History VideoGame / IonFury

* GunsAkimbo: As of the "Heskel's House of Horrors" update, you can dual wield [=SMG=]s if you find a second one.

''Ion Fury'' (formerly ''Ion Maiden'') is a first person shooter developed by Voidpoint and published by Creator/ThreeDRealms. It's a prequel to 3D Realms and Interceptor Entertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'', and is meant to be a throwback to older shooters like ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'', ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'', and ''[[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 Shadow Warrior]]''. In fact, it even uses a heavily-modified version of the [[GameEngine Build Engine]], making it one of the first commercially released games since Team TNT's ''World War II GI'' (released 1999) to use the engine.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: While not outright shown, the fact that Heskel is still around in Bombshell as the BigBad definitely this]].

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: First Blood, Wanton Carnage, Ultra Viscera, and Maximum Fury.

* BuildingOfAdventure: Zone 3 takes place entirely ([[spoiler:except for the secret level]]) in the skyscraper that acts as the Heskel Institution HQ, beginning from the entrance and lobby, all the way to the rooftop, where a boss battle takes place.

** After taking the elevator at the end of the first map of the preview campaing Shelly will quip [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} "So much for the express elevator to hell"]][[note]]The Express Elevator to Hell is the title of a map in the Master Levels expansion for Doom 2.[[/note]].

** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 1 is the titular room from [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Silent Hill 4: The Room]].]]
** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 2 contains [[VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}} Max Damage's car.]] ]]
** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 4 is a reference to ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'', complete with an A3-5 (AZ-5 in Latin alphabet) button and Dyatlov's "not great, not terrible" quote.]]
** [[spoiler: The super secret from Zone 5 involves shooting the moon until it crashes down, exactly as you could do in ''Terminator: Future Shock'', complete with "Ouch!" messages.]]
** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 6 is a recreation of the lab room where you fight the Tyrant in the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' game. You can even find Jill's hat there.]]

* CyberPunk: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture MegaCity with CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain under attack of [[TranshumanTreachery evil cyborgs]] of MegaCorp which leads MadScientist.

** A particularly hard to reach secret area in the first map holds [[Film/BladeRunner an origami unicorn, which prompts Shelly to say "Like tears in rain."]]

* ShoutOut:

*** The final key art is clearly inspired to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/doom/images/8/85/Doom.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080913150951 the version]] for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows.

* TamerAndChaster: Bombshell's actual incarnation from her [[VideoGame/{{Bombshell}} eponymous game]] and ''Ion Fury'' is very much less sexualized than her previous ones from the 90s when she's supposed to be VideoGame/DukeNukem's partner in his [[Videogame/DukeNukemForever latest game]].

* SecondaryFire: Every single weapon in the game has one. For example, the hammer of Shelly's "Loverboy" revolver can be fanned for maximum damage, and the Disperser shotgun can switch to a grenade launcher with a press of the button.

** [[spoiler: The super secret from Zone 5 involves shooting the moon until it crashes down, exactly as you could do in ''VideoGame/TerminatorFutureShock'', complete with "Ouch!" messages.]]

** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 4 is a reference to ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'', complete with an A3-5 button and Dyatlov's "not great, not terrible" quote.]]

** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 4 is a reference to ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}, complete with an A3-5 button and Dyatlov's "not great, not terrible" quote.]]

** [[spoiler: The super secret area from Zone 2 contains [[VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}} Max Damage's car.]]