About Bad Business:
For the low, low price of around $1, Bad Business is an incredibly fun, top-down tactical shooter that comes with many different challenges, a level editor, and access to even more player-created levels. The game can be very hard to play if you aim to get 3 stars for every challenge but if your aim is to just clear the challenge, then you should have a fairly okay time playing this game… probably with a few levels requiring several – and I do mean several – restarts. The AI guards can be pretty clever here and there’s also a bit of unpredictability sometimes, they will chase after you relentlessly; and sometimes, they will give up. I think it depends on whether they have actually spotted you or not. If the guards fired at you, then it’s likely they will chase after you. Guards’ patrol routes will change if they spotted you but then you managed to escape from view. Guards’ patrol routes vary sometimes even when you reload the same level – I think this is intentional and not a bug. The price is right! I haven’t played a whole lot of top-down tactical shooters but most of them, Bad Business included, tend to have similar gameplay despite having different themes. However, adding the “roll” (a.k.a. dodge) option is a pretty nice move – not that I managed to successfully used it in my playthrough. In addition to having lots of levels, there are also achievements and leaderboards just so you can see how well you did in each of the challenges. Of course, the cherry on the cake goes to the level editor. Besides the little feedback I’ve mentioned, the level editor is pretty amazing here. You can have fun coming up with devilishly challenging levels for other players to “enjoy” 😉
