Fast paced action, plenty of weapons and droves of enemies to turn into bloody smears on the walls to the rythm of the blood pumping music, Project Warlock does the shooting well, and that's the most important thing to nail in a FPS. However, there are some weird design choices that hurt the game pacing. -Acquiring spells is a hassle, first you have to find the spell and then use upgrade points to learn it, this makes the magic system feel redundant since guns are pick up and use, is best to save your upgrade points to unlock the powerful weapon variants. And to make matters worse changing spell is awkward and you cannot change the keybinds for doing so, even tho there are dozens of unused keys in the keyboard. - In the player's base there's a terminal to choose the level you want to play, this is deceiving since you can only play the levels in a determined order and you cannot replay levels to hunt for missed secrets. - And lastly but most importantly, hunting secrets is vital to gain experience and upgrade points, this brings the game to a tedious crawl of interacting with every surface to find all the secrets, specially since some levels have points of no return. - Why do you have a sword occupying a weapon slot, or why not replace the dagger with the sword as starter weapon? The axe is the only worthwhile melee weapon since it can be upgraded to regenerate health with eachj attack (you can bind the dagger and sword to a whatever key and forget about them) Overall, the game is a good shooter, it looks like Heretic, but plays more like DOOM and has some design quirks that bring it down. Still, is worth playing if you are fan of the genre. 3.5/5
I never played the original, so I was curious, if it warranted a remake it had to be good, and well, I'm not really impressed , the controls are smooth, the graphics are gorgeous, it has that feeling of early 3D with some serious facelift, which has its own nostalgia to it,. Unfortunately the game is very short and there's a huge difficulty spike towards the end with enemies shooting at you before you can even react,, and since dodging and aiming is done with the same stick you have to get in the enemy line of fire in order to hit them yourself. It also features an arcaic "credit" system and you can only die so many times before is game over. I guess this is great for old fans, but for a newcomer it has some serious design flaws that limit the enjoyment of the game. Also, even tho I lowered the volume on the menu, during cutscnes volume jumps right up to default levels which is annoying at best and hurtful at worst. Finally, if you are using a PS controller make sure to use DS4windows and change the settings to show the controller as a Xbox controller or the keybinds will be all scrambled.
action platformer, not much more to say about it, is a laid back game, with a grim story, but is not scary or hard, the worst sin of the game is that language cannot be changed, and let me tell you, the spanish translation is sloppy at best, a middle of the road review for a middle of the road game
First person shooter that's incredibly rough, screen shakes like crazy with every hit, every shot, or every explosion in the background even with motion blur turned off, can't really see anything with all the darkness and fog, enemies just melt into the background, The game clearly has a personality crisis, guns handle like a world war simulator, but the level design is more like Painkiller
Metroidvania with some punishing combat, and by that I mean enemies dish out insane amounts of damage, something that gets tiresome the more you play as your only healing resource is basically an estus flask (yes, this is a metroidvania with souls delusions). Is because of this I barely stopped to grab any secrets unless they were obvious and got the bad ending for it, and honestly, I don't feel like keep trying. Good idea, not so good execution, I'd sugget Blasphemous for a better mix of souls-like with metroidvanias
-BEWARE- Xpadder required Fast paced action platformer that suddenly turns intto a metroidvania halfway through, which hurts the momentum, Also challenging, but not frustratingly so (except for a few sections that will make you want to punch your monitor). The game likes to break the 4th wall and thinks it's funnier than it really is, but is mechanically is solid. Ubnfortunately the game does not support controllers, not even a 5 button mouse, so you better get Xpadder or other key mapping program in order to actually play because keyboard controls are hot garbage. Pretty fun mix of genres, nice retro graphics and music, not perfect, but is up there
Absolutely amazing game, at first glance looks like an average action adventure, but don't be fooled, this game has a lot of meat on its bones thanks to the spell customization, Zia doesn't need swords , arrows or bombs , she just breaks havoc with her spells, chain them to have a fireball that also does chain lightning, or a dash that freezes enemies on contact, pretty fun stuff. Unfortunately the game doesn't comminicate too well the final effects of a modifier, sure they are pretty intuitive , but once you start experimenting with the "random" modifier you can see it has different effects depending on what you link it to, which only opens more questions about the behavior of other modifiers. Still, it's worth experimenting as much as you can to get some serious firepower. And of course, the world is filled with secrets locked behind puzzles that require you to get creative with your spells. The graphics are nice, the music is relaxing, and the protagonist is a cute redhead, what's there not to love? Great game, I wish we had more like it.
