Black Future &s;88
November 21, 2019
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of deadly traps, homicidal AI, crazed junkies and colossal Wardens …
Critic Score
75.6
21 critic reviews
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Critic Reviews (21)
"Even though there are loads of similar games out there, Black Future &s;88 manages to be wholly worthwhile and exceptionally fun."
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65.0
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80.0
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70.0
"There’s so much to Black Future ’88 that makes it more than just a typical roguelike. Each run presents new challenges and different items at the player’s disposal, but the game does a bad job of explaining its features to …"
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75.0
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60.0
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45.0
"While I like the look and overall vibe of Black Future ‘88 there was never anything that really compelled me to keep playing, leveling up only unlocked things that I might find in Skymelt and while I found one playable …"
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75.0
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75.0
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75.0
"Black Future &s;88 is a fast-paced, thrilling roguelike, but it offers little to shake up the genre&s;s inherent repetition. Its often underwhelming gear and lack of variety in levels makes for dull runs too often, even though its gunplay consistently …"
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72.0
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84.0
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68.0
"The main hook in Black Future &s;88 is enough to recommend it to roguelike fans who want something a little different from the norm. There&s;s a nice balance between trying to be thorough about collecting everything and rushing to make …"
Read original review"GOOD - Stunning visuals and a rapid-fire gaming experience give Black Future ’88 a distinct edge in the roguelike genre."
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85.0
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80.0
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30.0
"With delightful visuals, pulsing music, and snappy gameplay, Black Future &s;88 is a solid roguelike that won&s;t revolutionize the genre."
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68.0
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68.0
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35.0
"The gameplay is good and the music is fantastic, but the lack of variety and a failure to really stand out among the stiff competition hamstrings Black Future ‘88."
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68.0
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73.0
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71.0
"With the eShop seemingly overrun with roguelike titles, Black Future &s;88 doesn&s;t overuse the idea. It does a good job of giving options for exploration to the player."
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90.0
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75.0
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35.0
"Black Future &s;88 is an intriguing, challenging but also supremely fun and rewarding game. It may be an audio-visual feast, but the tight gameplay, high degree of replayability and the sterling effort that has gone into overcoming many of the …"
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70.0
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70.0
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70.0
"Black Future &s;88 is a stylish, stunningly fast roguelite that has a unique setting and world to mess around in. If you love to get your head smashed in by games, then you&s;ll undoubtedly fall in love with this one, …"
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65.0
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70.0
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65.0
"Black Future ’88 surprised me quite a bit. It’s a very rewarding and addicting game, and you’ll catch yourself saying “just one more run” every time you die. Its short length and fast pace makes it very conducive to replaying, …"
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85.0
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75.0
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65.0
"If your first impression of Black Future &s;88 is positive, I would say give it shot, but a lack of depth and variety keep it from reaching greater heights."
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80.0
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75.0
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30.0
"Roguelike shooters have been a staple for me on the Switch, generally providing a great outlet for intense play for some period of time that will feel familiar to a degree but ever-changing..."
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75.0
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70.0
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65.0
"Black Future &s;88 is a thrilling roguelike that eventually feels like you are in a side-scrolling bullet hell shooter the higher you climb. Once you reach the top, you&s;ll begin once again, just with a harder difficulty."
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85.0
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78.0
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65.0
"Black Future &s;88 is almost a quintessential throwback to &s;80s arcade games, with rock-solid gameplay taken straight from the era and mixed in with several interesting and unique gameplay twists."
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50.0
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35.0
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60.0
"There&s;s nothing wrong with how Black Future &s;88 plays. It&s;s actually quite exceptional. But there are a lot of exceptional roguelikes and hardcore 2D platformers, and Black Future &s;88 lacks the narrative or context that it really needed to stand …"
Read original review"The novelty of the 80&s;s throwback aesthetics makes Black Future &s;88 worthy of a purchase, if not also for the fact that it is the best shooter I have played in 2019."
Read original review"Even with no shortage of challenging side-scrollers to get into these days, Black Future &s;88 is more than worthy of your time and does more than enough to stand out in an increasingly populated crowd"
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70.0
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95.0
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30.0
"I loved my time with Black Future ’88. It’s hard, it’s fun, it’s memorable. In a genre that I have felt has been stagnating a bit over the past year or so, SUPERSCARYSNAKES is here to slap us back into …"
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30.0
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30.0
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30.0
"Black Future 88 is a roguelite that is a little too light on content."
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