Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Immortal Redneck’

Review Fix chats Crema co-founder Enrique Paños who discusses “Immortal Redneck,” an upcoming rogue-infused Xbox One and PlayStation 4 shooter. Detailing its origin, gameplay and goals, lets us know why it’s a unique indie title.

About the Game:

One mummified redneck, more than 50 weapons, 100 game-changing scrolls, seven different player classes, three pyramids full of mythological monsters to conquer, and only one life to do it with. Purchase skills and classes between runs so no death feels wasted. Enjoy hyperkinetic FPS action while finding out why the redneck was chosen for resurrection.

Review Fix: How was this game born?

Enrique Paños: My associate and I love old school FPS games. 2 years ago we played a lot of rogue-lites, so we thought the two genres could work well together. We saw others FPS rogue-lites (just a few) but we wanted to do something different.

Review Fix: What makes this game special?

Paños: I think Immortal Redneck nails old school FPS feel and that feeling that is missed in all the modern FPS games. Also, I haven’t seen other game using the Rogue Legacy progression system, and it’s a really cool mechanic.

Review Fix: What games from the past have influenced it?

Paños: The list is huge… we took many things from many games: Redneck Rampage, Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Serious Sam, Rogue Legacy, Enter the Gungeon, Spelunky… and I think the list goes on, I forgot all the times we said, “”ey, look how cool this game resolves this issue!”

Review Fix: What inspired the art?

Paños: Mainly Zelda. But our artist team is obsessed with Nintendo’s art style.

Review Fix: What did you learn during the development process?

Paños: Making a good game is hard, and it’s even harder to finish it!

Review Fix: Any fun stories?

Paños: I’m starting to think our studio is boring because nothing really “fun” happens! I don’t want to say “nothing” because that would be rude…People seem to forget that making a game is hard work. I suppose finishing the game was exciting!

Review Fix: Bottom line- Why must someone play it?

Paños: Because it has the two things we think are essential in a video game, it’s very fun, and it’s addictive. Try it, you won’t regret it.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Paños: Right now we are preparing a Kickstarter for our next project, It’s our most ambitious game, so we are really excited.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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