Posted on: October 28, 2018

ferocious_pickle

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Fun Game; Could Use Some Work

I'm enjoying the gameplay so far (I've finished the first Episode and some of the second). The ability to upgrade weapons and character stats is rewarding but with so many options I find it very frustrating you can have only one save file. The levels are designed in that familiar 90’s FPS style where you wander around, finding keys for locked doors and killing monsters that pop out of monster closets. It starts off a little slow but once you start getting upgrade points, it moves along at a faster pace. The levels continue to get more complex and I look forward to experiencing the rest of the Episodes. You have a pool of lives on medium difficulty (starting with 3); losing all your lives will end the game; easy mode has infinite lives; hard mode has 1. It’s refreshing to see a new game use this classic game design. There is a strange game bug with the Staff that I noticed: Switching to the staff and charging a shot too quickly sometimes causes it to not charge and fire properly. Hopefully they’ll fix this in a patch. The options menu has more video settings and gameplay settings than I'd expect for a game based around 2D sprites. Motion Blur, Ambient Occlusion, HUD options, customizable “Retro CRT” filters and more. Strangely, some levels in the first Episode are incredibly dark and require a light spell... unless you turn the graphics quality down. So, the light spell can be made pointless by menu options. I like the art design of enemy sprite models as well as their attack and death animations; The art direction for some environment textures is far too busy for me and I wish they’d have simplified some of them. But the color palette and lighting effects are very nice and compliment the overall style of the game. TL;DR - Fun gameplay (although it starts slow) - Some frustrating quarks that could be patched in the future - More than adequate settings menu - For the price, it's worth it; Just not an instant classic

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Posted on: November 6, 2018

Zakhiel

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Décevant

En un mot : déception ! Project Warlock est sur le papier alléchant : proposer un jeu à la Wolfestein 3D, dans un univers qui mélange la SF avec des thèmes lovecraftien, le tout servi par une direction artistique parfaite et une excellente bande son. Là où le bas blesse c'est que tout n'est qu'esbrouffe. Passé les premières minutes où on est captivé par les graphismes délicieusement datés et le travail magnifique fait sur les sprites, on est vite ennuyé par un gameplay moins bon et moins complexe que Wolfenstein 3D. Oui, moins complexe que Wolfenstein 3D, ce n'est pas un mauvais système de progression qui cachera ce fait. Les armes manquent toutes de punch à cause d'un mauvais sound design, les ennemis sont tous trop fragiles, la plupart de leurs attaques sont hitscan... Oh et les ennemis n'ont quasiment aucune "animation de douleur" c'est à dire qu'ils ne réagissent pas à vos tirs si ce n'est pour mourir. Donc pas de crowd control comme dans Doom ou même Wolfenstein 3D. Le jeu devient donc très vite ennuyeux et répétitif, tous les ennemis sont intercheangables et les armes n'ont rien de spécial. Le level design lui même manque d'inventivité. Tout ça est bien dommage puisque la présentation du jeu est presque parfaite (si on omet certains bugs graphiques qui font très travail d'amateur, du genre, voir à travers un mur ou un plafond si on regarde depuis une hauteur...). Un jeu qui a donc été créé avec l'aspect visuel en tête et le gameplay créé à la va vite à la dernière minute. Oh et aussi... Pour un jeu qui n'est pas beaucoup plus beau qu'un Wolfestein 3D, il se permet de ramer sur un pc récent... À ne pas acheter pour plus de quelques euros.

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Posted on: November 24, 2018

Sona7a

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Promising, but flat.

I just came out of Project Warlock and i unfortunately have to say that it wasn't at all what i was expecting. I grew up on the old games, so i'm not new to this. Presentation: This game looks slick. It aims for graphics and color pallet that harkens back to the days of Dos shooters. It runs smooth most of the time, except for the last boss. This isn't a very demanding game graphically and it executes what it sets out to do graphically. I can't say the same for the gameplay. Gameplay: Servicable. No recoiling weapons, barely any spread. You point, shoot and win. All good fun. The level structure is where things get wonky. Structure is simple, 5 big episodes, 5 minisodes within these episodes. These stages are "mini" stages meant to be blasted through in under four minutes or less. These stages have little thought put into them and devolve the more time goes. In the last episode of the game, the creator just gives up in trying to create mediocre stages and starts spawning you in with enemies already shooting you. It never killed me, but it proves that these short stages severly hampers any ability to create a memorable and interesting stages. Eventually, all stages just blend together. The minimap is worthless. It isn't colorcoded so sometimes you are stuck wandering the samey hallways for the umpteenth time looking for that damn door/switch. Also, sometimes splatter effects can cover up switches. Regarding the weapon upgrade system, it's also... Servicable. With some upgrades being pointless. Case in point, the Minigun. It has two upgrades. One is where it removes the wind up time and increases damage, making it a better SMG. The other makes it a sentry that you can put down at will. Enemy encounters are over in 10 seconds or less usually, so there are precious few times outside boss fights where you could even make use of this. This game has the framework of a really promising game but it's just all so flat.

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Posted on: October 23, 2018

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Mixed bag, but not an old-school FPS

After playing through Project Warlock on normal difficulty I must say that the game turned out to be a rather mixed bag. If you are going in expecting an old school fps in the vein of Doom, Heretic or Blood you will probably be disappointed. Project Warlock plays more like a bullet hell version of Wolf3D with some rogue-like elements. You shoot your way through hordes of brain-dead enemies while collecting keys, weapons and experience points. Every few levels you will be able to upgrade you weapons, stats and spells (most of them are not that useful btw). The basic concept is very average and has been done in better ways. There are however some aspects to Project Warlock which have elevated the whole experience fro me from time to time. First of all there is the colourful and creative pixelated art style, which reminded me of metal slug quite often. The game shows off it's best visuals during the fist two chapters. Especially the arctic levels were surprisingly atmospheric with their lovecraftian and The Thing inspired themes. Another positive aspect about Project Warlock is it's sound design. The music fits the action perfectly and the effects sound meaty. No downsides here. The thing that really bothered me during my play-through is the lack of difficulty after the fist two chapters. The gameplay became almost trivial since I was always well stocked with health and ammo. I suppose I could have cranked up the difficulty to hardcore, but this is where the rogue-like elements come into play, since you only have one life and the whole chapter starts over if you die. So would I recommend Project Warlock? I suppose I would recommend it to the „no-savestates-if he dies, he dies“ crowd. If you are looking for an old school fps with complex level design and a reasonable difficulty curve you might be better off skipping this one.

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Posted on: November 2, 2018

cohmafia

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Potential to be great

Game is an absolute blast, but it is difficult to give it more than three stars due to the numerous bugs and performance issues. There is a 5 star game somewhere in here, but the problems need to be fixed, namely: -Performance issues. This game has constant stuttering and framerate issues. This is the biggest problem that needs to be addressed, it is quite frustrating and headache inducing. Basically no smoothness at all. -Odd mouse movement. Occasionally the mouse will just shoot upwards or in some random direction. -No story/intermission text when advancing from episodes. Will only show up if you quit the game and start it back up while starting the new episode. I was pretty hyped about the game when it came out and enjoyed playing it, but I can't get myself to replay it until the issues are fixed. Hopefully soon before I lose all interest.

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