Posted on: September 21, 2024
seanymilk
Verified ownerGames: 477 Reviews: 4
Enjoyable!
A really fun and entertaining retro shooter!
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Dread Templar
Description
Become the scariest thing in hell and beyond, as you embark on your quest for vengeance in the intense, fast-paced campaign of Dread Templar, made by a solo developer over the course of 3 years. The game is reminiscent of classics from the 90s, but with a modern twist and gameplay depth on par with contemporary shooters.
Experiment with endless combinations of more than 100 different upgrades for a vast arsenal of badass weapons and powers to define your own playstyle. Scour every inch of the game’s 25+ enormous levels rife with hidden side areas, secret locations and puzzles to get all the possible unlocks.
Blast your way through hordes of diverse demonic and fiendish enemies and prevail in up to ten thrilling boss fights. Explore the many distinct, unique campaign environments: from the dark realm of hell to frozen pirate ships, all rendered in retro, but surprisingly detailed pixel-art graphics style, supercharged by a head-banging original soundtrack.
Key Features:
Experiment with endless combinations of more than 100 different upgrades for a vast arsenal of badass weapons and powers to define your own playstyle. Scour every inch of the game’s 25+ enormous levels rife with hidden side areas, secret locations and puzzles to get all the possible unlocks.
Blast your way through hordes of diverse demonic and fiendish enemies and prevail in up to ten thrilling boss fights. Explore the many distinct, unique campaign environments: from the dark realm of hell to frozen pirate ships, all rendered in retro, but surprisingly detailed pixel-art graphics style, supercharged by a head-banging original soundtrack.
Key Features:
- Use FPS staples such as dashing and bullet time to conquer the brutal, fast-paced gameplay.
- Select a unique combination from 100+ skill and upgrade unlocks to create your own playstyle.
- Turn a varied roster of 20+ enemy types and 9 different bosses into a bloody mist with more than 10 weapons - from katana swords to firearms and infernal weapons!
- Explore 25+ vast levels and search them for 19 side areas, more than 170 secrets and solve over 20 challenging puzzles to receive epic rewards.
- Enjoy the handmade retro art style - all elements of the game including weapons, enemies, and environments are created in a retro pixelated art style reminiscent of the 90s shooters. You can even select from 5 different filters to give the game a completely new look!
© 2021 Fulqrum Publishing Ltd. Developed by T19 Games. All rights reserved.
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Time to beat
7 hMain
11 h Main + Sides
19 h Completionist
10 h All Styles
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Softpedia
8.5/10
Dread Templar is a fun first-person shooter that will appeal to anyone who enjoyed the classic titles in the genre or the recent 2016 Doom reboot. It delivers over-the-top violence and classic combat sequences but also introduces more modern ideas, like the ability to slow down time when swamped by a ton of opponents.
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8/10
Dread Templar is a good example of a solid boomer shooter. It's fast, the enemies are dumb yet formidable, and the level design begs for exploration. The upgrade system is quite nice but doesn't show off its capabilities until you get further into the game. Weapon types are fine until you get them really powered up. While some things are a bit unfair, with explosions reaching far beyond their intended range and enemies refusing to drop ammo, Dread Templar remains an adrenaline-pumping experience that you'll return to - as long as you aren't expecting anything revolutionary.
Read full review »TechRaptor
7.5/10
With a load of fun weapons to use and frontloaded with creative levels, Dread Templar is a game with a few flaws -- like its relatively repetitive final two acts -- but nothing that detracts from having an action-packed, bloody good time.
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Posted on: August 13, 2025
Archfeld
Games: 34 Reviews: 48
Arghhh
The enemies have no physical presence, you can and do run through them in combat all the time. Ohh and if you weapon is inside the enemy YOU CAN'T HARM IT. JANKY
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Posted on: March 1, 2024
chigger
Verified ownerGames: 376 Reviews: 36
Good but not great.
This is another Quake 1 inspired boomer shooter in the sam vein as Dusk but not as good. The enviornments are fairly interesting. Thankfully that while there are a good amount of secrets to find and thankfully they avoided the trope of putting required switches and keys in really vague spots.. mostly. I also appreciate the amount of nods to other classics (One side area is litterally dust 1 from counter strike) the weapon upgrade system does allow for customization for your arsonal, though some of the weapons really fall off later in the game once the glowing hp spunge enemies start showing up. The Last few levels really turn into a slog because of the amount of tanky enemies they throw at you, but its still quite doable on normal difficulty. There are a few amount of bugs but nothing game breaking for the most part and the UI is kinda ugly. Could have also used a weapon wheel. The sound track is pretty head banging but it can get repetitive due to how long some of the levesl are and it really could have used a more dynamic soundtrack to slow down when exploring. Lastly, what little story the game his is a predictable guy gives up his humanity to get revenge on the demons trope and is pretty cringe. Dread Templar might have been helped by some more time in the oven, but is a pretty alright boomer shooter and a good first stop if you played all the great ones and want more.
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Posted on: February 9, 2022
Early Access review
bottle_of_water123
Games: Reviews: 26
Cool retro shooter
I enojyed it alot, just like the old shooters
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Posted on: January 29, 2023
ytmh
Games: 650 Reviews: 4
Mediocre at best.
I got this on a whim and refunded because the movement mechanics, damage feedback and weapon feel is so poor that I'd rather replay one of the dozen much better retroFPSes avaliable than this. If this was the first game to come out in this style, say, in 2012, then I'd probably be a lot more forgiving, but I can't do this now considering the wealth of options avaliable that are vastly superior. Skip.
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