Ion Fury on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, are excited to team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famously known for classic first-person shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Ion Fury is a boomer shooter, fps and retro game
developed by Voidpoint and LLC
and published by 3D Realms.
Released on August 15th 2019 is available in English on Windows and Linux.
It has received 7,674 reviews of which 6,982 were positive and 692 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Ion Fury into these genres:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10
- Processor: Any 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB video memory. Intel integrated graphics supported.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or Steam OS 2.0
- Processor: Any 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB video memory. Intel integrated graphics supported.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
User reviews & Ratings
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This is a really fun game, but oh god why the hell haven't you fixed the stupid shotgun/DLC bug that leaves it inaccessible throughout the main campaign yet?! It's stupid that the bug still haven't been fixed, years after its introduction, and even various workarounds the player can try (e.g. console vars, restarting the chapter, etc) are unable to fix it for some of us. This means we are forced to play through the whole main campaign with a reduced arsenal, which also means some more ammo conservation needs to be taken into account at times. I was almost of the mind to not recommend the game due to that stupid bug, but yes, the game is still quite fun. It would've just been even more awesome if I was allowed to use the stupid shotgun too, guys...
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Only real downside is that the main campaign is a little too long, but I'm also not sure what sections I would cut out to make it shorter. This game really understands what boom-shoot aficionados want, and it delivers in every regard.
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I cant believe this was made in the build engine, the best game made in this engine since BLOOD. My one complaint is not really a complaint. It has sooo many secrets you would never find without a guide, and i feel like i miss so much.
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“Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far.” 🎸🎶🤘 ~Iron Maiden It just happens that some games are bad. The others, of course, are good. But sometimes? Sometimes there's one heck of a story behind 'em. Ion Fury ? Is one of such games. Back in 2010, 3D Realms and Apogee noticed a small team of modders from Denmark. The guys called themselves Interceptor Entertainment and were working on Duke Nukem 3D mod called Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded . Big guys got impressed and approved it, but eventually canceled it and moved Interceptor to work on Rise of the Triad remake instead. What's interesting to us, though, is their second game. The one that was called Bombshell . It was a twin-stick shooter, it introduced us to Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison , a veteran lady with the mechanical arm, a-a-and... It sucked butt. No, seriously. Bombshell was a cheesy half-broken disaster full of game-breaking bugs that were never fixed. That was the story of Shelly up until 2015, when 3D Realms noticed some other Duke fans. This time from fansite called Duke4.net (not a sponsor), known collectively as Voidpoint . Guess what? Guys were working on Duke 3D project too. The project was called Hail to the King Collection and aimed to be an enhanced port for Android systems. Again, 3D Realms approached them, again, the project got canceled, and again , guys got hired to work on the official project for 3D Realms . 3D Realms even gave 'em Interceptor 's character – Shelly . The story repeated itself. This time, though? It ended entirely differently. Ladies, gentlemen, everybody else, please welcome! Ion Maiden . And no, this wasn't a typo. Originally, the project was called Ion Maiden and that's quite a story on its own. See, soon after the official announcement, 3D Realms got sued... by Iron Maiden . Yeah. The Iron Maiden . Steve Harris and sh*t. I mean... It's so stupid (the name came from Shelly 's prime weapon from Bombshell , while originally, iron maiden was an ancient torture device) that is actually awesome. No, seriously. This here? It's some serious Beavis and Butt-head sh*t. A video game. Got sued by a heavy metal band (am I the only one here old enough to remember when heavy metal was a thing, lol?). Wow. Just wow. But guess what? Even that is not the end of the crazy sh*t here. See, Ion Fury (despite staying quite strong, 3D Realms decided to simply rename their game) is built... on Build Engine . Yeah. The Build Engine . The one that powered games like Witchaven , PowerSlave , BLOOD , Redneck Rampage and, of course, Duke f*cking Nukem 3D . That Build Engine . Which makes Ion Fury the first game to use it... in 20 years. 