I was there when these two come out. They were nice and all. But, overall, they never clicked like Doom did. I did not like the monsters and weapons, honestly. And also the fantasy atmosphere wasn't quite there. All in all they are competent Doom fantasy clones, also adding some nice details. Later levels become a bit more interesting but, overall, I never found them inspiring. Hexen added a few new gadget but by the time I wasn't so interested in these anymore.
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I played both SS1 and SS2 when they come out. I was there. Enjoyed both. This is a faithful remaster. Mostly graphical and minor changes and balancing; like firearm deterioration and a few other things. Honestly, aside better textures, overall, it is as I remembered. Weird 3D models and animations and all. But that's part of the charm, isn't it? ;) Either way, this get the thumbs up from me, as is as good as I remember but better. So why 4 stars? Well, in all honestly, I still believe SS1 is the superior game. This is something I felt back then as well. SS1 present better story. More interesting environments (the Citadel is just up there) and I found the graphical style of the citadel more fascinating. Shodan is damn intriguing. Also, the 3D models in SS2 aged very poorly, even with the remastering touch. But hey, just play SS2!
Very similar to Blasphemous in setting. Graphics. And game play. Sorry, I don't know why there is an abundance of games relaying on the reiterated death of the player. Is an ugly mechanic that just make the game obnoxious. Devotion is not exception. When you die, at the beginning, you also have to take the starting weapon over and over the blacksmith. Pure frustration. Graphics are nice. All around this damned world. Where gods hate you. You need to repent of something you never did. Whatever. The combat is tolerable because is very simple but, that said, traps are genuinely annoying. Stamina, that you consume for attacking, dodging and parrying, is quick to deplete. So you can find yourself being a sitting duck and forced to take damage. Overall, the continuous deaths, because you forgot a trap, at the 10th times you do a level is too much and I ended up uninstalling. The game is not interesting enough to make up for this.
