

As the names suggest, Beauty prioritizes graphical fidelity, while Speed prioritizes frame rate and smoothness. This didn’t happen often enough to really hinder my gameplay, but it’s worth mentioning nonetheless.Įnter the Gungeon also comes with three gameplay modes: Beauty, Balanced, and Speed. Performance has been satisfactory for the most part, though it should be noted that there were a some instances where the frame rate seemed to hitch a little when there were too many bullets onscreen. The controls are responsive as well, which is an important point for a game that’s as reliant on your reflexes and timing as this one. But remapping them to the trigger buttons made Enter the Gungeon a much more comfortable experience that I could enjoy both on the couch and on the train. The default controls have you dodge rolling with L and shooting with R, which felt a little uncomfortable especially on the Joy-Cons.

And even if you find the control scheme not to your liking, you can rebind all of the controls with the exception of the + and – buttons, which are reserved for the pause menu and the Ammonomicon. The game is a perfect fit for the hybrid console, with the Joy-Cons accommodating the controls comfortably. Similar to Binding of Isaac (which also released for the Switch earlier this year), Enter the Gungeon is a roguelike twin stick shooter that has you delve into a procedurally generated dungeon to fight bosses, discover secrets, and best of all, find more guns to add to your arsenal. And now, you can add Enter the Gungeon to that list. Despite being out for less than a year, Nintendo’s new console already has a plethora of charming little indie games that can help fill your time on a daily basis. Given its portable form factor, the Switch is perfect for passing the time during a long commute or when you have some time before your next appointment.
