It's like King's Field with more elements taken from the later Dark Souls series (stamina system, dodging and parrying, enemies respawning upon death), but set in a feudal-era Japanese mythological setting, and with the creepy horror atmosphere of a classic Silent Hill game. All things that I love so I've been hooked. It also works perfectly with the UEVR mod, for those who prefer to play everything in VR like me.
What more could you want from a game? Seriously, this indie gem gives me the same kind of feeling I get playing a good Zelda game from Nintendo, which is pure gamer bliss for me. Plus your character is a little mouse that's cute as hell. You can't go wrong with this one... unless you don't like stealth gameplay, in which case you probably shouldn't bother because stealth is a huge part of this. Thankfully I'm also a Metal Gear Solid and Thief fan, so that was right up my alley.
I was a big fan of the original ROTT back in the 90s, along with all the other great FPS games of the time. I had a lot of fun with this remake, both back when it came out in 2013, and again replaying it recently. Of course it's not perfect, and not anywhere near as ground-breaking as the original, but I felt that this developer did a pretty good job capturing the general look and feel of the original game while making a generally fun little shooter.
I haven't been able to quite understand all the flak this game has received since it came out. It seems like the general consensus is that this is the worst game in the Sniper Ghost Warrior series (as long as you're not counting Sniper: Art of Victory, which is universally, objectively considered a terrible game), but I've had lots of fun with it and gotten pretty sucked into the game. It's the only open-world game in the series, and as far as I'm aware, I think the only open-world game CI Games has made, and it definitely has elements that remind one of the typical Ubisoft generic open-world game, including a map with points-of-interest dotted around it... but the thing is, I don't really care much for most of those types of games from Ubisoft, but Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 still draws me in and keeps me engaged despite those similarities. I think it's that this game has just the right size of an "open world" for me and doesn't overwhelm me with an unnecessarily massive map, or way too many marked spots to explore. And the fact that this is a sniper-themed stealth game, which is one of my favorite types of games, makes it more interesting for me. So if you love the Sniper Elite games and other games in the Ghost Warrior series, and you'd like to see what this type of game is like in a reasonably-sized Ubi-style open world that doesn't overwhelm you as much as Ubi games typically do, I think you'd enjoy this game as much as I do.
I've been a huge fan of classic turn-based JRPGs of the 8-, 16- and 32-bit eras since childhood, so games like this were made for me. I still love the simple, old-school turn-based battle system this game has, so if that's what you're into as well, this should appeal to you. Additionally, this game has nicely animated sprites and simple but attractive painted backgrounds, and the story is good enough to hold one's interest. Each of the six main characters has a distinct personality, which you can see more of when you replay with a different main, and decent character development for the length of this story. The only major issues I have would be the short length and the several still remaining bugs, but at the low sale price I bought this at, it was well worth it.
This is the way you do a "retro-style" FPS in this day and age. Nice blending of old-school low-res, low-poly graphics with some modern lighting/effects flair, cool and inventive weapons, huge enemy variety, masterfully-crafted map design, and perfectly honed fast-paced classic-style FPS gameplay all come together for a practically perfect package for PC gamers like me who grew up on the 90s shooter scene.
I have long been a huge fan of the "Metroidvania"-style 2D platformer action/adventure genre, and this is one of the best I've played. Beautiful 2D artwork brings a very atmospheric and interesting world to life that's exciting to explore, and tightly crafted combat and gameplay on top of it bring the game up to classic-level tier. This kind of dark and melancholy moodiness is really my jam, so that just sweetens the whole package for me. There is a bit of Dark Souls inspiration here too, for all my fellow Souls addicts. I haven't found anything yet to really complain about.
