In todays developer log for HELLBOUND i'm happy to announce that a new way to play is the latest edition to the project! this comes in the form of RAGE.

RAGE is a state that players will be forced into if their health falls below a significant margin (with a cool down of course) in this stage your character is apparently just so mad that slaughtering with guns just isn't enough to quell this new state, instead opting to put away your weapon and start attacking enemies with a fist as seen below: 

the trade of for this clearly more reckless state is that any and all damage dealt whilst in rage is converted into health for the player, this is and will likely stay as the only way for players to regenerate lost HP, seeing as this mode is also on a cool down it is advised to regenerate as much hp as you can before it ends, else you will be left without many options for survivability

below you can see a GIF for the arm animation when punching:

you may have also noticed that the screen in this gif is very clearly tinted red and as you may have guessed, this is a stylistic choice and is only shown when in rage (there are plans to add an option to toggle this tint)

that concludes todays Developer log!