This is the game for people who didn't like Doom's new direction. And it is available on GOG. Prodeus is basically the real Doom 3, or Doom mixed with the Brutal Doom mod. And it has a platform independent level editor, so people from every platform can play and upload new maps. The biggest issue is the performance. I was one of the playtesters and we submitted quite a few reports about the performance, so it's sad to see that it has made it into the early access launch. I hope that they'll be able to quickly fix it. People who are turned off from a bad launch rarely come back, which would hurt the game. Everything else is *chef kiss I'd give it 4 stars because of the performance, but I'll keep it at 5 in hope of a future performance update.
Since some reviews here are catastrophic. Yes, this game is very hard and punishing, but that's part of the genre. If you think that Xcom has "unfair" rng and you don't know about probability calculation, then you won't enjoy this game. Xcom's rng is in the favour of the player already. So, Othercide, it's a good game, maybe 10$ more than it should be. The game can be more repetitive than said other game or similar games in the genre. There are also roguelite aspects to this game, e.g. dying over and over again until you have accumulated enough status boosts to create and revive the units with stronger starting power. The problem with this mechanic is that the game simply doesn't have enough different maps and situations. You'll see the same few maps with similar layouts over and over again. The devs should add more randomization to the maps to remove some of the repetition. If you are still interested and reading: My main reason to write this review even though I own it on console is that certain reviews state that this game doesn't reward skill and that it's rng dependent, which isn't true. This game removes the hit percentages on skills in favour of hp costs and longer wait times. This means that you can't just click on the strongest skill in your arsenal and hope to hit. You will hit but you will lose HP. That's one of the twists in this game. The other twist is that you can (and should / must) create combos with your units and skills since the game is based on a time bar that shows who can act next. Think of Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 9. These combos (and high skill usage) can set you and / or the enemies back on the timeline and force you to wait longer until it's your turn again. That's where the "skill" lies. You can create combos through skill usage and positioning and some of these combos can instantly defeat everyone, including the hard bosses. One good setup and you can trigger one combo after the other. Give it a try!
