Play out the revenge-mission of Emilio Gallo, an ex-gangster who’s down on his luck. He’s plotting to kill the men who shot him and left him for dead–and anyone else who gets in his way. Gallo was betrayed by the one man he trusted, Nick Scavro, head of the biggest crime syndicate in Ferrousburgh, and now he lives only for vengeance and glory.

But Gallo’s only as strong as he feels, so keep your pride up by shooting attackers and drinking Rusty Bay Beer. Grab the corpses of your foes to shield yourself from a hail of bullets. Slow down your enemies with Gallo’s taunts and quotes from his favorite mob movies. Experience your fifteen minutes of fame and read the fantastical headlines that Gallo sees only in his mind. The whole city’s watching you, so keep it classy.

Man of Honor is an experiment in character-centric design: the character of its protagonist, Emilio Gallo, inspires the game mechanics from the smallest detail to the complex architecture of the game, its levels, and mode of play. Taunting enemies—Gallo’s preferred means of interacting with others—is essential to beating a level. It slows down attackers and antagonists. Gallo engages in careful planning before he attacks his enemies, which allows you to scan a level and chart your initial course. Once in the thick of the fray, though, he is fast and reckless. Killing enemies quickly raises your score multiplier, and makes your bullets bigger and more powerful. An old-school Italian mobster, Gallo lives for his pride. His health-meter is actually a pride-meter. There are lots of ways for a player to raise Gallo’s pride. Drinking his favorite Rusty Bay beer is one way to increase his pride, but it has a downside: It makes the screen go blurry, because Gallo is easily intoxicated—by excitement, by beer, and by his own grandiose ambitions.

The esthetics of the game also reflect Gallo’s character. The headlines that surround the field of play exist in his imagination, and they showcase his craving for fifteen minutes of fame. He wants to be the greatest hit man ever. His ambitions and desires become wilder the further he gets in his quest. But they’re counterbalanced by eerie undertones that waver and flicker on the ground under his feet. When his ambitions get more and more over-the-top, the undertones start to come fast and furious. Under his flamboyant, all-powerful façade, he’s a neurotic mess, full of anxiety and self-doubts because of his traumatic childhood. Underneath it all, he’s still the sad, lonely kid whose Dad beat him up when he came home after hauling crates off barges. But you’ll never get Gallo to admit that. He’ll just tell you he’s the next Michael Corleone or Tony Montana.

Key Features:

• You’re only as strong as you feel. Keep your pride up by killing gangsters quickly and efficiently to drive up your score multiplier and make your bullets bigger and more powerful.
• Acquire diverse weapons and new suits to feed Gallo's narcissistic personality and change the way you play the game.
• Take your cover with you. Grab a corpse to shield yourself from a hail of enemy gunfire. The stronger your foe was in life, the better he can protect you in death.
• Taunt your enemies to slow down time around you. The more gangsters on screen the longer the taunt’s effects will last.
• Watch out for the law. Once the first gunshot is fired on a level, the corrupt cops of Ferrousburgh will be alerted and they’ll arrive on the scene to help their gangster buddies once the police response timer hits zero.

Man of Honor is now available as digital download on Steam.