“What if Resident Evil and Frogger had a boomer shooter baby?,” teases the trailer blurb for FPS Frog Legs. Stop, stop. You had me at Frog. Then you had me again when I saw the frog using a super shotgun, and then once again when they used a BFG. Then, inconceivably, you had me twice more reading the Steam page. Once when I learned the game was about 40 minutes long, and then again when I noticed it costs two quid. Trailer? Yes. I already said there was. Please, keep up.
“I think they could have done more with the ribbit and tear pun,” said Edwin, preventing me from using any other puns – the game had already been won. Then he told me that it wasn’t his pun, it was in the press release. Too late, Edwin. I’d already assumed you were trying to pass it off as your own, and I will now never not imagine your RPS Slack posts being typed atop a throne of lies, into a keyboard made of deception, with biomechanical fingers forged from the melted slag of robotronic autobastards. Features ahoy:
- Can be completed in a single sitting (30-40min)
- Story-driven experience with a little horror, some action, and plenty of humor!
- 2D Arcade gameplay reminiscent of the classics
- 3D First-Person puzzles
- Retro Boomer Shooter FPS action with a shotgun and BFG (Big Froggin’ Gun)!
- (Note: This is not a full boomer shooter / FPS game. That is only part of the game.)
- An ensemble of characters you’ll never frog-get!
- Auto-save on each new level for convenience
Why are frogs so good? Like orcs, they emanate green idiocy. Unlike orcs, it’s a benign green idiocy. You could have a cuppa with a frog. You could play squash. You could sing a fireside ballad. I’m not sure if Frog Legs contains these things. But, again: shotgun. It’s by Elliot Dahle, whose other works you can find on Itch here.
