Metal: Hellsinger

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Metal: Hellsinger does not have many levels, but its near perfect blend of frantic FPS action and ryhythm make this a must play.

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Metal: Hellsinger does not have many levels, but its near perfect blend of frantic FPS action and ryhythm make this a must play.

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Richard Wakeling (GameSpot)

The rhythmic interplay between Metal: Hellsinger’s rip-roaring soundtrack and frenetic action is a magical concoction.

September 12, 2022 |

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It’s hard to picture Metal: Hellsinger being as memorable as it is without its lineup of popular artists. After all, the soundtrack can’t be divorced from the game’s main appeal. But even though I would have liked to see more risks being taken with its core pillars (similar to BPM: Bullets Per Minute’s experiments with roguelike elements and more varied weapons), Metal: Hellsinger achieves a pulsating, vibrant synergy, and it knows how to pull your strings.

September 12, 2022 |

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Recommended

Diego Arguello (Polygon)

Recommended

Graham Smith (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)

A rhythm first-person shooter in which bursting demons to the beat makes your weapons more powerful.

September 13, 2022 |

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Richard Wakeling (GameSpot)

8/10 - (Read Review)

The rhythmic interplay between Metal: Hellsinger’s rip-roaring soundtrack and frenetic action is a magical concoction.

Diego Arguello (Polygon)

Recommended - (Read Review)

Graham Smith (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)

Recommended - (Read Review)

A rhythm first-person shooter in which bursting demons to the beat makes your weapons more powerful.

