Posted on: January 1, 2025

SRn142

Games: 54 Reviews: 2

It's bland

It does what you'd expect of a boomer shooter from the 90s, but doesn't add anything new or interesting into the mix. I'm just going to list cons since I didn't find anything about this game exceptionally praiseworthy. It does a lot of things well enough, but not in a way that makes them stand out. With that being said, here are the cons: - It would've been nice if we had more movement options - grappling hook, dash ability, etc. - I don't understand the logic of resetting the loadout to just a boltgun at the beginning of each chapter or even if you want to replay/restart the current level. - Certain sections like purges and key hunting are overused and don't improve the experience. - Enemies are bullet-spongey and not varied enough. - Level design is bland. - Some boss fights are borderline unfair, with bosses constantly summoning ads, making potshots against the boss the only viable strategy to defeat them or using a powerup if you're lucky. - Story is uninteresting and never captured my attention. It has a solid foundation, but the developers could've been more creative with the mechanics and level design.

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Edited on: November 28, 2025

Posted on: November 26, 2025

Pedrokpeta

Verified owner

Games: 259 Reviews: 3

Ordinary

If it weren't for the aesthetics — which are admittedly a high point of this product — I don't think anyone would say the game is anything more than a mediocre shooter that doesn't deliver much beyond the very basics. It surprises me that even with the insane inventiveness of the Warhammer 40k universe at hand, the result is incredibly bland. The levels are too simple and stretched beyond what's necessary. The design isn't fluid, challenging, and doesn't complement the enemy encounters. Almost nothing manages to reach the basic competencies of games like Quake 1, which fully benefited from the use of a 3D world. They aren't bad, just not interesting to navigate. And therefore, quite boring, both in terms of atmosphere and exploration. And the enemies, in turn, don't function in a very distinct mechanical way to create any sense of combat dynamics. You almost never need to adjust your behavior to face anything. Weapons are fun to shoot (especially the bolter), but equally lack distinct functions for you to see them as tools. Most of them function the same way. There is almost no benefit to optimizing how you use them. And resource management seems irrelevant. So you basically grind them down, usually in very open (and cluttered) spaces, using mobility that seems to be far greater than the enemies are able to handle. They beat you purely through excess — almost in an illegible sea of particles and giant pixels. You don't need to think too much about where you're going or pay attention to what you're doing. This results in a very tiring and repetitive experience. Mindless even by the standards of the genre. It can, occasionally, be exciting, when you're blasting through hordes, leaving a trail of pixelated gore, making enormous leaps and drowning everything out with the sound of your gunfire, like the ruthless juggernaut the game wants you to be. But that's almost never the case. Lukewarm is more the norm. It's not bad. It's just... functional. And uninspired. The setting saves the game from being just another one in the pile, but it's not enough to impress anyone with references from the last 20 years. For a game that aims to fit into a now-defunct subgenre of games whose main characteristic is looking and playing like something extremely dated, it's definitely a product that does nothing to stand out from the rest or elevate or modernize the experience in order to create something new. The only truly fun thing about the game for me was the inclusion of a taunt button, which I imagine most players aren't even aware exists.

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Posted on: July 7, 2024

Xfailukoldunas

Verified owner

Games: 82 Reviews: 8

Feels soulless.

I love retro style shooters*, but this one just falls flat for me. Feels like a soulless content and not something with coherent vision. Mimics a retro shooter, but doesn't even use retro figures for sprites - it uses modern pieces instead, which results in visual dissonance. Level design also is a bit lacking - easy to get lost during more frantic moments and there's no map which would make navigation way easier. Weapons aren't satisfactory to use - shotgun is one of be biggest culprits of this - just lacks the punch that you'd expect. Honestly, I enjoyed Prodeus way more than this one and I found that one similarly unsatisfying. *Altenatives: Cultic; Project Warlock; Fallen Aces; Wizordum; Turbo Overkill; Hellbound; Forgive Me Father.

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Posted on: June 12, 2025

lkmiecik

Games: 1166 Reviews: 4

Woooaaaah Bolbgun

Technically and thematically a fun retro shooter. The guns feel varied and fun, same for the enemies. What I didn't know when buying this game though is that it's an arena shooter. Every level has multiple arenas that you get locked into and have to defeat waves of spawning enemies. It's pretty annoying to have cleared out an area with good cover just to have waves of enemies spawn right on top of you. Every level is like this - explore, get locked into an arena, clear it out, explore, locked into the next arena etc. Some people probably don't mind this, it's just not what I was expecting.

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Posted on: December 13, 2023

TheCleaner517

Verified owner

Games: 3437 Reviews: 6

Fantastic FPS from Focus.

Love it. Get it. Play it. Simple.

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