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Players7 ratings
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Critics2 reviews

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2017 · Valkyrie Entertainment · Action · Real-time strategy

Guns Up!

PlayStation console exclusive

GUNS UP! is a free-to-play side-scrolling strategy game that pits players against each other in a battle to destroy enemy bases to increase their own army’s strength. GUNS UP! combines the fun of enemy base invasion with tower–defense, for an experience like no other on the PS4 system.

Released
20 September 2017
Platforms
PlayStation 4Windows
Genres
ActionReal-time strategyStrategyTactical
Developers
Valkyrie Entertainment
Publishers
Sony Interactive EntertainmentPlayStation Mobile, Inc.
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
United States
Age ratings
PEGI 16ESRB T
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)

About

Guns Up! (stylized as GUNS UP!) was a free-to-play action strategy game developed by San Diego Studio and Valkyrie Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It was originally released on December 5, 2015.

A Windows port was later released on February 5, 2018, through Steam. A mobile port licensed by Sony for iOS and Android developed and published by NHN Bigfoot with Valkyrie's involvement was released on April 1, 2022.

Keywords

  • free-to-play
  • digital distribution
  • playstation experience 2015
  • pax west 2016
  • pax prime 2014
  • pax prime 2015
  • optional censorship

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game tasks players with creating an impenetrable base and an army to attack the bases of other players. The player must use munitions, the in-game currency, to do this, which is earned by attacking other players' bases. The multiplayer is asynchronous in that players cannot defend their bases, only direct their troops in capturing other bases. The player can randomly unlock special attacks on the field and from support cards.

There is the option to spend real currency to buy in-game gold, which can unlock special soldiers much faster, as well as customize the player's army and soldiers.

Reception

The game received mixed reception, with the aggregate score being 54/100 on Metacritic based on 13 reviews. J. Andriessen of Destructoid rated the game 25/100, calling the game "repetitive, tedious" and "digital Ambien", and stated that the game was "un-fun" without spending money on microtransactions to increase the XP gained, but also said that the microtransactions made the game too easy. Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat rated the game 70/100, finding it "fun and replayable", but criticizing the "slow network response".

He compared it to Clash of Clans and said that it had the potential to bridge the gap between mobile and console games if the network was more reliable. Ben Tarrant of Playstation Lifestyle gave the game a score of 75 out of 100 stating "Guns Up! is devilishly addictive" and, "leaving you with a constant desire to progress and improve both your settlement and your garrison of units". Official PlayStation Magazine UK rated the game 40/100, saying that it felt "soulless" and that it was "a mobile freemium game in poor disguise".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 419 May 2015Worldwide · North America 5 December 2015
Windows5 February 2018Worldwide

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