Posted on: November 1, 2018

RetroFan

Spiele: 560 Rezensionen: 98

Die 90er Jahre sind zurück

Ein Spiel bei dem ich am Anfang skeptisch war - es gab bereits ein ähnliches Spiel, Strafe, welches mir gar nicht zugesagt hat. Die Idee fand ich schon sehr gut, aber von der Optik her sprach es mich (bisher) nicht an. Bei Project Warlock war es hier anders. Am Anfang Skepsis, aber nach der Installation und kurzer Eingewöhnungszeit, Spielfreude. Hier hat der Entwickler sehr gut erkannt wie die Spielmechanik der Ego-Shooter aus den 90er Jahren tatsächlich war und auch das die 2D-Charaktere sich mit dem Spieler drehten ist auch sehr gut rüber gebracht. Was mir auch gut gefällt ist, das es keine Zwischensequenzen gibt, die gab es früher nur in Form von Text-Tafeln und einem scrollendem Bild. Mir gefällt auch die Musik im Spiel sehr gut. Auch die Charaktere sind sehr gut animiert undd dargestellt. Das einzige was ich vermisse ist eine "Speicher wann immer du willst"-Funktion. Aber das ist nur ein kleiner Kritikpunkt von mir. Insgesamt eine sehr schöne Zeitreise, die etwas von einer Parodie und einer Hommage an die gute alte Ego-Shooter-Zeit hat. Für Fans und Interessierte ganz klare Empfehlung.

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Posted on: April 21, 2020

totalit

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Decent core and messed up the rest

I didn't really think this game would surprise me. I watched the trailer and considered the game as a stupid retro shooter, but I gave it a shot. And I haven't been wrong =) Project Warlock has plenty of problems, almost in all the aspects. On the other hand, I was really enjoying the shooting. I launched modern FPS games with that ultra ghrapics and whirlwind gameplay, but couldn't stand with it more than 20 minutes. Astoundingly, Project Warlock could cling me with its simplisity, it allows to not be distracted by that complicated 3D enviroment and just enjoy low quality noisy gun bangs. Still, the problems. Almost all enemies don't live more than 3 seconds. You shouldn't choose a right approach - just keep shooting and take cover if you have a hard time. In this regard guns don't demand any tactics as well. Monsters should be tougher. Magic. Lightning sphere is overpowered for sure, Bomberman is OK, Holy Guard is OK, the rest spells are garbage. You can't play magic-only build as you run out of mana quickly enough (even with a proper build) and have to switch to firepower or draw an axe for mana restoration. And goddamn, there's no way to select a spell conveniently: you must hold SPACE and scroll the list, that badly distract you in combat. I know, this secret system by sticking to walls and spamming SPACE is a kinda legacy, but it significantly breaks a pace. Nonetheless, I've played Project Warlock 2.5 times (0.5 is the first playthrough when I lost all lifes on the 3rd boss as I didn't know about RUN mode on SHIFT) and enjoy it. The game could be (and had to be) fixed by the developers, but, obviously, they just abandoned it. So, this is a game with a decent core and messed up the rest. You can try it if you wanna go retro with some inferior RPG elements.

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Posted on: April 5, 2021

Sigomon

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Wolf3D with new features, generic levels

PW is a fun arcade game, but is not like Doom/Duke3D. I would give PW 4-5 stars if it had more interesting levels, an automap, and a "save game" feature. Who would like PW: - Players who like the pixel art style - Like customizing guns/abilities/stats - Like shooting groups of enemies with satisfying guns/explosions - Like replaying levels (if you don't play "casual", you'll have to restart the entire game when you run out of lives) - Don't mind short generic levels, just want to gun down enemies Players who want an experience like in Doom/Duke3D will be disappointed: - If you've played those games, you can immediately picture levels you loved. You can imagine moving through the level and where the traps/battles/neat layouts were. Every level felt unique and exploring them was fun. Levels in PW feel like a stage to shoot monsters (corridor, small room, repeat). I can tell effort went into designing the levels, but they're easy to get lost in and still feel like every room is the same corridor/box. My suggestion to the developer: - Include an actual automap where I can press tab and see everything I've explored (not a minimap in the corner). Maybe seeing the maps in an automap will help me appreciate their design. Also, if the option to create custom levels becomes available, we might see some really cool designs from players with larger, more complex layouts

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Posted on: October 21, 2018

Voldenuit

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Spiele: 21 Rezensionen: 1

Promising game could use a few tweaks

Project Warlock is an impressive debut game from a high school developer, but could use a few improvements. PROS: + Old School fun + Nice juxtaposition of old school sprites and modern lighting CONS: - 1920x1080 max res - No 21:9 support - Movement is jerky, especially when strafing, and *especially* if also running - Melee attacks sometimes never fire (happens with both knife and axe) - Poor audio cues (e.g. no warning that a monster has spawned behind you, monster sounds play when there are no monsters around) - Doors not shown on mini-map - Doors, grates and secret doors can be very picky about positioning to activate The game is still a lot of fun and is worth checking out if you are a fan of the classic FPS genre that is poorly served today.

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Posted on: April 7, 2020

DeadWayne

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Ohoho, baby..!

I love retro shooters - old and new. Project Warlock and DUSK have been the pinnacles of recent games in the genre for me. I just can't express how much I have enjoyed my time with these games. There is a recent I come back to them both, even after several completions. PW just scratched the right itch for me, even more so than DUSK perhaps, with its great level design, awesome selection of weapons and spells - all upgradable for differtent kinds of playstyles and straight forward action. Very rarely I got lost, and even when I did I was soon on my way again. Please, give PW a chance if you are curious. Beacuse, if you think you will like it, you will love it - at least I did.

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