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Tactical robo-roguelike shooter Synthetik: Legion Rising expands and reboots

At a glance Synthetik may look like yet another roguelike shooter, but its gunplay feels lifted from a heavyweight tactical sim. This is a game about powerful, loud guns that punch smouldering holes in angry robots. Guns that need manually unloading before you can slam another magazine in. Guns which jam or overheat while a dozen homing missiles swirl in on your position – it’s intense stuff. Flow Fire Games first released this in March, but today’s post-free-expansion version – Legion Rising – was my first time playing, and I dig it. Check the new trailer below.

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