When you think of realistic and tactical shooters, you might think of fidelity, high-detail visuals, and big, plausible environments. The grounded, slow-paced military games of today are Arma, Ghost Recon, and, to a greater or lesser extent, Escape From Tarkov and Hell Let Loose. But although it's low-budget, pixelated, and played entirely from the top down, Intravenous manages to be tougher and more intense than these triple-A spiritual peers. An homage to classic Splinter Cell and Deus Ex games, and also inspired by the epochal Hotline Miami, while Intravenous 2 continues to rake in rave reviews on Steam, developer Explosive Squat has just sneaked out a remaster of the 2021 original.
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