Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Guns, Gore and Cannoli. This one is a run & gun game. I quite liked it and finished it in just three sessions.  I liked everything about this game. Sure there are things that could be improved but it is good as it is.

We play as a gangster, specifically mob enforcer Vinnie Cannoli. We receive a call from our boss, he wants us to be at Thugtown pronto. Our job is to find weasel named Frankie the fly and bring him to the boss Ay, boss, you say I do. So we get on a ship and hit the snooze button till we arrive. But we had to wake up early due to screams and broadcasted message from the captain. People went berserk started to attack each other. They even managed to get on board and started tearing and biting everybody. Did I say everything is happening during 1920 bootlegger’s era right after Saint Patrick’s Day? Cause it is. So we loaded our pistol and broke our way out of the ship and went straight into the ravaging Thugtown. On our way we saved a man named Rusty, we asked him if he knew our target. He did. Apparently Frankie got kidnaped by opposing mob family. Ay, I hear ya, whack some mobsters along with zombies, no big deal. And so we did neutralizing opposing boss and all his men. Before we go we also ask Frankie why he is so important to our boss? Frankie answered, he said that because of the outbreak boss wants to skip town but all the exits are blocked by the military. So he wants to leave on his blimp, but only one who can pilot it is Frankie. Ay got it, we’ll get you there safe and sound. But first we have to break one of the military’s blockades. But by the end of it Frankie stabbed us in our back and ditched us while the military blew up the bridge we were on. But we shoot our way out of river into the sewers and into territory of our boss. In the sewers we found German scientist who told us that it was him who created the virus. Why? Government tried to make anti alco medicine to prevent people from boozing so much. But the end result was not what the government wanted so they cut the financing from the project. That’s where Frankie comes in. He paid the scientist to create huge amount of virus gas. Frankie wanted to create a distraction by releasing the gas on the Saint Patrick’s Day to steal his boss fortune and escape. Of course by the time we arrived Frankie already lied to the boss and got him to put a hit on us. Right after boss hanged the phone Frankie shot him in the back of the head. So now while the whole mob hunting us and zombies are trying to rip us apart, Frankie loaded the blimp with the mobs dough and tried to flee. But we caught him before he loaded the last money bag. We jumped and caught Frankie, roughed him up and tossed him of the blimp. So that’s how it ended, we got even more money than we expected.

 So now let’s talk about the gameplay. It’s a run & gun so we run and shoot. We have an arsenal of weapons to use against our enemies.

 We have our default trusty automatic pistol very reliable doesn’t get obsolete through the entire game (it has infinite ammo).

 Double barrel shotgun, it’s good in close combat, it especially good against rabid runners and rugby zombies.

 Tommygun: 50 bullets in the drum good against most zombies and opposing mobsters.

Magnum: High damage, slow firing rate. Good gun but personally I didn’t use it as much as other guns due to slow fire rate. 

Shotgun. For some reason weaker than double barrel but good for pushing enemies far away. 

Flamethrower: Very good weapon. If you are in a pinch and need a quick way out of a horde tearing you apart flamethrower is the answer. Minuses are short firing range and low maximum ammo.

Rocket Launcher: Good thing, but save it for the bosses just like in a good ol’ Resident Evil. It’s not that there are few rockets it’s just too clumsy to use against the horde of zombies. It can be good to take out a camping spot of the military.

Heavy machine gun: Better version of the Tommygun but with slightly slower firing rate.

Tesla gun: Very good, best weapon in the game. Can chain multiple enemies, of course the only downside is low amount of ammo. It even stuns the boss (well you’ll only have chance to use it against the final boss).

Grenades and Molotov’s cocktails: One makes a boom the other sets enemies ablaze. 

Kick: not really a weapon more of a utility tool. You use it to push enemies away and push levers.

Let’s also talk about the enemies that you will face in this game. 

Regular zombie: Slowly walks toward you, easy target. 

Rabid runner: Will try to ambush you by attacking from both sides. Alone they are not a big danger, but combined with the other zombies they are dangerous.

Cop zombie: Regular zombie with a gun that will occasionally shoot in the random direction.

Soldier zombie: Carries a Tommygun, just like police zombie it will sometimes shoot at you.

Maid zombie: Burps zombie virus on you, after you deal enough damage to them their head will exploded spraying gas everywhere they will also gain speed and try to close in on you. 

Sandwich sign zombie: Wears a sandwich sign that somehow make him immune to bullets, unless you manage to shoot them in the head or blow them up. 

Dominatrix zombie: zombie wearing corset and silk pantyhose. She uses a whip and deals a lot of damage. 

Rugby zombie: Unlike the rabid runners rugby zombies won’t stop tackling you and they also have more hp.

Leprechaun zombie: They soar in the sky using a balloon and toss stink bombs at you. Very low HP can be one shoted by popping their balloon.

Rat zombies: Comes in three variations, small rat, big rat and acid spitting rat. Very nasty enemies that loves to bumrush you. Also smaller one are harder to hit

There are also human enemies and if they are close to the zombie enemies they will forget about you and fight. They use the same weapons as you do apart from the Tesla gun. There are two types of human enemies, the mobster and the military. The later one has rocket launchers and flamethrowers.

In the end I want to say that there are plenty of check points which are good since levels are kind of long. I liked that game a lot, the visuals, the black humor, the gore (it is in the name) the weapons. What I didn’t like is how short the game is. Three and a halve hour. Wish it had more levels. Don’t skip on this one, worth to beat couple of times. There is also local Co-Op.