Posted on: June 24, 2019

Achaern

Games: 756 Reviews: 10

Unreal/Hexen crossover goodness

When I fired this up, I was a bit worried by the graphic style, as it was hoping for more of an 'Unreal' feel than an old Doom engine feel, and this game was clearly made to look like Heretic/Hexen. Well... the game put those worries to rest in a heartbeat. This game controls like Unreal. If you know that engine and live and breath it like I do, Amid Evil feels amazing. Anytime I die, I know it was my fault, not the game being cheap. If I get lost, it's not bad level design, it's because I missed an obvious clue. The action is great. The game is terrific. The music is on point. The only point of criticism I'll need to leave is that the font choice for the HUD is awful, and scales badly. It's very difficult to read the in game fonts no matter the setting. If you make it small enough that it's easier to read, by then it's all over on the side of the screen too far away to quickly reference. It'd be nicer if we could position the HUD in the middle of the screen, and change the font to something more legible. Small complaints aside, this game is one you'll want to have in your collection. You can't beat it for the price.

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Posted on: June 25, 2019

RetroFan

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Games: 561 Reviews: 98

Great Game

Actually, i'm not a fan of FPS-Games they are trying to have the pixel-style of the 90s. "Amid Evil" have the design of Heretic and Hexen and the gameplay of Serious Sam, which is great fun. I'm in Episode 2 Level 1 right now and it's fantastic designed. It feels like 3dfx-games. It's awesome.

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Posted on: February 11, 2023

P-Rock

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Games: 165 Reviews: 31

Don't believe the hype

This should be right up my alley, since I love 90's first person shooters like Quake, Heretic and Hexen, games that definitely inspired Amid Evil. It does a lot of things right, but also a lot of things wrong. The graphics are pretty nice and the soundtrack by wunderkind Andrew Hulschult is great. The levels are big, contain some well hidden secrets and have plenty of variation between them. But Amid Evil never discovers what makes those games that it takes inspiration from tick. It's like an amateur trying to make Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington for the first time. It might look like Ramsay's wellington, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. The weapons are weak, the hitscan enemies are spongy and the level design is all over the place. Episode 5 'The Forges' for example relies too much on platforming gimmicks, which results in a lot of trial and error. Starting over for the 20th time because you miss a timed platform is no fun whatsoever and screws with the pacing. Shooting only ever feels good and powerful when you active Soul mode (think Heretic and Hexen's Tome of Power), but it drains far too quickly. The boss fights usually involve a lot of circle strafing around a large arena and are way too easy to defeat. For some reason they've done away with fall and drown damage too, which is a stupid decision and takes away from the challenge. Amid Evil is only fun when you play it in moderation. After a few hours - when the nostalgia factor wears off - you will start to see all the warts the game tries to hide from you. Playing Amid Evil made me want to boot up Quake, Heretic and Hexen, so I guess that's a plus too? Anyway, don't believe the hype.

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Posted on: July 8, 2020

enkidu44

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Games: 180 Reviews: 2

Amid Evil 2 when?

Shut up and take my money!

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Posted on: April 3, 2021

filiprizov

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Games: 435 Reviews: 34

Extremely unique

It's a game that takes everything that was good in early FPS games, and makes a work of art out of it.

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