Fantastic co-op action / stealth strategy mixed with huge consequences for failure! GTFO is all about delving into long sessions with 3 other players (typically 30m to 2h) to accomplish 1 or optionally up to 3 overarching objective types.

There's a dozen unique objective types to accomplish with each having their own distinct gameplay. Item collection will require you to collect objects in the level by pinpointing their locations, Terminal Uplinks requires one player to enter codes into a computer terminal while teammates protect them from waves of enemies, reactor startups feature even more hordes as well as traversing levels to collect codes that will help you progress further, etc.

While some levels are more weighted than others the game typically has a fun balance of stealth and action that keeps the experience fresh and complex. Stealth is largely slow but can be done quickly with experience, even with hundreds of hours into the game it's still very satisfying to clear a room of sleeping enemies with no ammo or health wasted. Action is at times chaotic and stressful but make victory all that more sweet, this can really test your team on some of the more difficult levels where even a relatively small mistake can spell your own doom.

While there's plenty of lore to discover there's not much story to the game to keep track of, it's largely gameplay focused and the main fun is in simply tackling GTFO's many difficult challenges and overcoming them. GTFO is undoubtedly at it's best with friends that have no experience but the discord is a decent alternative. The community is largely very friendly and while it's possible for skilled players to do some of the heavy lifting that is fun to learn for yourself there's plenty of folks that are as fresh and unknowledgeable as a first-time player.

GTFO's has a fair share of bugs & glitches ranging from completely blackening your screen for about 1-2 minutes at seemingly random, one of the game's tools (C-Foam) can rarely shoot straight through a door which in some niche levels can essentially ruin your chances of winning, terminals can completely stop working (even if they're related to an objective), simply using a level checkpoint can cause a slew of issues, and plenty others. Many of these problems have been in the game for years with no hope in sight for fixes beyond community mod patches.

All that being said I frankly couldn't recommend this game enough if you're looking for a hardcore co-op game, it's certainly not for everyone but if you fit the niche I'm sure you'll be more than satisfied. Have fun discovering all of the enemy types, there's some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up ♥♥♥♥ to find.

Fantastic co-op action / stealth strategy mixed with huge consequences for failure! GTFO is all about delving into long sessions with 3 other players (typically 30m to 2h) to accomplish 1 or optionally up to 3 overarching objective types. There's a dozen unique objective types to accomplish with each having their own distinct gameplay. Item collection will require you to collect objects in the level by pinpointing their locations, Terminal Uplinks requires one player to enter codes into a computer terminal while teammates protect them from waves of enemies, reactor startups feature even more hordes as well as traversing levels to collect codes that will help you progress further, etc. While some levels are more weighted than others the game typically has a fun balance of stealth and action that keeps the experience fresh and complex. Stealth is largely slow but can be done quickly with experience, even with hundreds of hours into the game it's still very satisfying to clear a room of sleeping enemies with no ammo or health wasted. Action is at times chaotic and stressful but make victory all that more sweet, this can really test your team on [i]some[/i] of the more difficult levels where even a relatively small mistake can spell your own doom. While there's plenty of lore to discover there's not much story to the game to keep track of, it's largely gameplay focused and the main fun is in simply tackling GTFO's many difficult challenges and overcoming them. GTFO is undoubtedly at it's best with friends that have no experience but the discord is a decent alternative. The community is largely very friendly and while it's possible for skilled players to do some of the heavy lifting that is fun to learn for yourself there's plenty of folks that are as fresh and unknowledgeable as a first-time player. GTFO's has a fair share of bugs & glitches ranging from completely blackening your screen for about 1-2 minutes at seemingly random, one of the game's tools (C-Foam) can rarely shoot straight through a door which in some niche levels can essentially ruin your chances of winning, terminals can completely stop working (even if they're related to an objective), simply using a level checkpoint can cause a slew of issues, and plenty others. Many of these problems have been in the game for years with no hope in sight for fixes beyond community mod patches. All that being said I frankly couldn't recommend this game enough if you're looking for a hardcore co-op game, it's certainly not for everyone but if you fit the niche I'm sure you'll be more than satisfied. Have fun discovering all of the enemy types, there's some fucked up shit to find.