GIGABUSTER enters a world where CEOs are doing nasty things around ‘Happiness’, and you need to sort them out with laser blasts and beam sabers.
Liz is trying to stop a giant, crooked merger with the GEC, who have a monopoly on ‘Happiness’. This seems like it’s going to make people’s lives even more miserable, so you have to help Liz break into nine different companies and handle their CEOs. You get a bit of choice in how you fight these people, as the stages can be tackled however you like. Once you’re in each level, you’re encouraged to move quickly, making use of dashes, wall jumps, rail grinding, roof climbing, and all kinds of methods of locomotion to get to your target fast. Well, those and your ability to fire explosives blasts or swing around a laser sword. I’m sure you can make yourself very persuasive with these tools, given the chance.
With so many offensive tools (and you have some more melee weapons like bats and spears to give you some options), the game wants you to be as stylish as possible in your assault on these companies. There is a combo meter that rewards you for striking your enemies in quick succession, so using all of your mobility tools (and the right weapons) will have you looking sharp. And dangerous, as again, you’ll need to ‘negotiate’ with the CEOs to ensure these mergers don’t go through. They’re not exactly lazy slobs sitting in their offices, though. They’re getting ready for you, and you’ll have to make use of all your abilities in the creative showdowns you have with them. Although you CAN win with your basic tools if you’re persistent.
GIGABUSTER is an impressive take on the Mega Man Zero formula, offering acrobatic, zippy melee combat and gunplay against some nasty businessmen. Which feels far better than beating up on malfunctioning worker robots like I’m used to doing in the Mega Man games, I must say.
GIGABUSTER is available now on Steam.
