Recent reviews by Kazrael

Boomer shooters are everywhere right now. You know the formula: start with a pistol, end with an arsenal, run fast, shoot faster, and leave mountains of corpses behind you.

INCISION looks like one of those games at first.

Low-poly enemies, fast movement, absurd amounts of blood — the usual retro FPS ingredients. But the longer you play, the more you realize INCISION is doing something a little different.

And sometimes… a little cruel.


INCISION is one of the most grotesque shooters I’ve played in years. Everything is made of meat, steel, and bio-mechanical horror, including your character.

The environments feel like a mix of industrial nightmare and organic infection. Walls pulse, machines breathe, and the whole world feels like it needs to be pressure washed with holy water.

It’s disgusting.
And it’s awesome.

The sound design pushes the atmosphere even further. Enemies scream like living piles of flesh while the soundtrack shifts between eerie ambient music and intense electronic combat tracks. Instead of going full metal like most retro shooters, the game leans into a dark EDM style, and it works surprisingly well.



INCISION gives you a solid lineup of weapons:

Magnum pistol

Quad shotgun

Machine gun

Rocket launcher

Minigun

Flamethrower

Sniper rifle

…and a blood-powered grenade cat named Kitty

Yes, really.

Kitty runs on the blood of enemies and launches explosive projectiles, and somehow it becomes one of the most fun weapons in the game.

Every weapon also has an alt-fire mode, which adds a lot of flexibility to combat. The quad shotgun’s alt-fire dumps all four barrels at once, which is extremely satisfying when something ugly jumps in your face.


Here’s the mechanic that will make or break the game for people.

INCISION does not allow quick saves.

Instead, the game uses an extra life system. You find lives throughout the level, and when you die you lose one. Run out of lives and you restart the entire level.

It’s controversial.

Personally? I actually liked it.

It forces you to play differently depending on how many lives you have. With a bunch of extra lives you can play aggressively and take risks. With zero lives you suddenly become cautious and methodical.

It creates tension that most modern shooters lose because of quicksaving.

But be warned:

You will die. A lot.


Most boomer shooters barely care about story, but INCISION actually has quite a bit of lore.

You play as Healer, a former scientist turned bio-mechanical killing machine after being transformed by the mysterious Grafting Throne. Throughout the game you find lore points that reveal his thoughts about the world and the horrors around him.

It’s a nice touch that adds context without slowing the game down.


If there’s one criticism, it’s that the final act feels a bit rushed.

There’s a big story moment where your character loses a major power, and it feels like the gameplay should change somehow… but it doesn’t. It feels like a missed opportunity.

It’s not a deal breaker, but it stands out compared to how well the rest of the game is designed.


INCISION is brutal, grotesque, and occasionally frustrating.

But it’s also one of the more memorable retro shooters in the current wave of boomer shooters. The atmosphere is fantastic, the weapons are fun, and the extra life system adds real tension to every level.

If you like games like Quake, DUSK, or other retro FPS titles, INCISION is absolutely worth checking out.

Just be prepared to die a lot.

Recommended.

Bloodshed looks intense and plays well enough, but that’s about where the praise ends. The gunplay functions, the enemies explode, and the screen fills with chaos. None of it adds up to anything memorable.

Combat is serviceable but shallow. After a few runs, you’ve effectively seen everything the game has to offer. Enemy variety is minimal, builds blur together, and progression relies too heavily on RNG to feel earned. When the game gets hard, it doesn’t feel demanding—it feels arbitrary.

The presentation is barebones and forgettable. Menus are plain, feedback is weak, and there’s no real sense of identity beyond “retro shooter with lots of enemies.” What should feel brutal and stylish instead comes off as noisy and repetitive.

Bloodshed kills time, not boredom. It works as a short distraction, but there’s little reason to keep playing once the novelty wears off. Functional, loud, and ultimately hollow.

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*Phil Burnell Voice*

HOW DO I USE RATIONS? THE GAME DOESN'T EXPLAIN IT.

Great game that deserves your time.

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Much better than Final Fantasy 16.