If you're a fan of the classic 90's FPS games, you're gonna really like Dusk.
I played the shareware multiple times back in the 90’s and loved it. Only recently did I realise that there was a full version to play. I was so excited but very soon excitement became frustration. The game becomes so difficult, so unfair and so frustrating so soon, it’s almost impossible to have fun with it. No matter what guns you pick up on each level, they all get lost in each new level, so you always left with your basic weapon, only that game difficulty raises exponentially on every new level. Episode 3 becomes almost impossible to beat and you’ll load the game ALL THE TIME. I must have loaded the game more than a thousand times during the whole game. The final boss is impossible to beat with no lives and no other weapons other than the basic. After trying close to three hours, I gave up and decided to cheat for the first time during the whole game. Even after that, it took me close to 5 minutes to beat him, which may doesn’t sound like a lot but normally I would have died another 1000 times during these 5 minutes if I wasn’t invincible. If you really want to play Bio Menace, do your self a favour and play it on Easy mode. You’ll be glad you did and you’ll miss nothing.
I really enjoyed the first half of the game, altough some things didn't make lots of sense. And then came the gauntlet puzzle and the labyrinth, maybe the 2 most frustrating puzzles I've ever encoutnered in an adventure game, and I've played A LOT of them. The gauntlet puzzle made absolutely no sense to me, even after consulting a step-by-step walkthrough. It took me about 1.5 hour, most of them spent on loading screens. About the maze, I knew exactly what to do with it in 15 minutes but took me close to 3 hours to complete it. Had fun for 0 minutes doing it. These 2 puzzles completely ruined the whole game experience of what could be a 4-star game.
