you running and eying every single corner of the rooms. You don’t know when you’ll be attacked, nor can you create a strategy to avoid death next time around. Because every play-thought is different from the last, you cannot make notes or create a rhythm to make it through each of its eleven levels. One can only jump right into the craziness, and cross your fingers that you won’t die.
And POST VOID absolutely loves killing you! Dare I say, it mocks you every time you start or restart a level. As your idol drains, a countdown will start to let you know of your imminent death. The only way to stop the countdown is to tally up a body count. But these enemies are not chumps; they’ll gang up on you and turn you into a statistic in no time!
As you play though, you’ll earn better power-ups and guns, which have unlimited ammo (thank the gods!). However, just because it’s unlimited doesn’t mean you’ll be safe from having to reload. On one too many occasions, I found myself in a good killing zone, only for my gun to need to reload. Right then, I met my fate by the hands of mobsters, robots, and creatures that may need a tighter bra. Needless to say, the odds are always against you!
If you can take a moment to actually see what’s around you, you’ll no doubt be impressed with its visuals. It looks like a game from the 90s, and the worlds itself feel like an animated MTV commercial from that era. On top of that, the hard-rocking soundtrack kicks ass on every level, with its fast-paced riffs meshing perfectly with the fast-paced gameplay. However, paying attention to these aspects will, of course, cause you to die, so don’t admire them for too long!
Those who can master what POST VOID has to offer can lay claim that they’re are a true speedrunner champion. These eleven levels are quick if you keep your acceleration up from start-to-finish. With that being said, you’ll no doubt eat lead, dirt, and maybe an appendage or two every time you press the start button. Unpredictability is the name of POST VOID’s game, and it masters it to a T!
PROS:
- Keeps you on your toes at all times
- Great retro visuals
- Rocking soundtrack
CONS:
- Super hardcore difficult!
- Lacks a learning curve
FINAL THOUGHTS:
POST VOID is not for newcomers, nor is it for those who need time to make their next attack. This is a first-person shooter that will have you racing against the clock to keep on living. For those who can make it to the end of POST VOID, I salute you; for those who can’t, well, I honestly can’t blame you, but at least you tried?
FINAL GRADE:
Promotional consideration provided by Terminals.io by Evolve. Reviewed on the Nintendo Switch.
