The Indie Game Website writes: "Cyberpunk! Twin-stick shooting! Roguelike! Synthwave! Permadeath! Neon pixel art! Black Future ’88 has so many ticks on the indie game zeitgeist checklist, it’s frankly quite impressive. More importantly, this amorphous blob of indie inspo puts all of those ideas to good use – so much so, I’m sure we’ll see derivatives of it in the years to come."
Black Future ‘88 is a terrific, must play that captures nostalgic arcade action and modernizes it, blending it with vibrant visuals and precise controls.
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By focusing the game around risky play and speedrunning, Black Future ’88 is the most exciting and best-designed roguelike to release in a long time.
