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MULLET MAD JACK

Mullet Mad Jack is a fast paced boomer-shooter roguelite set in the year 2095.
Story
The game is set in the year of 2095 in which robot billionaires have taken over the world and humans are highly addicted to dopamine. The player controls Jack who is a so-called moderator who was hired by Peace Corp. to rescue the Influencer Princess who is being held hostage in a massive skyscraper filled with killer robots. The princess is located 10 floors above you and you only have 10 seconds to reach the exit of each floor, sounds easy right?
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Personal Note
I played the demo of Mulled Mad Jack earlier this year and it instantly hooked me despite not being a huge fan of boomer-shooters but the fast paced action and the setting itself just made me like the demo a lot when I played it.
The game itself was released not too long after I’ve played the demo and I purchased it fairly shortly after the release. The game feels good. It’s fast paced and the gameplay loop is straight forward: Your timer ticks down, killing robots gives time – dopamine goes brr; or something like that.
Quite honestly the story itself is okay but nothing special, right? It kind of has the whole Mario vibe. You finish the 10 floors; you defeat a boss and the princess is in another castle on another floor. Despite this sounding a bit whack, the story has certainly its moments, especially the epilogue and the whole premise of the game itself is quite interesting.
The gameplay loop is satisfying. The bosses are quite simple but can be a challenge on higher difficulties. Clearing a floor gives you an opportunity to buy new guns or new passive effects and defeating a boss grants you some permanent upgrades – so pretty standard roguelite elements that mix well with the whole fast boomer-shooter gameplay.
The upgrades that you get after every floor feel fair and nice. If you have a good gun and some good upgrades you will probably do more than well – especially in the endless mode in which your timer gets reduced by 1 second every 10 floors which makes the game harder after you’ve reached floor 40 since you will only have 7 seconds to complete the level; that means that getting hit and not instantly killing a robot could be fatal.
The art-style, the graphics, the music and the overall vibe of the game are great. It’s essentially a retro anime with a beefy male protagonist that yells those 90s action movie slogans every so often.
The length of the game isn’t too crazy either. It took me around 3 hours to finish the game which is alright since there is the previously mentioned endless mode in which you can unlock some more cosmetics and if you like to go for achievements there is a few of them that require you to play through the game on higher difficulties and such – so there is replay value for sure. I hope that there will me some more content update in the future though.
Speaking of different difficulties: There’s also a difficulty which removes the timer and changes the gameplay from a fast first-person-shooter to a boomer-shooter that let’s you play the game without needing to worry about the timer and such. I personally think it’s a nice idea but it’s certainly not meant to be played like this but it might be fun for some people that have beaten the game already and want to try something new. There’s also an achievement for completing the whole game in that mode.
Rating
Pros
The story is okay but has its moments
Great aesthetics
Great soundtrack that fits the vibe
Nice voice acting
Nice mix of boomer-shooter and roguelite
Endless mode
Upgrades feel fair

Cons
A bit short

Conclusion
Is Mullet Mad Jack worth your money? Yeah sure. It depends on what you want from a game.
If you go after the whole “1 Euro = 1 Hour” thing I’d say that it’s best to buy it on sale if you only plan on playing through it once without messing around with harder difficulties or with the endless mode.
For me personally, I bought it with the 20% off deal and I have to say that it’s worth it for me. I will probably mess around with the endless mode a bit and hope that the developers add some more content in the future since it’s a pretty good game that has a cool setting and great aesthetics.
There should be a demo available so you could just mess around with that before you decide on getting it or not.
7.9 / 10
“Why is it always 10 floors?” - Jack
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