Project Warlock

Nothing wrong with the action, that's fine. Excellent in fact. This is probably my favourite soundtrack of all time. You don't often hear truly experimental music that can also bop in games, and even moreso in FPSs. The art direction is fantastic. Every area feels unique, and the different enemies belong in their respective places - no simple palette swapped sprites here! ===================================== But a lot of the design aspects of this game are just cruel. There's one thing that stops me from returning to this game: The upgrade system. People will say you don't have to engage with it. This is true in the exact same way that you could watch Lord of the Rings and fast forward the action scenes: It's obviously not designed to be engaged with like that. This game has what I call the Unholy Trinity of Upgrades. On their own these aren't an issue. When they're all present, you'll probably have a bad time. 1 - Requires a resource to be used (Upgrade Points) 2 - Hides the resource in secret areas 3 - Makes the secret areas unreasonably unfair to find. This means that the action ends up accounting for a very small percentage of gametime for anyone who wants to be able to actually finish the game. Point 1 is no problem, except here the weapons and spells use the same resource pool, and the devs are VERY stingy when it comes to handing out the points - and this is if you collect every single one of them including all the secret ones! Point 2 is fine, and there are a few Upgrade Points that can't be missed. But they're called 1UPs. Yes seriously. If you're over 30 you think that means you just picked up a free life. And you're wrong. Nope. Upgrade point. Point 3 is the real kicker. Some of these secrets have no visual indicator, so you'll kill the enemies in an area and then spam Use on the walls. Wallspamming will be a LOT more of your gameplay than shooting enemies will. Or you can be weak at endgame. Your call.

If you're sort of into old school shooters, you'll probably like this. If you're really into old school shooters, you'll probably find quite a few things wrong with this game. It's pretty fun to play though.

Yes, it will remind you of old-school shooters the likes of which are very rare to find nowadays. Yes, it is action packed and if you've played any of the build engine shooters, you'll feel right at home. HOWEVER! It just lacks a bit of that magic that made these shooters so special. The level design is decent, but I can't help but feel it could've been handled better. And the music? I'll think I'll pass. Still, Project Warlock is a good game and at the price of $12, you really can't say it doesn't provide you with good value for the money.

The game plays amazing like. But there's a significant deal breaker... Actual controller support is non-existant. Shame since even the classics offer controller. KBM users not an issue. But to those who jam with the controler might want to wait until this gets fixed.

If you love Doom Mods, this game is for you (Guncaster comes to mind). Feedback for the developer: - The main characters movement is rigid and doesn't flow as it does in Quake, Doom, or similar games. - Ability to bind individual weapons to keys. Weapon switching is finicky in a game where some weapons are better than others against specific enemies. - Option to Toggle or Hold run would be nice.