"While not a bad game overall, Terminull Brigade would be a much better game if it were an offline single-player title whose long-term fate was not reliant on player numbers, and if its female characters did not, for the most part, dress like OnlyFans cosplay models."
I must preface this by saying I am a huge roguelike fan. I think the genre as a whole is fantastic, and I have played dozens of roguelikes and action roguelikes, so this review is written from that perspective, someone who loves the genre and appreciates what Pew Pew Games set out to accomplish.
While Terminull Brigade does a decent job of creating an online roguelike, with great visuals and fairly solid performance (despite a disastrous launch that saw it temporarily removed from PC Game Pass days after launch), it is just not that much fun to play, and reminds me more of titles such as Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, a title that disappointed me greatly back in 2001, when games were a rare treat and money was tight.
While both Terminull Brigade and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command are not bad games, they are very generic, and honestly look and feel like they were created specifically to sell a product, and not to create something that gamers would genuinely want to invest time and money into.
As someone who once worked under a product manager who dreamed big, but did not always have a solid grasp of logistics or user metrics, I was often presented with ideas and concepts that frankly ticked all the boxes of a college-educated marketing executive’s dream project, but that I knew would not resonate with its target demographic, and Terminull Brigade reminds me very much of those projects.
It ticks all the boxes, “sexy women”, flashy visuals, Game Pass benefits, dynamic level design, fast-paced combat, and yet when combined it feels woefully shallow, and ultimately uninteresting to play, compared to much less visually impressive and older titles such as Vampire Survivors, which is visually as basic as it comes, yet vastly more enjoyable to play due to the sheer fun and simplicity of its gameplay, which was designed with gameplay foremost in mind, instead of monetization potential and long-term support.
As someone who really enjoys the gameplay loop of action roguelikes, there was something about the room and wave-based gameplay of Terminull Brigade that really did not appeal to me. While I can appreciate that there are many ways to structure a roguelike, and not all of them need to include hundreds of enemies on screen at once, fighting the same handful of mobs over and over, room after room, just did not engage me the way more numerous or more varied enemies would have.
That said, the mini-bosses and bosses were very well designed, and I personally would have preferred Terminull Brigade if there were fewer trash mobs and more bosses, which in my opinion were one of the stronger parts of the game.
Terminull Brigade’s portrayal of female characters is abysmal, with almost every female character showing large amounts of cleavage and/or wearing very tight clothing.
Some characters in particular, such as Aurora, have clothing so tight it appears as if they have a permanent wedgie in yoga pants, while others wear dangerously low-slung jeans which show off the tops and sides of their thong underwear.
While thankfully the “loli-like” character wears slightly more covering clothing for the most part, the inclusion of this character in and of itself is troubling, considering the problematic connection between the “magical little girl” trope and paedophilia.
Conversely, none of the male characters dress in revealing clothing, which only reinforces the obvious fact that Terminull Brigade was created with the male gaze in mind, unlike titles such as Final Fantasy XIV which at least strive to have a more balanced mix of modest and revealing clothing for both male and female characters.
While the inclusion of skimpy clothing is rarely necessary, at least Final Fantasy XIV attempt some degree of fairness, unlike Terminull Brigade which assigns almost all sexualised designs to female characters, while male characters receive most of the lore-appropriate armour and gear.
While some may dismiss this as a non-issue, I feel strongly that making content purely to titillate is wrong, and while there is a time and place for nudity in games, making every female character eye candy is offensive, and for those who are prone to acting on their lust, dangerous.
Terminull Brigade is a free-to-play third person shooter game developed by Pew Pew Games and published by Level Infinite, it released on 29 July 2025, and is available on PC, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Terminull Brigade offers the following matchmaking options:
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Terminull Brigade is not a bad game, and while its portrayal of female characters is for the most part abysmal, and its gameplay loop is a little repetitive at first, the core concept is solid. I could see myself spending a fair bit of time playing it if it were a single-player or offline title, where I could be assured I would not lose progress due to server instability or eventual shutdown, which seems like a likely outcome given how few people currently play it.
Ultimately, not a bad game, but not one I would personally spend money on, or invest a great deal of time into in its current form.
We found Terminull Brigade to be a good game, meaning it is likely to be enjoyable for most players, despite having a few areas that could be improved upon.
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