Posted on: December 18, 2022
Wiper2049
Игр: 84 Отзывов: 3
FPS game stuck in wrong kind of hell
There's enough of nice things in Wrath to make it a great game. Thing is, I am no longer sure that devs are able to. It is stuck in development hell. Roadmap have nothing to do with reality, delays are frustrating. I mean, just look how many great retro shooters came out since this has been annouced. When it comes to Wrath, we are fed bi-weekly updates like "added some detail to map X". It is pretty obvious that development is super slow and possibly a side-gig for the team which cannot commit to it full time. When it comes to gameplay, I do know that it isn't really possible to come up with 100% fresh ideas, but this barely feels like having identity of its own. Enemies and guns function and look like reskins of Quake and Doom ones (with a bit of Unreal thrown into mix, hello bio rifle). Everything could use balancing. Sounds are pretty bad imo and world lack any meaningful ambient noise which would add to atmosphere. Level design is ok, but thing is, I have played plenty of community made maps and mods for Quake 1 which had more interesting layouts, better visuals and flowed better in terms of gameplay. And oh boy - if you compare it to Dimension of the Machine episode from Quake Remastered (if you haven't played it, go buy remaster and do, it's great) it's not even close. Out of all retro stylised shooters annouced in past years, Wrath was the one I was looking forward the most, considering that it is using Quake engine and done by people from Quake community. But my patience has run out and there are so many great games in this genre right now, that Wrath is extremely hard to recommend. Buy it in early access if you've played most of what is available out there and crave some more Quake-like games, otherwise wait for 1.0 release and see how it will turn out.
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