This game has a great aesthetic, looks fun to play. But the movement is atrocious. It's not based off of your momentum, it's based off of what direction you are facing. So it's literally impossible to turn left to shoot back at an enemy and continue strafing right in the direction you are moving, the game forces you to walk whatever direction you are facing and instead of transferring your momentum you turn on a dime and run straight into enemies. If you're getting shot at and want to change direction and strafe you will literally stand in place like you weren't moving at all when you start strafing and die from enemy fire. It's difficult to describe but the movement feels absolutely terrible and I don't understand how a dev that has played actual Build-based shooters from the 80s and 90s wouldn't catch this in development. It's disorienting, it makes me motion sick, and I have none of these problems playing Doom 1+2 or Wolf 3D.
This game really is only like Fallout 1 and 2 in asthetics, only. The combat is wildly unbalanced, psionic characters are at a permanent disadvantage, and the game expects you to abuse line of sight and kite enemies into traps to progress after the first story quest. If you really like Fallout 1 and 2 this game somewhat scratches that itch, but don't expect the combat to be straight forward. Less than 2 hours in you will be facing common enemies that can stun you for the entire duration of combat until you're dead. It's a shame because the beginning of the game reminds me a lot of the Super Nintendo Shadowrun title, as well as Fallout 2, but the charm quickly wears off as the game boils down to dying and reloading until you get lucky rolls during combat.
If you want people to actually buy your game you probably shouldn't put a quote from Kotaku plastered across the screen, especially when it's a lie lol
