Door Kickers: Action Squad
A spin-off from the Door Kickers series, more action oriented and with retro pixel art. At first I was skeptical, but once I started playing with each mission I realized how good everything feels. Starting from shooting, kicking doors, blasting terrorists with flash bangs or frag grenades. We mostly deal with hostage situations, killing enemies mixed with disarming bombs. Sometimes we need to arrest a boss which is heavily guarded, and believe me when I say it's really tough. We've got 6 campaigns, each having 12 mission and one additional for those who like challenge. Action Squad smoothly adds new foes, and we learn the hard way their modus operandi. We start from easy grunts, but we are introduced to machete guys, professionals who have machine guns, suicide bombers, and more. Right now I'm in the campaign where cartel hostage killers, and the bombers...
When it comes to hostages, it's best to save all of them to get three stars at the end. They are not for virtual ego boosting, but we can unlock additional weapons and gadgets that will help us during the mission. That is why hostage killers are so horrifying and can destroy your rating. We have a couple of classes to choose from, and they gain experience by killing/rescuing/disarming and we can use supplies during the action time and get an additional vest, health or other useful stuff. Apart from exclusive upgrades, we also have one for team as well. Even if we die, the experience from what we have achieved. There is a level limit, so we can't unlock all upgrades. That encourages us to try other classes as well. Starting from Assaulter (very good and versatile), Breacher (imagine Doom guy with a shotgun that was hired to SWAT), Shield (we have only pistol, but the shield give us tremendous defense) , Agent Fergie (tried, but she is to fragile and weak), Recon (silent guy that likes gadgets), Off-duty Guy (at first funny lol class, but he can become really good).
Most of the time we won't get alive at first try during the mission. We need to learn the enemy placement, and with gained knowledge after a couple times achieve the perfect run. It will make you rage, and swear like a sober pirate, but is really worth it. Also the soundtrack made by Gavin Harrison is sweet, if you like new retro wave.
