Ion Fury

Ion Fury made me feel like a kid again and it's not just nostalgia that makes the game great. The is classic run and gun FPS action at it's purest and despite running on 20 year old tech, it's still a hell of a lot of fun and is one of my favorite games of 2019 so far.

Ion Fury is a high-energy, action-packed retro ride with great gameplay, level design, visuals and audio. It's a reminder that great old-school design is forever.

Ion Fury is a glorious boomer shooter that feels amazing on the Steam Deck almost through the entire game!

Ion Fury is a brand new game with a very classic feel. A damn-near perfect throwback for us older gamers longing to re-experience those amazing first-person shooters that had such an impact in the ’90s. Ion Fury uses an updated version of the beloved Build engine, the same game engine that powered classic first-person shooters such as Shadow Warrior, Blood, and my personal favourite, Duke Nukem 3D...

Ion Fury mixes old and new in a throwback FPS that deftly builds its own enduring identity.

I could keep going on and on, but I’ll make it simple. Ion Fury not only recaptures what made retro shooters so memorable, but it improves on them in a number of ways. While not as excellent as some other recent entries in the same genre, this is a game that fans of the past should not miss. It’s brutal, lightning-fast, and always putting fun before anything else. Some nips and tucks here with a f...

More than an homage to Duke Nukem, this retro FPS brings '90s FPSes to life in 2019.

In this modern era where almost every shooter has convoluted skill trees, shared multiplayer worlds, and a bolted-on battle royale mode, Ion Fury is a welcome return to a far simpler brand of first-person run ‘n’ gun action. But although it’s a frenetic, fun, occasionally frustrating yet inarguably authentic throwback to Duke Nukem 3D, it ultimately hails to the king without making a strong enough...

Ion Fury, from developer Voidpoint, has quite the interesting story. Running on a modified version of the Build Engine -- most famously used for Duke Nukem 3D -- Ion Fury is the first commercial release made with Build in 21 years. So it's with some degree of trepidation that we wade into a shooter running on 20-year-old tech. But is there any reason to actually be concerned? The best way to summa...

Ion Fury effortlessly channels the spirit of old school shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, but the action is slowed by dull backtracking and environmental puzzles. When it flows there's a good challenge to be had, but the level design can be too convoluted for its own good.

Ultimately, Ion Fury is just a disappointment on console. It would have been a nice diversion had it been at least as good as the PC version, but it’s a thoughtless port that doesn’t take console nuances into account. Even worse, it suffers from technical issues that suck even more fun out of it. Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison deserves better.

Verdict: Ion Fury is a love letter to the 1990’s first-person shooter. With everything you love about games like Duke Nukem, Blood, and Shadow Warrior brought forward into a technically superior experience on modern PCs. With all of its nostalgia-inducing excellence, it does occasionally suffer from the same flaws that plague the games it emulates so well. Even so, if you are wanting to play a bli...