Loopmancer is Blade Runner, if Blade Runner was really concerned about how you were investing your pocket money Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Loopmancer is Blade Runner, if Blade Runner was really concerned about how you were investing your pocket money I am the business. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 16 Jul 2022 5 comments I'm not too far into Loopmancer, but I'm loving it. It's a beautiful 2D roguelite mounted in a glorious 3D cyberpunk world. You have great wonderfully nasty weapons, the controls are swift and precise, and the polish fails at the most charming moments - your character's hair is one, and the pleasantly stilted swearing of your enemies is another. Loopmancer Publisher: Ebrain Studio, Yooreka Studio, Xu Developer: Ebrain Studio Platform: Played on PC Availability: Out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switch But there's already something about it that I am really becoming obsessed by. The pocket money. Downed enemies drop money for you to collect, money which you too will lose if you have it on you when you die. So instead, it's imperative that you invest it. Loopmancer: stylish, violent, and impressively prudent. Luckily for us, you're investing your money in stylish violence. Scattered around the game's levels are terminals that allow you to put your money towards unlocking the fancier parts of the game's arsenal. Whenever I come across one of these terminals, even if it's a basic grenade I doubt I'll use, I end up dropping all my cash into it, because this is a roguelite and I lose my cash when I die, and - crucially - I have to assume I'll die pretty soon. Here's the Loopmancer trailer. So here's an interesting fail state. Dying is fine - you're kicked back in the loop, you wake up back at your apartment, and you grind the level you were on once again. But dying when you had a load of cash on you is a proper nightmare. Other games have done this - I seem to remember getting very upset about what I'd just lost when I died in Rogue Legacy. But there's something about the little banking terminals set up here, and the miserly flow of cash itself, that makes it particularly stinging. There is a lot more about this game that I love, of course. I love how brisk the combat is, and how the levels are scattered up and down across various floors and with various routes - and enlivened by just a gentle bit of procedural scrambling. I love the evidence wall back at your apartment, and I love the whole busywork stuff inherent in action games that both give you an apartment and a cat to look after, and also make you go into the office first before you head out for slaughter. One last thing. I love the detailing in the 3D backgrounds that I glimpse now and then as I'm disemboweling people. Just behind me, into the screen, as it were, I'll see a little food place set up surrounded by shipping containers and piles of junk. Or the glimpse of a dive bar, where the lights are low and the drinks are probably quite cheap. These are places I would be happy to spend a bit of money - if I wasn't using it all to unlock those grenades, of course. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 27 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Feature From abandoned board game to birthing a genre: Football Manager at 40 Kick off. 21 Feature How I became an Elden Ring detective It started with a save game... 26 Latest Articles Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store