Boomer hooter.
Focus Entertainment has unleashed another trailer for its upcoming retro shooter Warhammer 40:000: Boltgun (opens in new tab), a game that I was genuinely excited for before I watched it. After watching it, I must confess I’m slightly less excited than I was before. Not because of the game itself, but because the trailer’s voiceover is actively off-putting.
The trailer’s clearly shooting for an attitude-eta, “John Romero’s-about-to-make-you-his-bitch” vibe that the classic shooters Boltgun is inspired by emerged alongside. Putting aside that this is the one element of mid-nineties shooters we don’t want back, the obnoxious narration and slightly lame metal backing track doesn’t fit with the gothic grandeur of 40k, even when viewed through the lens of a fast-paced, pixelly FPS.
