GUN BROS MULTIPLAYER

A free dual-stick shooter with social networking capabilities, Gun Bros heaps on the big-screen action on tablets and doesn’t cost a thing. Taking on the role of one of a pair of gun-toting super-soldiers, Gun Bros puts you in the middle of wave after wave of enemies with only the weapons you’ve brought. The more enemies you destroy, the more “explodium” you earn, which can be traded for new weapons and upgrades when ...

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  *Beta Review* by distantlurker
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  It needs to be clearly stated that Gun Bros is currently in beta and so hopefully the issues with it will be fixed before going live. The good news is that GB is a lot of fun. Based around a classic power-up scrolling shooter (think Chaos Engine or Alien Breed), with the required big, fat co-op elements (though doused in the ubiquitous micro transaction payment system); it's action packed, well presented (particularly noteworthy are the great menu's, scantily clad anime characters aside) and looks set to be a really stand out title in the genre. On the downside, and again, I'd hope the final release will fix these issues; the controls are awful and very buggy, your 'move this way' stick and 'shoot this way' stick regularly jamming and offering only adequate control when they're not. Most of the 'online' elements are unavailable at present and outside of the game proper, menu's can crash calling for a forced close. To summarize then, fantastic potential and I look forward to the completed article.