Vibes: It's a very fun futuristic GTA style game. For me, it scratches that itch well, there's always stuff to do in the city. It looks really good too, with areas really representing different cyberpunk genre vibes including Blade Runner, Akira, Fifth Element, etc. Graphics are often beautiful, with main characters being detailed and articulate, the world is full of sun light and shadows, ray tracing, etc. Feel: Combat is fun because there are many different weapons, mods, upgrades, and scenarios which offers the player a variety of ways to play and experiment. Driving in the city is fun offering a feeling similar to playing GTA San Andreas. Bugs and Performance: I see a lot of complaints about technical issues here, but for me, since day 1, on multiple machines, I've maybe suffered about 2-3 crashes and maybe 3 bugs that required a re-load. That's it. Performance has been good too. Playing on a Lenovo laptop with i9 CPU, 32 GB RAM, GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB. Weaknesses: It would be nice to see things like flying cars, be able to ride the subway in real time, things like that, which would elevate it above GTA. Alas, they're absent. Also, for an RPG with transhumanist elements, character customization is quite limited. NPC's often have cooler physical and fashion attributes than you have. Also, I would like to be able to make my character THICC, however you cannot satisfactorily control female breast and butt size. Sounds like a minor thing, but honestly, I feel like this game should have it. Hope: CDPR has been updating the game consistently. Hopefully they contionue to support and improve the game, to a level of quality similar to NO MAN'S SKY, which I also loved to play from Day 1. 4.5/5
Great game if you're a fan of Alien, Prometheus and the works of HR GIGER and Beksinski. The art, audio, vibes, and theme are all 5/5. Seriously great work. Each screen feels like a scene from an excellent movie. The puzzles are fine. The combat is OK except for that the enemies are too accurate. I understand it's survival horror, so combat is bad on purpose, but im at least strafing, this creature with no eyes is too damn accurate. it's annoying LOL. Also, I wish you could save at any time. The checkpoint save system feels annoying because people with jobs have to sometimes only play for like 1 hr. Let me save damn it! LOL Anyway, it's a great game, but i hope they give it a polish/quality of life patch. Great work. Recomended.
Probably the best and most original of all the "boomer shooters". Level design, music, and graphics all nail it. The theme is fairly unique for what it is, and there are many surprises and good ideas while playing. If you like and Quake, Doom, Blood, and the like, this is a no brainer.
Prodeus is an authentic and stylish return to the old school PC shooters of the 90s. I'm a kickstarter backer, and I'm thrilled with how this game has been made. The level design is fun and the graphics are great. Somewhere between Quake and Doom 3, quality wise. Lots of gore, smoke, sparks, fire, dynamic lighting etc. The game looks awesome to play. I love how Prodeus balances modern day polish with old school design. The music is fantastic, truly has some surprising moments. Sound FX are punchy! THIS is how an FPS should sound. Aggressive and in your face. The monsters are cool over all, but the demonic bull dog is a little silly. None the less, I make a mess with his insides. If you played shooters in the 90s, this is a no brainer. If you like fast paced games, with lots of violence, and no hand holding, get this game. It's fast paced, refreshing and fun.
A few hours in and you can tell alot of painstaking detail and work went into this. It's got those good Castlevania SOTN vibes but it feels new too.
First off, I am a lovecraft fan. But I want to make the tone and style of this game clear... If you're looking for mystery suspense, slow pace gameplay. this ain't it chief. If you're looking for action on par with Doom and Quake, but from an isometric view, then welcome home. This game is tough as nails, very violent, and just plain cool. Basically you run around with a shotgun blasting every cosmic horror with your shotgun. If this sounds good to you (like it did to me), then buy this game. Perfect for the gamer who wants to blast their way through the Lovecraft universe rather than slowly unravel it.
