Review: Broforce Beta

G'day there guys and gals!

Many Youtubers and gamers alike have been raving about this game for quite some time, and Broforce is no flavour of the month like so many other titles have been. A game reaching out to the older generations, Broforce is a simple but well designed sidescroll shooter featuring famous arse-kicking action heroes from the 70's to the early 00's (pronounced "noughties"), three characters portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, overall 19 characters from various movies.
The synopsis is easy enough: Imagine every bad/awesome cheezy 80's action film, where a good guy blows up everything, kills everyone in sight and rides away into the sunset. Well imagine that with ten times the gore, explosions and riding away to victory on the ladder of a helicopter. Each level has a set amount of enemies which range from simple grunts (Most referred as "Mooks") to suicide bombers, heavys, paratroopers, dogs, large machinary and the standard bad boss: a sharply dressed devil who laughs as you kill him while each character you play as has their normal name cleverly modified to feature "Bro" in the title. Nearly everything in each map is either destructible, explosive or indestructible and is set out all across the map - changing your navigation is as simple as destroying your environment or choosing not to. 
Musical score and sound effects are terrific, adding a large amount of comedy to the game. AI enemies will scream and run in fear when one spots you (Some will stand and fight so don't be fooled!) or scream as you strap dynamite to their chest or burn them alive. Gameplay is simple and easy to understand but I do recommend changing your controls or attaching a gaming controller. Both gaming controls are slightly awkward and you will cramp badly, especially when playing with four friends.

There are plenty of modes to enjoy such as level editors and deathmatches but these are mostly in Beta and Alpha forms themselves but the single/co-op mode has more than enough missions to kill a few hours with your friends. This is definitely a game to keep an eye on. 

Out of 10, I give Broforce an 9/10

+Awesome character list
+Terrific music/sound effects
+For a Beta, it runs incredibly well
+Map leveling is extremely well done
+Mechanical bosses offer much larger challenge
-Controls could use work

Broforce is out now for Beta testing for $15