
There’s a certain style of game that operates on the level of a slick action movie set piece. Doom and its 2016 reboot accomplish this through energetic, gore soaked gunplay, as does Cyberpunk 2077 in its best and most propulsive gunfights. Hotline Miami, though, is probably the best example of this design sensibility, its fast paced combat puzzles accompanied by loud cartoon visuals and a pounding, insistent soundtrack. The upcoming Kusan City of Wolves looks like it could be the latest entry to this loosely defined subgenre — which has kept it on our radar since we first noticed it — and now you can take an early look at it thanks to a new Steam playtest.