Or the enemies who fly around powered by their own flatulence.

If the sock gnomes didn’t tip you off that Fashion Police Squad doesn’t take itself totally seriously, then maybe the level-ending fashion shows will do it. The whole game could almost be described as a parody of first-person shooters – but it’s not, not when it works on its own as well as Fashion Police Squad does.ĭon’t get me wrong, in a lot of ways it feels like a parody of the genre. While you have firearms, they’re far from your usual weaponry: rather than bullets, you’re firing splashes of colour at drab grey suits, or shooting sewing needles that take in baggy suits, or, uh, firing gnomes at tourists wearing socks and sandals. You’re playing as Sergeant Des, a fashionable cop out to rid the streets of crimes against fashion. I mean, just look at its name and its premise. While it was undoubtedly inspired by that seminal shooter, and borrows quite a bit from it, in practice it’s a very different game than any other DOOM clone I’ve ever seen.

However, in the case of Fashion Police Squad, the descriptor “DOOM clone” doesn’t entirely work. Given that the first DOOM came out thirty years ago, at this point if you call a game “a DOOM clone” it’s safe to say people will know what you mean: first person shooter, lots of earthy colours, probably plenty of demons. Also on: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One

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