Posted on: September 27, 2019

merin

Gry: 404 Opinie: 35

Very fun old-school FPS

Project Warlock is a homage to Wolfenstein 3D, Hexen and other old-school shooters. The gameplay is simple, but fun. The levels are kinda short, but there are 60 of them, spread into 5 worlds with different themes. After each chapter (2-3 levels) the game is saved in the workshop, where you can upgrade your arsenal, buy spells and distribute your stats. Yes, there is no quicksave feature, but the game is not difficult (except for a few bosses), and the levels are a few minutes long, so it didn't bother me. The weapons are great, and each has two variants, which turns them into completely different weapons (for example you can upgrade your energy weapon into a railgun OR a rapid fire energy weapon). All looks and feels very cool. The graphics - as expected - is pixelated, but very stylish. The spritework is simply amazing! Only good can be said about the sound effects too - the weapons sound great, and all has that "punch" to them. The music is cool too, and what is more respectable, that every single level has a unique track! That's a lot of music! (The soundtrack is included with the game). The game is not long (I finished it under 6 hours on hard difficulty), but it has great replay value with all the different guns and builds. Personally I didn't use much of the spells, only 3 of them, but it's possible to make a mage build, where you can utilize them, or go melee if you want. I preferred to go guns blazin', so spent the upgrade points on the weapons. The levels are flat, Wolf3D like mazes, but not very complex, so it's hard to get lost. The maps are filled with secret rooms and easter eggs (paying homage to Blood, Duke Nukem, Doom and more). Project Warlock is a fast and fun shooter with stylist visuals and good replay value. Not expensive either, so definitely recommended for any shooter fan.

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Posted on: February 22, 2020

ThatWhichThinks

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Gry: 231 Opinie: 5

A Truly Modern Retro Shooter

Project Warlock is a blast to play, and not just for nostalgia. On the surface, it looks like one of the homages to classic 90's shooters that has become a bit standard these days: a Heretic/Doom to Dusk's Quake, if you will. To be fair, the level design is deliciously retro, even more so than I anticipated. The structure of maze-like (though not to the point of confusion) levels with treasures hidden behind secret doors reminds me more of Wolfenstein, Blake Stone, or Corridor 7 even more than Doom/Heretic. The episodic game structure also evokes adventures of the DOS era, with each chapter featuring different environments and enemies. What really makes a video game good, though, is the gameplay, and that is where Project Warlock truly shines. The greatest strength of Project Warlock, I think, is its flexibility. Players can specialize their upgrades and loadouts to satisfy a very wide variety of playstyles. Throughout the game players will receive points which they can use to upgrade different aspects of their character, magical spells, or weapons. Every weapon and power in this game is satisfying to use, and all weapons can be upgraded to completely change the weapon. The basic pistol, for example, can be upgraded to be a .50 monster that does immense damage (at the cost of consuming more ammo) or to be a flare gun that can set groups of enemies on fire. Or, you could ignore all weapon upgrades and spend all of your upgrade points on spells that range from defensive barriers that block damage to freezing blasts that turn enemies to solid (shatterable) ice statues to floating orbs that blast nearby enemies with lightning. There is a great deal to unlock and many different methods of play with which to experiment, all wrapped in a relatively fast-paced, retro-style corridor shooter. What's not to love?

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Posted on: February 27, 2022

tfragcat

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Gry: 72 Opinie: 2

It's real good.

This game has some performance issues. I find turning the visual effects to the lowest setting works. The menus also have some weird glitches, but nothing that ever soft locked me. And I've had to restart levels a couple times due to secrets being opened, but not counting them as discovered. Despite all that, this one is real good. If you like retro throwback games, you owe it to yourself to play this one. If you haven't tried out any old first person shooter games, this one is a really good introduction to the genre. It's not too difficult on normal, but it provides enough resistance to be a lot of fun. Hard mode has fast enemies, so if you're an fps veteran you'll enjoy that. The soundtrack is 10/10 midi style music, can't recommend it enough. Adds a lot of energy to the game. Big props to this developers first game, highly enjoyable and replayable. Also Storm Rage is the actual BFG of the game, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Posted on: October 18, 2018

Savagesouls

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Gry: 351 Opinie: 61

Meh...

Well, for now i'm not impressed at all. I had more fun playing free DooM total conversions than this game. It's not bad but it's not good either and not worth 11€. Maybe because I just finished playing Ashes 2063 and I got a little bit spoiled by it (even as a free mod, the game doesn't stand the comparison). Apart from this : - When I move and turn around I get somes stutters. - The Hud is not resizable and it's very small for high resolutions. - Switching weapons with the mouse wheel is not smooth at all and you'll be better hitting the corresponding key. - The melee is clunky and not enjoyable, it's really when you get your first firearms that the game start to shine. I'll try to get back at it soon enough because it has potential (I'll probably get the note higher) but I had to put this review early because it's not as perfect as people want you to believe.

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Posted on: March 7, 2021

Betalord

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Gry: 401 Opinie: 3

Soulless, shallow retro FPS

Project Warlock look really nice, its visuals are just beautiful. However, game disappointed me a lot. In short words, it is soulless. I wouldn't replay it because it's fun no more to me (I've completed it once only, on easiest difficulty and it took me 9 hours). It could be so much more, but seems kind of unfinished. I'll synthesise it in a few points: GOOD POINTS: + really nice visuals + nice music + RPG stat points progression system BAD POINTS: - full of bugs - no story, no tutorial, no immersion - no reload button (that's just a personal preference - I'd like to have a reload button) - works super slow at times on my modern laptop computer (paid it $2000 2 years ago), and however quite slow in general (it is very badly optimized game) - monotonous level design (it's all corridors, very few open scenes, zero vertical dimension, just like Wolfenstein 3D) - you have to be exactly above an item to pick it up (the developers should increase item collision range a bit) SOME BUGS: - sound system left/right is switched, so you never hear enemy sound correctly (it is super confusing) - game crashes (to the desktop as well) - bugs that prevent you from finishing levels (with elevators, for example; I even fell through the floor once); those are however very rare, but there are I am disappointed in this game. Could be some much more. I really like its visuals. But that's not enough to actually enjoy the game.

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