Probably one of the worst designed games I've played in a long time. Cheap deaths, overly difficult, no learning curve and just too frustrating to be enjoyable at a first glance. The enemies are simply too overpowered at the start if you use guns or they have six sense if you attempt stealth. It fails at both styles to begin with. It's also hard to judge whether you're going to be hidden or seen due to the graphics style. Enemy cones of vision might have given the game a wider appeal and a visual aid to show you're actually hidden most helpful.

What's required is learning the layout by trial and error, repeating and perhaps getting lucky. I used an Xbox One pad for aiming which might not be as accurate as mouse but that's what I am used to.

Whilst the game has charming old school visuals to match the coin op gameplay approach this is not a game for those looking for a quick fix shooter experience. If you've got lots of patience and nerves of steel to keep on trying after so many deaths then you'll probably get lots of satisfaction from the gameplay style. Anyone else is going to get frustrated and it's touch and go whether you'll want to keep on trying to see how far you can get. A bit more of a forgiving introduction might have made the game more appealing. As it stands this is for the ultra hardcore crowd only.

https://youtu.be/Upg2gCVA41k

I don’t know the first thing about being a mercenary, but it must be pretty hard. You essentially live a kill-or-be-killed lifestyle, always pointing your gun at someone while making sure that no one pointing one at you. Your personality, your hopes, your dreams, and anything of the sort are all but meaningless; as a mercenary the only thing that truly matters is your usefulness as a hired gun, and when that skill set finally becomes unusable for some reason or another, you’re essentially as good as dead. Perhaps worst of all is the fact that, as a mercenary, you’re essentially just a glorified tool. No one really cares about you when you’re alive, and they certainly care even less (if that’s even possible) when you’re dead. Being a mercenary sounds pretty dreadful, and I’m sure most people wouldn’t wish that lifestyle on anyone. There is, however, one place where being a mercenary is acceptable and, if I may say so, even pretty darn cool; the video game world. And, wouldn’t you know it, that’s what 8DAYS is all about!

The story behind 8DAYS is pretty short and sweet. As a member G.O.D. (Gold, Oil, and Diamonds), an elite organization of “peacekeepers”, your job is to use “diplomacy” to “peacefully resolve” problems for your clients… at least, that’s what the media will have people thinking. In all reality, G.O.D. is nothing more than a high-status band of mercenaries, selling their skills to the highest bidder and killing anyone needed in order to make a profit. Though quite a skilled and knowledgeable G.O.D. mercenary yourself, the G.O.D. Chairman one day catches wind that you might be a little too skilled… that you just might know a little too much. And, hey, he can’t have someone like you running around now can he? Things would be a lot easier for him if you were out of the picture. Unfortunately for him, you don’t have any intention of dying or, if you do die, staying dead.

8DAYS is a retro-inspired twin-stick shooter to its very core and mainly focuses on taking down any and all enemies in your path, although it isn’t as mindless as you may think. Many of the areas within the game have stealth-like elements to them, requiring players to plan out their assault as opposed to blindly running into each and every room while firing wildly. Even in the beginning of the game, there are only but a a few areas in which you could get away with that kind of thing. Areas also, more often than not, allows players to play around with hit-and-run tactics. As important as waiting for an enemy to walk into your line of fire is, sometimes you’re going to have to go for them. Of course, being the retro-inspired game that it is, when one enemy in 8DAYS sees you, pretty much every enemy within the entire area will know where you are. If you’re not careful, that can (and most likely will) get you killed. Several times. Fortunately, you can generally use your surroundings to shake enemies off of your trail and take yourself off of “high alert” mode. While it can be a bit difficult here and there to figure out what does and does not exactly work when it comes to employing stealth tactics within 8DAYS, the level layouts are generally fair enough to allow for some sort of out no matter where you are (providing that you’re quick enough).

While stealth segments are relatively commonplace throughout a decent majority of the game the overall tone of 8DAYS changes a bit about 2/3rds of the way through, and the game adopts a style that focuses quite a bit less on hiding and a bit more on getting good at shooting enemies while avoiding being shot. The change itself is a bit unexpected, and occurs after a very strange event that involves a Samurai Ghost (I won’t get any further into that for the sake of spoilers), but it surprisingly doesn’t put a damper on things at all. In fact, as good as the game is in its entirety, I would almost say that the last section of 8DAYS is where the game really shines. Pre-Samurai-Ghost-Event, the game didn’t showcase intense combat a whole lot. Too often I would expect an area to allow for some run ‘n gun gameplay, only to become immediately surrounded by enemies, die, and have to take on a more stealth-based approach. As the game advanced, I found myself wanting more and more to be able to roam around a bit more freely and, for lack of a better term, raise some hell. It kind of felt as though the game developers were saying “oh, okay, I guess you’ve had enough stealth. Here’s what you’re after.” It was a very satisfying change overall.

http://www.heypoorplayer.com/2016/07/29/8days-review/

Great gameplay flow, crazy pixel art graphics & bizarre war scenes.... and coop! Oh my! Ratatatatatacommendable

"Inspired by Hotline Miami + Retro City Rampage" and.. hits the nail on the head so far. Easy to play, difficult to master. Sometimes frustrating, almost always fair. Great pixel art and a decent soundtrack. Keyboard and Mouse play isn't terrible but I would still recommend a gamepad. Only obvious downside, co-op is local only. No Commentary Quicklook - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieuX-mc3mc8

Takedown everyone (including civs) or die trying! >:)
@Devs Please add options to disable the viewshift/screen shake + rebindable controls.