Project Warlock

Imagine the year is 2020 and you make a "retro" FPS with Bloom, Motion Blur and Ambient Occlusion, then you fail to make it run smoothly even on the lowest settings on average machines with all that dumb shit turned off. Literally 640x480 on lowest settings and my laptop I bought THIS YEAR cannot get smooth framerate.

It starts really really strong but towards the last chapter it just falls flat. Still very worthy on sale.

I played more hours of Doom 2, Quake, and other late 90s FPS than I'd like to admit. This game provides a wonderful gameplay experience that fits right in with the genre and timeframe mentioned. The addition of player stats (strength, constitution, etc.) combined with weapon tech and magic spells adds a wonderful new layer of depth to gameplay.

and shotgun. this is an addictive little title that has you sliding through levels taking on enemies with modern weapons and some magic abilities. Each time you defeat a level you're oh so tempted to get into the next and have your prowress increase. Pixel graphics, 3D halls and arenas. So smooth with beautiful styilised feel that reminds me of some childhood gaming --- eptimises nostalgia, in the essence that itgives you all the flavour of the past, but with all the benefits of better performance.

Project Warlock is the things the description up there already says. tl;dr - boomer-shooter with levelling and weapon upgrades If you like the classical Wolfenstein, Doom or any of the other boomer-shooter genre games, you'd be at home here. It takes a weird mix on it all by having two different types of ammo, and allowing melee. You have mana for your spells, which can either be straight up offensive spells, illuminating the nearby area, or fabricating ammo out of almost-thin air. The ammo is self explainatory. Your weapon of choice can vary, as you start with just a dagger that you can charge up and throw, a trusty hatchet, and your magic rod, which upon charging up, turns into a high-damage penetrating railgun. Throughout the game you'll get new weapons, like a revolver, shotguns, SMGs, the beloved boomstick or miniguns - all of which can have 2 different upgraded versions. The no-spinup; extra-damage minigun upgrade is lots of fun. There's also levelling. That's right. You can spec into more melee damage, more HP, more mana or carrying more ammo, and for each 5 levels, you get one perk point to put into extra goodies. Graphics-wise, there's nothing to write home about. Considering it was made by one dedicated person, the sprite-work looks actually rather good. You might get lost in some maps because of the same-iness. At least I did. The soundtrack can range from "yeah its alright" to "hey this is banging", with some songs picking up the pace more than the others. All in all, it's worth picking up if you feel like playing a simple arcade-ish shooter with interesting twists on your arsenal.