Is this a metroidvania? Yes, It is a weird metroidvania? yes, fight monster girls as a magical school girl, get your teeth kicked in and learn how to bamboozle your enemies withperfect dodges and flashy spells. The biggest flaw of the game is that is too short, with only seven bosses it will left you wanting for more. Even tho it looks and feels like a metroidvania it has several design choices that set it apart: - there's no constact damage fronm enemies, unless they are using a rush attack - Dodge move from the get go to avoid enemy attacks and become a deadly tickle ninja if you choose the dagger path - usind a 2 handed weapon won't prevent you from equiping a shield in your other hand, the Zweihander is your best friend!! - You cannot move while attacking and attacking mid air will stop all your momentum, this may be a controversial design decision, but trust me, the game was spoecifically designed with this handicap in mind. - character progression is heavily determined by equipement, there is no XP or character levels. Bosses drop relics that increase your stats, but the vast majority of enhancements will come from equipable gear and how it synergizxes with your weapons or spells, so you better look for all those secret rooms and grind that gold to buy all the gear you need. - The postgame is fantastic, after beating the game you open new game modes to play as a pure melee or caster, you even get to play as three of the boosses, switching between them depending on your needs. - Unfortunately changing gear won't affect the appearance of the character except for the swimsuit and the maid costume. In conclusion, a short metroidvania that may look frustarting and unappealing, but give it a chance and it may win your heart like it did with me. I give it 4 stars because there are a couple of minor bugs liike sound levels resetting and control going berserk unless I use DS4windows.
The game is basically Heroes of Might and Magic, a game series I´m not realllly into, but I'm always up to give games a chance to show me what they bring into a genre, specially if is a freebie. Unfortunately the game is not a revolutionary take so I'm not sold on it. + nice graphics: of course they are 2008 graphics but they are still quite nice + full camera rotation and no fog of war so you can scout the whole area and see enemies and treasure from far away + I had a little bit of fun spamming spells with the mage - no controls or keybinnd settings, aparently you are supposed to play it only with the mouse? - very little character customization: you choose a class, a name and a crest, that's it, there are no races, no stat allocation, hardly a RPG in this aspect - Pixel hunting at its worst: some tresures are shiny and esay to see, even the buried treasure shines if you get close enough, but there are some intereactable items that are sneakily put on the map, I accidentally picked up a spider egg and that's how I found out there are spider nests, which are small and hard to see, this only made me question if there are more interactable objets I never saw - At 1440p the font is small, very small - During battles you can get additional treasure by interacting with chests in the battlefield, but enemies can steal the treasure or you can end up killing all the enemies before grabbing it, in this cases the treasure is permanently lost. Sometimes these treasures contain runes that are vital for character progression, and since enemies don't respawn, well, it sucks to be you. In the end, is another take on HoMaM that doesn't bring much new to the table and instead shows its aged design , maybe you'll find it more enjoyable if you are a fan of the genre, but I'm not.
A game about breaking jars and panicking when everything goes bananas, because some contain enemies, some minions and some items, and you have to achieve certain objectives to complete each level, like defending a chest from all the baddies, activating all the switches or escorting an NPC, the game never gets boring since it randomizes the jar contents each time. Additionally you can unlock a roguelite mode as you progress through the game, in this mode you control a buffed up minion with cumulative and randomized buffs and debuffs, and basically serves as a currency grind, but is not tedious or time consuming. If that is not enough in some stages there are secret switches that spawn more enemies, and if you beat them all you get a scroll that serves to unlock part of the lore of the game. All this wrapped in charming graphics and catchy tunes. There are a few minor bugs, but nothing game breaking. Honestly, I didn't expect it to be this good, great game, lots of fun.