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
33bits	Rubén Manzanares	90 / 100	09-12-2022	Excellent rhythmic FPS that will surprise us despite its short duration. Metal HellSinger has an excellent audiovisual section and also offers us exceptional gameplay, without a doubt one of the best current FPS that you can face.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Nat Patterson	8.5 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger aims to be a full-featured first-person shooter as well as an engaging rhythm game, and I am so glad it delivers on its ambition rather than falling flat. Fun, frantic combat paired with a crushingly heavy, star-studded soundtrack makes Metal: Hellsinger one of the most unexpectedly enjoyable games I have played this year, and I urge anyone with a passing interest in metal or shooters to give this a spin.	Read review
COGconnected	Mark Steighner	80 / 100	09-12-2022	Metal Hellsinger is a fantastic blend of metal music and first-person shooting, with a headbanging gothic vibe that’s hard not to love. It’s a perfect duet of virtuoso vocals and furious action. Like the best metal band, it shreds. Over an extended play session, Metal Hellisinger’s lack of variety hits a slightly disappointing note, but overall it’s a potent and immersive mixture of hard rock and heavy-metal action.	Read review
Digital Trends	Giovanni Colantonio	3 / 5 stars	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger will be a hit with metalheads thanks to its killer soundtrack, but its lacking as both a shooter and rhythm game.	Read review
Eurogamer	Chris Tapsell	Recommended	09-12-2022	A lean and tightly-restrained mashup of more than just Rock Band and Doom, Metal: Hellsinger captures the earnest spirit of an underloved genre.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Giovanni Panzano	7.5 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal Hellsinger is a very fun shooter to play and with a remarkable soundtrack but the quality of the title The Outsider does not go hand in hand with the quantity and it takes very little to see everything that the adventure starring the Unknown has to offer.	Read review
Game Informer	Wesley LeBlanc	9 / 10	09-12-2022	I likely won’t remember my minute frustrations with the game a few months from now, but I will remember “Dissolution,” a Two Feathers track with cathartic vocals from Bjorn “Speed” Strid of Soilwork, the realm of Hell known as Nihil, and the way my shotgun obliterated waves of enemies there. I’m so glad Metal: Hellsinger ends with the promise of more to come because I already want more from this series.	Read review
GameSkinny	John Schutt	9 / 10	09-12-2022	Tear down Hell itself to some of the best heavy metal in all of gaming with Metal: Hellsinger, one of the best experiences of the year.	Read review
GameSpot	Richard Wakeling	8 / 10	09-12-2022	The rhythmic interplay between Metal: Hellsinger’s rip-roaring soundtrack and frenetic action is a magical concoction.	Read review
GameWatcher	Bogdan Robert	8 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger’s infectious blend of rhythm game and first-person shooter elements gripped me all the way through its story mode and beyond, despite its mostly disappointing boss battles. Its roaring metal soundtrack ebbs and flows around how well you deal death to Hell’s denizens, constantly pushing you to do better.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shunal Doke	9 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger is an easy game to recommend-the music’s great, it feels really good to play, and it looks great. The only real caveat to all of this is that, if you’re not a fan of metal music, Metal: Hellsinger might not have much for you. While its combat is great, the music is what truly elevates it from being just another boomer shooter.	Read review
GamingTrend	Ben Lombardo	85 / 100	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger has absolutely kickstarted the boomer-shooter, rhythm FPS genre. Of the handful of issues the game possesses, they’re all overshadowed by its insane amount of entertainment value. There’s no doubt that The Outsiders have created something extraordinary, something that absolutely needs a sequel. Although very challenging and not without its critiques, its an extremely satisfying experience through and through.	Read review
God is a Geek	Chris White	9 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger features a perfect blend of frantic FPS action and rhythm, utilising different skillsets to make your way through hell. The music is excellent, the range of weapons are fun to use, and the gorgeous level design and visuals make this a must to play.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Alberto Lloret	85 / 100	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger is a devilishly fun shooter that puts the focus on a vertiginous action to the rhythm of the music and wraps it with mechanics that give it depth. It does not have many levels and everything revolves around repeating them to achieve the highest score and climb in the ranking, something that will not convince all players.	Read review
IGN	Tristan Ogilvie	7 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger might not be the greatest demon-slaying shoot ’em up in the world, but it’s certainly a stirring tribute.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	Aleksha McLoughlin	7 / 10	09-12-2022	More than just a Doom clone and despite faltering during what should be the game’s highlights this is an enjoyable romp for both metal and shooter fans alike.	Read review
Polygon	Diego Arguello	Recommended	09-12-2022	It’s hard to picture Metal: Hellsinger being as memorable as it is without its lineup of popular artists. After all, the soundtrack can’t be divorced from the game’s main appeal. But even though I would have liked to see more risks being taken with its core pillars (similar to BPM: Bullets Per Minute’s experiments with roguelike elements and more varied weapons), Metal: Hellsinger achieves a pulsating, vibrant synergy, and it knows how to pull your strings.	Read review
Press Start	Toby Berger	6.5 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal Hellsinger’s rhythm-driven gameplay is something special, though it’s marred by an uninteresting story and repetitive design.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Graham Smith	Recommended	09-13-2022	A rhythm first-person shooter in which bursting demons to the beat makes your weapons more powerful.	Read review
Screen Rant	Jason Hon	4 / 5 stars	09-12-2022	Like 2009’s Brütal Legend, Metal: Hellsinger is a love letter to heavy metal gamers rather than a game being made to pander to a demographic. Hellsinger is a lot of fun for any casual FPS player with even a vague interest in metal music. Even though the game feels on the short side, The Outsiders have achieved a beautiful hybrid of sound design and fun FPS gameplay that will hopefully inspire more combat rhythm games in the future. The music will get stuck in the player’s head, and the levels are more than fun enough to warrant replaying.	Read review
SpazioGames	Marino Puntorieri	7.9 / 10	09-12-2022	Killing demons has never been this epic! Metalheads will surely enjoy the amazing original music composed for Metal: Hellsinger and will surely forgive some uninspired boss fights and a gameplay that mixes in a surprising and yet improvable way the shooting and rhythm game mechanics.	Read review
TechRaptor	Alex Santa Maria	9 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger masters its genre mashup and provides metalheads and shooter fans alike with an innovative campaign they won’t soon forget.	Read review
Twinfinite	Justin Mercer	4 / 5 stars	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger is exactly as in-your-face and easy to pick up as a rhythm FPS featuring death metal should be. If you’re even remotely a fan of metal music and first-person shooters, you’ll have a great time with the six or so hours that it takes to reach the game’s credits. By the same token, if you’re not a fan of the two elements, there probably isn’t going to be much here to change your mind. It’s a bespoke marriage of concepts that work together perfectly, and all core elements are finely crafted to create an experience that’s difficult to put down once you really get going.	Read review
VG247	Dom Peppiatt	Recommended	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger is a good time, if not a short time. Hard as nails, rewarding as they come, and fuelled by some of the best names in heavy music, The Outsider and Funcom have made a game that’s worth every second of your time it takes up – even if that’s only about the length of one of the more epic prog albums out there. A knowing and fun take on the rhythm shooter genre, plagued with some calibration and UI issues, this romp through Hell is as satisfying as it is frustrating – and not even hearing the dulcet tones and throaty growls of Trivium’s Matt Heafy can offset that.	Read review
VGC	Jordan Middler	4 / 5 stars	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger is an incredibly well-realised concept, packed to bursting with excellent music, unique weapons and a gameplay loop that’s instantly addictive.	Read review
VideoGamer	Tom Bardwell	8 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger merges rhythm, violence, and the fury-laden chugs of metal to create a unique kind of carnage that’s a pleasure to conduct despite, at times, feeling repetitive.	Read review
Wccftech	Ule Lopez	8 / 10	09-12-2022	Metal: Hellsinger offers a great variety of metal songs that will make your journey through hell a very pleasant one. Combined with the relentless enemies and dynamic gameplay, this game is sure to give you hours of entertainment so long as you know how to stay on the beat.	Read review
WellPlayed	Kieran Stockton	6 / 10	09-13-2022	Metal: Hellsinger enlists some all-star musical talent to bring its dream of metal-based FPS mayhem to life, but stumbles in finding its gameplay rhythm.	Read review
Worth Playing	Tony “OUberLord” Mitera	9.8 / 10	09-12-2022	I’m in love with Metal: Hellsinger. First and foremost, the mechanics feel precise, which is critical in a shooter and doubly so in a rhythm game. The music is its heart, and it is good to the point that the OST would be worth picking up on its own. The part that makes Metal: Hellsinger special is in how well it weaves the music, the themes, the action, and the unrelenting rhythm together. It’s a non-stop barrage of, “you get to perform awesome things done to the beat of a fantastic metal soundtrack.” I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game until the credits rolled, and it left me immediately wanting more.	Read review

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Strike terror into the hearts of demons and devils as you fight your way through eight Hells. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS, brimming with diabolical enemies, powerful weapons, and metal music. Set out on an infernal journey in order to achieve the purest of goals: Vengeance.

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