$8.99Ratz Instagib One shot, one very small corpse
You are a rat with a railgun in a one-hit-kill arena shooter set across the furniture of an ordinary home.
Is Ratz Instagib worth it?
Ratz Instagib is worth it if…
- you grew up on Quake or Unreal Tournament and miss pure railgun duels
- you want a competitive shooter where skill is the only difference between players
- you like short, frantic sessions you can pick up for a few rounds at a time
- you enjoy making things: the map editor lets you build and share your own arenas
- you have friends to drag along, since the online population is small
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Every shot kills, including yours
There is one gun and one rule: a hit is a kill. No health pickups to chase, no damage-sponge duels, no dying to someone with better gear. Everyone spawns with the same railgun on the same footing, so the only thing separating you from the top of the scoreboard is aim and nerve. That makes it startlingly easy to pick up: within a minute of your first match you will understand exactly what you have to do. Landing the shot is another matter. Miss, and a good opponent will not give you a second chance. The whole match becomes a string of split-second decisions about when to shoot and when to keep moving.
Movement is half the game
Standing still is a death sentence when every hit kills, so Ratz rewards constant motion. Keep jumping and you move noticeably faster, and a dedicated rocket jump button flings you upward without hurting you or anyone else. You can bounce around the map at full speed, changing direction mid-air to throw off an enemy's aim, and a moving rat is a much harder target than a careful one. The result is a rhythm of shoot, jump, respawn, repeat, with rounds that stay short and quick to re-enter. It plays like the old-school arena shooters this mode grew out of, just with rodents and living room furniture.
What can you play besides deathmatch?
What modes can you play?
Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch for straight shooting, Capture The Flag for team play, Freeze Tag for the playground game where you thaw frozen teammates by touching them, plus duel and a survival mode to mess around in. All of them run on the same one-shot-one-kill railgun rules.
Can you play it solo?
You can play against bots, which is a decent way to learn the maps and warm up your aim. But this is a PvP game at heart, and the honest catch is that the online playerbase is small: you may find a lobby or two at peak hours, and it works best when you bring your own group.
How do you make your rat look good?
Cosmetic items drop as you play, and none of them affect the balance: they are purely for show. You can also pick your railgun beam and frag effects, and adjust enemy, teammate and name colors so everything reads exactly the way you want it on screen.
