Attack of the Karens - Playthrough & Ending (No Commentary)
22A full playthrough of Attack of the Karens, where an alien pathogen gives various Karens cyborg powers to ruin the world and not even speaking to a manager can stop their rampage. This run is with almost everything maxed out although it's not my first successful clear.
Overall, this is a short but enjoyable game. Karen memes aside, the game is very generous on dropping the currency for permanent upgrades so you max out abilities quickly. Boss abilities scale based on the order you face them and it's shuffled each run, so Marva as the first boss would be slower and use less bullets compared to facing her as the fourth boss. Likewise, there are six levels that get randomly shuffled for a run although these largely play out the same with the exception of different enemy types.
There are also penalties and bonuses that can be assigned to tweak difficulty which can also add a bit of replayability, although once you've completed a successful run there's not much else besides achievement hunting. While this run was a breeze, adding all of the penalties to a run makes the game significantly more challenging.
I do think the run-specific upgrades for level ups seem a bit too strong for some of them, as Spray Shield and Paramedic Bot (especially if you max both out) make it very hard to fail a run.
0:00 Level 1
3:12 Tiffany
4:58 Level 2
6:40 Jordan
8:26 Level 3
10:42 Cassie
13:19 Level 4
15:13 Marva
18:48 Level 5 & Phase One
20:44 Amanda
23:58 Final Phase
26:24 Ending
29:44 Credits
Attack of the Karens can be purchased at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1566670/Attack_of_the_Karens/
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