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Necromunda: Hired Gun

Fast movement-shooter execution layered over a modest augment-build system.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    7/10

    Wall-running, grapple movement and gunplay set the pace

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Ganger AI runs simple scripts, never adapting

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Loot rolls vary gear slightly between contracts

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    5/10

    Augment builds and arsenal upgrades reward planning

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2021
Developer
Streum On Studio
Franchise
Warhammer 40,000
Platforms
Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5, XONE
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
62/100
IGDB users
67/100
ShooterTurn-based strategy (TBS)AdventureActionScience fiction