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Oh a cute little Hamster game… must be some kids thing eh?
Think again.

Frantic kerosene fueled action and unforgiving difficulty are rubbing off each other in just the right way to bring you the unmatched feeling of success for each stage beaten with 3 stars. I am a functional grown man but i found myself sweating bullets while playing and fist pumping when finally beating those stages that were previously giving me trouble (i am keeping it family friendly here, but just imagine i mentioned that the game was making me it’s dog of a female variety)
Loved the visuals in particular, while they might give of an aura of a casual game at first glance, which it is not necessarily the case i still found them fitting and pleasing to the eye.
I have been on the fence about the controls in the beginning. But hey at the end of the day people are defending the Doom 3 shotgun on the internet saying it is adding to the tension of the game, so i will do the same here. The hamster retains some momentum after releasing the movement keys, so you will have to account for that while veggies and similar are flying all over the place, and that is adding to the tension to create a real bullet hell experience of olden days.
I am coming from the age of Commodore 64 gaming. Ross Scott said in the past that the games should still be rated by their hookability rating like back in the day, and that is a notion i fully support. So long story short.
Hookability: 9/10