Posted on: October 23, 2018

Игр: 0 Отзывов: 1

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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Игр: 600 Отзывов: 3

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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Posted on: November 11, 2018

snordek

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Игр: 218 Отзывов: 1

Good, but not great.

Project Warlock is a modern take on the retro-FPS genre, drawing inspiration from classics like DOOM, Heretic, Hexen, etc. It features a classic 2.5d presentation, with 3D level geometry and 2D sprites for enemies, decoration, and power-ups/ammo pick-ups. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but I didn't find the art style appealing. Sprites are very chunky and blocky - almost an 8-bit style, with very few individual pixels used in any given texture. As a result, it looks flatter and less detailed than the PC VGA classics of yester-year. Compounding this issue is my biggest complaint: The game is simply too dark. Project Warlock uses lots of wonderful modern lighting techniques - and it helps make up for the lack of detail and flatness of the texture work - but in doing so, most levels seem woefully under-lit. You'll make heavy use of the "light" spell as a result, but don't be surprised when you find yourself wandering in the dark shooting at monsters you simply can't see. The game's soundtrack is pretty good, as are sound effects for weapons and monsters. Gameplay is likewise pretty good, with ample weapon and enemy variety. Weapons can be upgraded, and new spells can be learned, giving the player an admirable arsenal to experiment with, though I often found myself shying away from certain weapons simply due to the fact that the game is a bit more stingy with some ammo types. For the weapons that *do* have plenty of ammo, however, the game rewards their use with lots of wonderful, gory effects as enemies catch fire, become dismembered, and even explode in fountains of blood. So, it's easy to tell that you are hitting them, but the same can't be said when enemies deal damage to the player. There is very little feedback when you take damage, and it can be difficult to tell where that damage comes from - especially since the game likes to occasionally surround the player with enemies hidden in monster closets. Overall, a good, but not great retro-FPS.

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Posted on: October 7, 2019

Miguel_Brideau

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Игр: 117 Отзывов: 1

It's just ok

Pros: -Weapons feels good and you can upgrade them all -Variety of spells -RPG mechanics will make this game replayable Con: -The levels all feels the same(only stand out one for me was the hommage of The Thing) -The live system(it is off on easy) -After you buy a weapon upgrade, you cannot buy the other upgarde for said weapon In conclusion: You could do a lot worse for 15$(CDN). I'm personally just not a fan of this game.

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Posted on: October 31, 2020

MattFrak

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Игр: 62 Отзывов: 2

Solid Boomer Shooter!

I had a lot of fun with this game, the combat, and level design are really well put together. It's obvious the team behind it are old school shooter fans that know their craft. There's no frills, you're dropped in with a weapon, you kill everything that moves while searching for the exit. You can find secrets that give you points to upgrade your weapons and health/magic between levels. Then, every world has a boss, which basically amounts to a giant enemy with really high HP. The game does include limited lives as a mechanic, but I honestly never had to worry about it. The few times I did die I never got close to game over. The game is tough in combat, but also generous with pickups so it was never an issue. The level layouts are similar to the more maze-like levels from Doom, also very flat. The main draw backs I had were that the bosses could be a little disappointing. You basically circle strafe until you run out of ammo, find more, then circle strafe more. The secrets can often be a little frustrating. For example some hidden walls have to be shot at, but there's is no indication of which ones, so I ended up just shooting randomly all over the place. lastly, that the game didn't give me much incentive to replay after I was finished. I had basically seen everything at the end. Not to say that I didn't really enjoy getting there. Overall though if you like Boomer Shooters then this game is a bargain, and if you can get it in a sale like I did, then it's an absolute steal.

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