The Gungeoneer's Guide to Gungeoneering - Tips, Tricks and Secrets
Enter the Gungeon is a game available on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and on Steam (PC) where you are moving from room to room clearing all of the enemies in the room, and as the floors get harder as you progress, you can find or buy better (and pricier) firearms and items to survive the game's "Bullet Hell" game play. The catch is that once you run out of life, you loose all the guns or items you collected along the way, and is placed back into the first of five floors of rooms. Your goal is to clear all 5 bosses and survive the floors threats and opponents. Though you are not going in a straight direction, but you must kill the boss to go to the next floor of rooms. If you find the boss's room and you want to fight them immediately or stock up on more weapons or items is up to you, and I like the freedom of that. In this post I will teach you tips tricks and secrets to better the chances of beating this game.
The first thing you need to know is to never leave a floor without exploring it in it's entirety. There are ? marks on your mini map to indicate a room was left undiscovered. You can find a chest, shop or something undesirable like an enemy disguised as a chest. To avoid getting tricked by this trap, simply check if the chest is locked. If there is a lock missing from the chest, shoot mercilessly at the chest as it will attack on opening.
There are also secrets inside chest rooms itself. If you're really looking for a boost in loot or ammo, shoot the chest room's walls with any gun but the starting gun or anything with infinite ammo, such as the baseball bat "Casey". you might find some ammo or a clear, (clears clear the screen of bullets for a second, as it can be a life saver in some cases.)
Every gun needs to reload, so while it's reloading, play defense by rolling. You can roll through a cluster of bullets while rolling and negate damage, but timing is KEY.
Boss battles are important stages in your run as they grant you loot and passage to the next floor. In boss battles, take your time. If you constantly die from bosses, form a strategy and learn the bosses moves and stages.
Always have a key or access to a key most of the time. There can be cases where ammo is needed badly and ammunition is behind a locked door, or a chest is strapped to a timed explosive, whatever the scenario be, keys are your
best friends. Keys are available in the shop very commonly, but keep track of the money you've collected as the game progresses, prices go up significantly.
PATIENCE IS KEY. They don't call it a bullet hell for nothing, as you might find yourself thiiiiiis close to beating a boss or worse, and die. This game takes not only patience but practice. Soon you'll be a rhythmic Gungeon machine!
That concludes this review for now. I might make a second, as I haven't beaten the game yet, so once I get more experience I'll be able to make another!
