{"id":102139,"date":"2019-10-19T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/bdsm_big_drunk_satanic_massacre"},"modified":"2019-10-19T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T17:00:00","slug":"review-bdsm-%ef%bb%bfbig-drunk-satanic-massacre-hellishly-good-fun-that-needs-more-polish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/review-bdsm-%ef%bb%bfbig-drunk-satanic-massacre-hellishly-good-fun-that-needs-more-polish\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: BDSM: \ufeffBig Drunk Satanic Massacre &#8211; Hellishly Good Fun That Needs More Polish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c5cf3054bed69\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c5cf3054bed69\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed pictures\" id=\"screenshots\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/100278\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/100278\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"BDSM: \ufeffBig Drunk Satanic Massacre Review - Screenshot 1 of 7\"><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>Just one look at the logo and key artwork for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bdsm_big_drunk_satanic_massacre\">BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre<\/a><\/strong>, and it\u2019s clear that this isn\u2019t a game to be taken seriously. Everything from its logo and key artwork to the way it insults you upon death is designed to elicit a chuckle. But if you\u2019re easily offended by colourful language, innuendos, or over-the-top violence, then this might not be the game for you. Otherwise, BDSM is a functional (if uninspired) twin-stick shooter that\u2019s engaging enough to see through to the end.<\/p>\n<p>BDSM stars Lou, the gun-toting, booze guzzling son of the devil himself, and it\u2019s up to him to save Hell after it\u2019s possessed by, well, <em>people<\/em>. What follows is a fairly straightforward action romp taking place over 4 chapters set in their own unique areas of Hell. You\u2019ll mostly be fighting off waves of enemies with a typical roster of weapons including a revolver, shotgun, machine gun and more. There are some additional objectives such as rescuing NPCs trapped in cages, and all the chapters end with a <em>really<\/em> challenging boss encounter.<\/p>\n<p>To mix up the standard twin-stick gameplay a bit, each weapon has a secondary function mapped to R. So for example, you can empty the revolver\u2019s cylinder in one go, which is great for mowing down smaller enemies, and the machine gun has a handy grenade launcher that blows huge chunks of health off the bigger, more formidable foes. On top of this, collecting red orbs from downed enemies fills up your rage meter. Once this is full, you can unleash a powerful beam of fire that disintegrates normal enemies and temporarily makes you invincible. It\u2019s a good way of gaining the edge if you find yourself getting overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>BDSM is a perfectly fine example of the twin-stick shooter genre, but it falls down a bit thanks to its rudimentary graphics and overall lack of polish and fluidity. It\u2019s much more fun on higher difficulties with an increased number of enemies, but the boss battles can feel a bit unbalanced and you\u2019ll often find yourself dying without really knowing what actually killed you (and be prepared for some lengthy load times before you\u2019re back in the action). Still, it\u2019s worth a go if you\u2019re in need of a decent run-and-gun title after the intensely disappointing <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/contra_rogue_corps\">Contra: Rogue Corps<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just one look at the logo and key artwork for BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre, and it\u2019s clear that this isn\u2019t a game to be taken seriously. Everything from its logo and key artwork to the way it insults you upon death is designed to elicit a chuckle. But if you\u2019re easily offended by colourful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}