What makes Gun Bros really stand out from what the rest of the Windows Phone marketplace has to offer is how it links with your Xbox Live accounts, giving the opportunity to have an Xbox Live friend play as your ‘Bro’, either as a co-operative ‘bot’ while you play solo or with live multiplayer (though I can’t figure out how to do this, absolutely honestly but I’ll come on to the games shortcomings soon). Basically all variants of the same theme to differing degrees, but enough to keep you playing right through. slightly different enemies and environments, it’s enough to encourage repeat plays through the ten ‘revolutions’ on every planet, each made up of fifty waves.Įach planet has distinct characteristics. Play takes place across multiple planets, which act as different stages, and while broadly speaking it only offers minor variants on the shooter format, e.g. I’ve reviewed Z0MB1ES (on teh ph0ne) before and as much as I like that game, Gun Bros really is a step above in the twin-stick shooter genre. In that respect Gun Bros knocks the competition out cold. The point of these games, generally, is to kill thousands of enemies until your thumbs are crooked and sore and you realise how vital they were to human evolution as you find yourself incapable of performing even the most rudimentary of tasks without them. There is a vague plot, enough to enjoy the game without it really trying to get in the way, but then plot is never really the point of a twin-stick shooter. Gun Bros is a twin-stick shooter, in some ways playing like a 1980s action flick in video game form as you control one of two ‘Bros’ (plural of bro, as in brother) as you kill wave after wave of enemies across multiple planets. So does Gun Bros redeem Glu’s reputation on Windows Phone, or bury it? They are the latest Xbox Live games to be released for free on the Windows Phone, giving gamers the chance to get 200G in achievements without paying a dime unless they choose to through in-app purchasing. Gun Bros was announced alongside another planned Freemium game, Contract Killer, which was released not long after. Gun Bros is the latest Windows Phone game to be ported over from iOS and Android by Glu Mobile, having previously brought over a number of games, including the similarly ‘Freemium’ (Free with in-app purchases available) Bug Village.īug Village was, ironically enough, blighted by bugs and cemented Glu’s reputation as a poor quality developer for the Windows Phone platform.
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