Really cool game. Gold'd 3rd level and secret level on mid difficulty, then gold'd the 2nd on hard.

Didn't utilize much manual throwing or jump kicks. Just combo hits, aimed kicks and strafing, as well as strategic gun shots. Hitting and then kicking stunned enemies for quick kill is the best mechanic of the game for sure as without it combat can get stale.

The game definitely shines more with higher difficulty, surprisingly despite throwing in tankier enemies, though not with difficulty spikes as those make me think twice whether I want to replay the whole level. While there's theoretically a decent selection of weapons, the gameplay variety feels stale because of limited selection of enemies and simple arena structure, as well as weapons having miniscule differences in the end (maybe outside of splash damage ones). I liked the third level shotgun on mid difficulty, as I at least had to make a long term decision to save it for the bossfight. Adding that sort of routing elements could make levels more interesting.

the checkpoint system seems pretty punishing. i played at the highest difficulty, reached the boss of the third level, quickly lost my last life and i immediately found myself at the very beginning of the stage, ragequit inducing stuff.
i'm not super fond of the second level, it seems pretty linear and repetitive, unlike the third one which is much more interesting
i still think the default keybindings are weird. having to press V to kick and left control to throw the weapon felt very unnatural. i rebinded them to RMB for kick and MMB for throwing and it felt much better
the guys with the guns still feel super unfair. i was already prepared for them but they shoot at you way too quickly and accurately, which pretty much guarantees a ohko at that difficulty

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Love the thug puns, love the combat, 'ate the pipes. Simple as.

Good shit m9

Thug on

Like last time, it's a pretty good game. I got to find and beat the secret level on Thug difficulty.

It's a little odd that jump kicking into a mid air enemy(who can be kicked) isn't kicked but instead goes further in the air. Also, in the tutorial I found it odd that some decorations glowed like the weapon pickups. For example a green glowing pack of cigarettes.