Posted on: October 20, 2018

Mueslinator

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Hobbled by the details

Shotgun verdict: There is a lot to like about Project Warlock, but some flaws are holding it back unnecessarily. Aight, lads, buckle up. Here's the problems I feel are holding the title back: The movement feels just a tad too sluggish, the hitboxes (particularly the player's) a tad too big. Many attacks aren't particularly well paragraphed, the levels (particularly in the beginning) feel a smidgen too cramped, their design juuust skips over the edge of where repetition moves from familiar and endearing to mentally grating. The difficulty seems hit-and-miss (the first level was far harder for me than anything after that up until the first boss, which saw another spike through apparently unavoidable (though somewhat random) damage. To top it off, the game saves only when you return to the hub after an array of a few levels. This does not seem so bad in the first hour or so, but when the first boss kicked my ass without giving a hint of what I could do differently (and I've been putting demons out of their misery since the original Doom), I felt pretty annoyed by it. Also, missing secrets means missing out on upgrades, which is a personal pet peeve of mine. I have to admit, I did not enjoy puking out a slew of negative things about the game, because behind all those flaws waits a pretty good game that could be great if those points were addressed. The music is catchy and really adds to the mood, the art style works even though it looks akin to Doom at 320x200 back in the day, and has a distinct "Heretic meets Blood" vibe going. The weapons provide nice, visceral feedback and feel powerful. The control scheme is as basic as it gets, but just as with Doom, this mechanically makes the game into a top-down shooter you just happen to play from first person. Enemy variety is pretty decent as well, as is the arsenal of upgradeable weapons and spells. I really hope that the game gets a few patches and fixes, because as said: It's definitely a game to love at its core.

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Posted on: November 7, 2018

Verganon

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Moderner Semi-Retro-Shooter

Eigentlich wollte es ein Retro-Inspired Ego-Shooter sein. Stattdessen ist es ein Rogue-Lite Arena-Shooter mit Stats, Upgrades und großen Pixeln. Auch gut. First Impression Video: https://youtu.be/TRZUfqyogwE Pro: - viele, sehr unterschiedliche Levels und Feinde - Level gehen selten länger als 5 Minuten und ermöglichen kurze "Raucherpause"-Runden - Upgrades wirken sich Gameplay-Technisch und auch grafisch stark aus Contra: - etwas zu leicht (nur Bosse und zu enge Gänge sind Herausforderungen) - Permadeath unnötig (weil Contra-Punkt 1) - Manche Waffen sind offensichtlich overpowered

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Posted on: November 13, 2018

ck1525

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Great retro FPS

Great enemy/environment variety, very evil level design (which I like) OK-ish boss fights, good sound tracks, some tracks are superb. My favourite part is the level/trap design, those evil contraptions remind me of doom. I think what keeps most people from this game is the thing with limited lives. You can play it in easy so you have unlimited lives. Or you can start it on normal/hard, and choose to play single stage and farm lives (recommend on boss stage) That way you can play it as hard as you like and not to worry about lives.

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Posted on: June 17, 2019

Bladetrain3r

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90's style FPS, RPG elements, excellent.

Project Warlock is clearly a game made with passion. It's a fast paced shooter in the vein of the pre-Doom greats like Wolfenstein 3D or Catacomb Abyss. It's moderately challenging, and chock-a-block with weird monsters, fun guns, interesting (although very mazelike) levels, optional magic, and a small but well balanced upgrade system which rewards exploration and trying different things. Graphically, the game won't appeal to some, as it's a highly pixelated, cartoon sprite look deliberately similar to it's inspirations. The framerate however is far more modern, and there are many modern touches like reflective surfaces or realtime lighting effect. There are also a number of custom shaders available in-game to tailor the look and feel, although I mostly don't use these. In terms of audio, the FX are serviceable and identifiable but not spectacular. The occasional voice lines from the titular warlock (mostly "You motherf....s" when he dies) fit in pretty well. The soundtrack is the standout here, although it works best with the game and isn't quite as good by itself as an OST collector might prefer. In terms of mechanical gameplay, controls are simple and responsive, aiming is easy due to large hitboxes and minimal input lag, and weapons and spells feel largely balanced to the enemies you'll encounter. Protip: Get the quad shottie upgrade, flame weapons not so useful. Overall, an excellent game with a modicum of replayability, held back from 5 stars only because I think they missed a major opportunity to include some form of level editor and browser - these would have extended the game's playability tremendously, considering the relative simplicity of building levels would (hopefully) bring in many rookie mapmakers. However the devs appear responsive to feedback, even if it takes a little while to implement, so I'm hoping for good news on that front. Maybe in PW2?

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Posted on: January 31, 2024

Draugusto

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A competent retro FPS

Fast paced action, plenty of weapons and droves of enemies to turn into bloody smears on the walls to the rythm of the blood pumping music, Project Warlock does the shooting well, and that's the most important thing to nail in a FPS. However, there are some weird design choices that hurt the game pacing. -Acquiring spells is a hassle, first you have to find the spell and then use upgrade points to learn it, this makes the magic system feel redundant since guns are pick up and use, is best to save your upgrade points to unlock the powerful weapon variants. And to make matters worse changing spell is awkward and you cannot change the keybinds for doing so, even tho there are dozens of unused keys in the keyboard. - In the player's base there's a terminal to choose the level you want to play, this is deceiving since you can only play the levels in a determined order and you cannot replay levels to hunt for missed secrets. - And lastly but most importantly, hunting secrets is vital to gain experience and upgrade points, this brings the game to a tedious crawl of interacting with every surface to find all the secrets, specially since some levels have points of no return. - Why do you have a sword occupying a weapon slot, or why not replace the dagger with the sword as starter weapon? The axe is the only worthwhile melee weapon since it can be upgraded to regenerate health with eachj attack (you can bind the dagger and sword to a whatever key and forget about them) Overall, the game is a good shooter, it looks like Heretic, but plays more like DOOM and has some design quirks that bring it down. Still, is worth playing if you are fan of the genre. 3.5/5

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