Finishing it since I bought it took me about 11 hrs 30 mins according to GoG Galaxy. I've done all the achievements sans completing the game on easy or hardcore and possibly missed one hidden easter egg (wherefore art thou, Doomguy?). By the time I was done my Warlock was already able to spawn infinite ammo, hack twenty foot-tall demons with a single swing of an axe and the amount of chaingun fire I spat out almost gave me a seizure from all the muzzle flashing. They're not kidding with the epilepsy warning. Please be careful, you guys. My point being, it's a short game, but it is long enough to do what it meant to do. Any shorter would be too short, any longer would be overstaying its welcome. It's messy, it's fun, it's sometimes clumsy (the way the verticality in the levels was implemented is kind of silly, but eh, there never was meant to be one from the very start, ), it lets you live a crazy power fantasy of being an almighty gun-toting sorcerer bent on murdering possibly everything in its path to hell and beyond. A cool homage to shooters from early 90s, but it's also pretty good in its own right. That said, it's a little flawed - graphics tend to have weird glitches. The game tends to get so dark it's beyond unplayable (easy to fix with options provided within the menu, but still) and 2D sprites of humongous boss monsters clip in a silly way, especially when they are already dead. The trailer does show some scenes that were cut from the final game (like the Eldritch God appearing from under the ground - once you get to the arena, it's already there, no powerful entrance for you!) and, contrary to what the voiceover suggests, the Warlock is a silent progatonist - no cheesy oneliners. Don't consider Project Warlock as a game you will be playing for a long time. No. It's an experience, a nostalgia-driven power trip to the happier, simpler times. Enough for having some fun and going back to the present with some good memories. Seen as such it won't disappoint.
I remember this game from preschool times... God, how awesome this thing was! Huge thanks to GoG for putting it here. (Quick tip: don't forget to take the nuke given the chance.)