20. F*cking. Years. Think about it. If you want some technical details, the game uses a modified version of Duke 3D called EDuke32 , created by Richard Gobeille (AKA TerminX ), which is, like, one of the best and most popular source ports of the game, but still. Think about it. After the 20 years since WWII GI (yes, NAM had a sequel, guys, and it's even in Steam ), we've got Build Engine game. And it's good. Wow. But I'm getting ahead of myself. To make all of this even more crazy, let's mention that Build Engine ... was not... actually that good. Remember John Carmack ? The man who revolutionized PC gaming by introduced it to proper side-scrolling experience and then blew everybody's minds with first Wolfenstein 3D , then DOOM and then, of course, QUAKE . With the last one being a direct competitor to what Build Engine had to offer. John despised Build . He'll later praise Ken Silverman for his creation, but in a moment? Well, you can clearly see his problem. At the time being, id Software aimed for innovation. Their every big thing was a step forward for industry. Technology-wise. QUAKE brought us fully 3D engine. No “buts”, no sprites (everything was fully 3D), native “room-over-room” (which was a huge thing back then), etc. Build Engine , on the other hand, was clunky old stuff, closer to what we had in DOOM . Which was already considered history. You want “room-over-room”? Bring duct tape. Sure, in DOOM it wasn't possible at all, but... You know what I mean. QUAKE was future, while Build was past. But somehow (and that's the lesson we'll learn here with Ion Fury )? The past finds its way to prove being even more fun than the future. See, despite all of its clunkiness and limitations, Build Engine allowed more interactivity. Which meant one thing – creativity. Sure, QUAKE was a groundbreaking achievement. But in Duke Nukem 3D ? We were able to sing Steppenwolf 's Born to be Wild on stage, play pool and... yeah. Tip the strippers. Yes, it was stupid. But it was fun . And that's, my friends, is what Build Engine is all about. Having fun. While QUAKE 's engine ended up giving us Half-Life , Build gave us some of the crazies and most entertaining FPS games in history. And now? Now it's back to give us some more. Kinda funny how when it's about the game itself, there isn't much to say. Not because it's bad or something like that. Exactly the opposite. You like this kind of games? You'll love Ion Fury . It's just what we have here is the Duke Nukem 3D total conversion. You played Duke 3D ? You'll feel at home here. Which works both ways. I mean, I'm... old? Ish? Anyway, I'm one of those people who played Duke 3D on launch. Loving it since then. Younger audience? Well... Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing “kids nowadays” thing here, it's just gap is a thing and personally? While doing my best, I do have problem understanding what's so fun about Apex Legends . Therefore if you'll expect this game to be like the other modern products, you'll end up with a weird “WTF?” aftertaste. Like I said, Ion Fury is a Duke 3D conversion. A glorifying mod (and it's proud of it, heck, 3D Realms even brought back Duke himself, AKA Jon St. John , who'll play the main villain). Voidpoint gave us the new weapons, they've added some elements from the other popular games on Build (no multiplayer, unfortunately), they've added some unique touches to give game its own face (for example, Shelly 's default weapon is the electric baton, which can also power up generators and, together with other things, will make it clear for you that you play Ion Fury , not Duke 3D or anything else), but still, it's a conversion. In other words, it's a new... old game. All the modern elements are nothing but minor things, something you may expect from source ports. You don't feel like playing old FPS ? This game is not for you. And vice versa, if you're tired of playing old games on Build , this here is a bloody treasure. We've got Duke 3D with a strong female lead (aside from other things, Voidpoint saved Interceptor 's character by giving her juicy one-liners, some of which are direct nods to Duke ), secrets and levels that would make Levelord proud (no, seriously, I really want to praise level design here, it's very nice). What else can you ask for? If, like yours truly, you miss this kind of entertainment (let's just admit it, games from Build era are heavily different from FPS' we have now) or just like retro shooters now and then? Stop reading and click on that green button that says “Add to cart”. Dixi.
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Ion Fury is one of the best boomer shooters I've played. It captures the essence of classic FPS gameplay with its fast-paced action, intricate level designs, and satisfying gunplay while still managing to feel modern at the same time. On the higher difficulties you definitely have to slow down your pace and check every corner because you die so quickly which i really enjoyed because the enemies die quick as well so you just have to get a shot off at them before they do at you. The balancing felt just right on ultra visera. I knew i was going to really enjoy the gameplay as soon as i started playing because of the starter pistol being a revolver that feels so good to use. I knew then that the developers had a good taste for the arsenal of weapons and they definitely do like with the shotgun / grenade launcher, dual smg's and minigun for example. Peeking corners and headshotting with the revolver and shotgun popping heads off felt very satisfying. I thought the level design was so good in the first half, especially the amount of environmental detail they packed in. I liked how you progress naturally from each new location and there isn't any abrupt transitions between episodes like in the classic 90's shooters. However i did notice a drop off in quality in the second half. The designs felt more generic and not as intricate, a little bit like they started rushing the game to finish it up. The ending in particular felt very rushed and abrupt. Overall the game's engaging level design, satisfying combat, and vibrant presentation make it a must-play for fans of the genre. 8/10 (Great)
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Developer
Voidpoint, LLC
Publisher
3D Realms
Release
15 Aug 2019
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