Like its babbling crew of outlaws, Gangs of Sherwood tries to compensate for its fundamental shortcomings with a brash persona and propulsive energy. It's a fast-paced, four-player shooter-slash-brawler with a vividly drawn alt-fantasy world, a knockabout comedy tone, and lively, occasionally spectacular combat. Unfortunately, these colourful distractions fade away all too quickly, revealing Robin Hood rummaging through your purse as he tries to lift 35 quid out of it.
Oddly, what I like most about Gangs of Sherwood is the thing I was least convinced by before playing: the setting. Gangs of Sherwood takes the familiar Robin Hood tale and plonks it in an alternate, sci-fi history. Here, King Richard's discovery of the magical Lionheart jewel has propelled Medieval England into the industrial revolution about 500 years early. But that hasn't stopped the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham from usurping the throne and turning the country into his own personal munitions factory.
Now, I'm not a fan of gaming's fixation with alternative takes on Robin Hood. While the traditional tale has been told countless times in other mediums, we're yet to see a decent version of it in games. I'd love a Robin Hood experience in the vein of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, one that made a concerted effort to simulate the medieval outlaw life. But nobody's made that game yet. So like Hood: Outlaws and Legends before it, Gangs of Sherwood feels like it's trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
That said, Gangs of Sherwood quickly won me over with its vivid combination of steampunk and medievalism, blending looming stone fortresses and cramped half-timbered townscapes with elaborate, soot-stained industrial complexes. For what is clearly a budget title, Gangs of Sherwood chews through some impressive scenery, with dramatic backdrops aplenty and some monumental combat arenas. Some enemy designs are neat too, like the low-level grunts who prowl environments wearing gasmasks and Brodie helmets.
Unfortunately, the environmental artistry is spoiled by some of the worst UI design I've ever seen. It's a horrifying mess of clashing colours and incongruent text fonts that constantly obscures the action. It makes Gangs of Sherwood look like one of those dodgy fake game adverts you'll see before a YouTube video. All it's missing is the pregnancy fetish.
This isn't the only area where Gangs of Sherwood undermines quality foundations. The game adopts a distinctly
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