Project Warlock II

A nice game with powerful weapons, plenty of enemies and good level design.

Very addictive. Great game overall.

I'm not too far but so far its very good, frantic fun.

The game is long, so if you're expecting some eight hour blaze-through game, look elsewhere. This game was meant to be sipped like a finely aged spirit. While I sometimes stopped to examine the world around me, I didn't exactly go secret hunting most of the time. So I clocked in at a total of 22 hours. I'm expecting most players to get there somewhere around 15 hours at a normal pace. 10 if you're rushing it, but then you're probably missing most of the reason you should play this anyway. Level design is refreshingly open, as the devs have seen fit to be sparse with the invisible clipping walls that infest modern games. I hate overly baby proofed levels because I want to be creative on subsequent playthroughs. However, be aware that you can easily clip out of the levels if you decide to try and climb something that doesn't seem to be the right way. (If you love breaking out of levels, this game is going to be a treat for you, there's SO MUCH TO SEE!) Graphics aesthetics are so crisp. My only gripe which is a limitation with the choice to use sprites instead of 3D models, while I get that it's a stylistic choice, I wouldn't mind a 3D model DLC since those characters are so amazingly looking. Music is about 80% epic catchy hits and 15% with 5% WTF in there. But I'm chalking that up to personal preference rather than any failing of the musicians Luke and Jerry. Each characters area has its own musical style, so expect a wide variety of genres here. I was impressed by that range, well done! The RPG system is a bit deeper than your typical Borderlands FPS fair, and it does give you a reason to replay the game. Also, all three characters different powers and loadouts makes for fun theory crafting. NG+ also lets you replay all levels with one character, EPIC. Lastly, the story is too sparse, what's there is really good, but I found myself wanting more of it. Overall, the game is a bit rough around the edges, but it's also a huge solid chunk of fun.

Just finished the game on "Come Get Some". It was mostly fun, but not without problems. There were some terrain bugs where you can clip through and fall off map or get stuck, and the only way out is to reload. A lot of secrets seem rather poorly placed and are just sitting there in the open. Though, some like the closing door and the toilet hole switch in E1M1 were done very cleverly, and I had to look them up on the internet, but that's about it. The E1M1 had like 9 secrets, and I was expecting the rest of levels to have a similar number, but that wasn't the case. Most levels had just 1 to 3 and above 5 was almost unheard of. One thing I didn't like was how often the game locks you up in tight places with numerous monsters spawning all over, and you're supposed to kill them all before being allowed to leave. At first this wasn't a big deal, but in episode 3 it was starting to get frustrating. I often got locked up in very tight spaces with armies of monsters spawning nearby. The levels of episode 3 seemed a bit rushed as if the game dev was getting tired of his work and vented his frustration into designing these tight ambush spots with multiple boss-level monsters spawning in your face. He was like screw you, player, you're not getting past here! At one point in E3 I only managed to survive by hiding behind some boxes. Unlike the first Warlock game, this one went full 3D. Though some levels were huge, others were a bit small. I liked the multiple upgrade mechanic for weapons (I'll overlook the bugged pistol in E2), but some weapons did feel a but underpowered. The spells were of help as well, but they could use some better descriptions what exactly they're supposed to do. The first time I hit soul bargin in E3, I wasn't sure why my character is refusing to switch away from scythe. Anyhow, for the money you get a very decent shooter game, but it does have some problems, so I'm giving this a 4 out of 5 stars.