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Crimsonland

Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? In Crimsonland you will unlock new weapons and perks constantly improving your abilities and arsenal. Your screen will be filled with literally hundreds of monsters and thousands of giblets. Grab your gun and prepare for endless hours of intense top-down shooter fun! Perks What are perks? Perks are like talents in an RPG game. You earn XP by killing monsters and with XP you earn levels. After leveling up you get to choose a perk. For example, a perk called Fastloader enables you to r

Release date
August 14, 2014
Platforms
macOS, Linux, Windows
Developer
10tons
Publisher
10tons
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Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? In Crimsonland you will unlock new weapons and perks constantly improving your abilities and arsenal. Your screen will be filled with literally hundreds of monsters and thousands of giblets. Grab your gun and prepare for endless hours of intense top-down shooter fun! Perks What are perks? Perks are like talents in an RPG game. You earn XP by killing monsters and with XP you earn levels.

After leveling up you get to choose a perk. For example, a perk called Fastloader enables you to reload extremely fast. During a session perks will stack up a and every game will be a bit different. You'll unlock perks during the quest mode after which they become available in the survival game modes. Weapons & Carnage We've created a huge arsenal of 30 unique weapons ranging from the humble pistol to the mysterious Shrinkifier 5k. The weapons are unlocked by playing the quest mode and they become available in survival game modes as well.

The better your arsenal - the better chances you have at scoring higher outside the quest mode. Co-op Mayhem All Crimsonland game modes feature local co-op for up to four players. Gather your friends and show everyone who wields the gauss shotgun like a pro! Crimsonland Classic, the 2003 version, is included as a FREE extra! Gratifying top-down shooter carnage!…

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Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
Puzzle! At times Crimsonland can be really more of a puzzle game, trying to figure out effective combinations of weapons and perks to accomodate the…
★ 5 / 5
This game is the absolute epitomy of simple fun. The story? You're stranded on an alien planet. You're surrounded by aliens. Kill 'em all! That's…
★ 5 / 5
It starts out as a relaxing, joyous game, exploding baddies in a top-down combat style reminiscent of the early GTAs. It builds up to be…
★ 3 / 5
I was deeply disappointed a few years back when the DRM provider for my copy went out of business, leaving me with an unplayable copy…
★ 5 / 5
When Crimsonland Classic came out in 2003, it blew my mind of how arcade-like and amazing it was. Now in 2014, we got this 'HD'…
★ 5 / 5
I played this through in its entirety back when it got released way back when. Found it randomly on GoG. Played it again, still awesome.…
★ 5 / 5
Crimsonland is one of those top down shoot 'em up games from the Reflexive Arcade and Popcap days which occupied hours for a lot of…
★ 5 / 5
Let me preface this by saying that the 2014 remastered version of Crimsonland is all things awesome, excellent and amazing. This has also been quite…

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★ 4 / 5
An entertaining and a fast-paced top-down 2D shooter game. The game is very clear: shoot incoming enemies, pick up the guns and power-ups and gain…
★ 5 / 5
Been playing this game for over 2 decades and never seems to get old great game .
★ 5 / 5
I used to play this with a friend back in jr high school. I haven't seen him in years but still think of him when…
★ 5 / 5
If you liked the original Crimsonland, you will enjoy this too. Handful of new weapons, old ones are largely improved, same thing with perks except…
★ 5 / 5
Such a simple premise, but the dual-controls (motion and aim) being seperated onto mouse and keyboard really frees up the sudden decision making. Spray'n'pray in…
★ 5 / 5
The best shoot em up ever existed. If you just want to shoot mindlessly with tons of weapons and enemies install this you won't regret…
★ 5 / 5
Nostalgia in spades. Great basic top down twin stick shooter from back in the day. Classic but unless you have a specific thing for this,…
★ 5 / 5
I played the very first one, this version has some QoL improvements and additional game modes. I like that it has a 4 player couch…

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