Don't get me wrong, I love DOOM as much as anyone else. The issue with this game: delivery, conveyance, and pace. You have some of the same enemies, with the addition of one new one (not spoiling it here). But I'll start from the top. Delivery: Yes, I get that this is a fanmade project. But the delivery of story is kinda all over the place. Sometimes people feel flat when things are poppin off. Then there's times when characters include unecessary info, leave info out, or the conversation seems edited and parts that should have been cut out are left in or it's just scrambled to a point where you find yourself thinking, "Okay... wot?". Again, I get that this is a fanmade mod, so I don't expect a performance akin to Santa Monica Studios. Conveyance: Knowing that this is a fanmade project, I still can't forgive the conveyance. There are too many times when you find yourself asking, "What do I dooooo? Where do I gooooo?". Even the original DOOM 3 game and expansions had things like the PDA system to track codes, info, and objectives. Not to mention helpful things like actual signage or text on doors letting you know where you're at and where you're going. Not in this game. And not to mention, times when you can visibly see a location where you came from, from your current location. You do a thing, and see enemies coming from that earlier location and your brain immediately reasons, "Well, if enemies are coming from there, I must need to go there." Wrong. I could rag on conveyance forever. But I won't. These are just a few examples of this. Pacing: The pacing is- Idunno what to say. They tried to make combat fast-paced, which is cool. Kinda like DOOM 2016, goin back to them good ol' run-n-gun roots. Problem is, they're doing this with a DOOM game structure build on a framework of atmospheric horror. Not "I'm runnin and shootin demons! WOOOO!". That said, there are still some pretty DOOM 3-esque slow paced, atmospheric, horror elements. But for the most part, it's not.
a good bit of nostolgia for you to muck about in
i wouldn't even call it as polised turd, it's just a turd. never had this many issues with the console version
This game is not worth checking out. I got this on Steam, and it's poorly designed, and seems like the video game equivalent of writing fan-fiction. I love all of H.P. Lovecrafts works, and this has the story of a teenage Edgar Allen Poe enthusiast trying to be mopey and edgy. I would rate it lower than one star if this rating system could go negative.
As the title says, this game is a total waste. Of what? Literally everything. It is a waste of your time, your money, and energy. I mean that. You could literally do anything else, and you would still have spent all of these three better. Just the amount of time to read this is a waste. That's how bad this game is. Terrible graphical, mechanical, and game breaking glitches, Terrible generic audio, horrible combat system, the list goes on. I bought this game on PSN for even less than the current sale price of $7.49, and found it and had buyers remorse. This isn't to entice people to buy it to see how bad it really is. You genuinely should not buy this flaming dumpster fire. That said, if you do buy this, that's your money wasted, and you've been warned. P.S. Since there isn't an option to do so with the current system, I'll say it here. -10/5 stars.
