Over the course of E3 2021 you may have picked up on a game called Lemnis Gate. It’s a tactical shooter with strategic elements that is beyond fun to play. I was granted early access to the title in a play session with developers, and I had a blast. This isn’t a game that I expected to like at all, but it’s actually one of my most anticipated titles of the year now. It combines all the strategy of chess or a turn-based RPG with frantic hero shooting mechanics, making for some of the best multiplayer matches I think I’ve played in a long long time.
The concept is pretty simple. You have a set of heroes to play as, and you need to complete an objective. You can use a hero for 25 seconds and complete any task you want, be that killing an enemy, destroying an objective, capturing a point, or laying traps. After that 25 seconds, your opponent has a turn to do the same. They can work against your actions and kill you in their loop. In the next loop, you can kill them to negate that, and this goes on for four rounds. By the end you have multiple characters running around the map doing all sorts of crazy things based on other time loops.
This madness only intensifies when you add two more players into the mix. There are so many different actions being taken that it’s almost impossible to keep track of what needs to be done, what has been done, and what you’re doing. However, once you hit that final round and win, it all feels like it was worth it. You can play against other people on any platform, or just bots. Either way is still enjoyable. I had the best time in the more frantic modes against the devs, but I think most people will be able to give you a good run for your money.
This is a cheap game that’s going to turn heads. If you’re looking for something to fill the void of time you have from any other release, let it be this. I promise that you won’t regret it.
