Posted on: October 23, 2023
georg2357
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 87 Rezensionen: 12
Does not reach its inspirations
Perhaps this game shares a common ancestry with the original DOOM, but if you associate boomer shooters with fast-paced, visceral combat, DOOM 2016 and others do it so, so much better. The issue is the combination of enemy design and level/encounter design. In D16, you need to move, you cannot really hang back. The game is designed to make that an inefficient and often ineffective tactic. Movement is life. In Prodeus it is actually often the most effective way to play. You turn a corner and there is an enemy. You shoot him once, retreat behind the corner, wait for him to shoot, come back and finish him off. Efficient and saving resources. The enemies cannot really counter this. Their movement is slow, if they move at all. This kills any kind of dynamic and fluent engagement. If there are several enemies, you just hop in and out of cover again and again. It becomes a predictable formula. The devs were very much aware of this circumstance because they use some really tedious methods to break this loop. 1) spawning in enemies around you - including behind you. This forces you to move but it also feels really cheap when you get hit from behind by an enemy that spawned in a location you just passed. 2) Cheapshot enemy locations: open a door? bang, enemy behind it shot you. Drop down a shaft? Bang, 3 melee enemies in melee range. Lastly, the music might be nice but it often ramps up too late, ends too soon or doesn't start at all. E.g. I had the more metal part kickstart when engaging 3 enemies. 10 seconds later it stopped while I was aiming at the last enemy. The engagement wasn't even done yet. In conclusion: it's an ok game, but honestly, if you want the best fast-paced action shooter, there are better options out there. The pixel gore might be nice but honestly it just passed me by while I was playing Prodeus and thinking about how much better shooters like DOOM 2016 or Nightmare Reaper are in this category.
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