Viscerafest

I've been waiting for this one, I wanted to wait til it was finish so I could potentially binge my way through it XD It is a really good game. Though a bit difficult, even on lowest difficulity, but I think you can buy perks/upgrades later one to make it more fun. Either way, its pretty cool

- Old school, pristine and awesome graphics? yes! - Over-the-top and extraordinary fitting music? ooooh, yes! - INCREDIBLE voice actors? OHOOHOHO you bet! (especially the main character: really, and I mean really surprised me!) - Starting-hilariously-silly-but-then-twisting-into-something-different but ALWAYS intriguing? GOD, YES! (I admit, the story was the main part that get me going to the end. and it's not just the mere plot: the way it's delivered is better even than most adventure games) - Frantic Gameplay, reminiscent of Quake but almost evolving into a style of its own?? yes.... ...And that's why, although amazing, the game doesn't reach the 'masterpiece' status (only if not by an inch. Although Viscerafest is undoubtedly a passion project, made with a clear artistic intent, that purpose... welp, it's intended for a very niche kind of gamers. Now, I should have written before: Although it does look like one, and in certain areas it actually is, I personally don't consider the game to be a 'boomer shooter', at least not by the 'standard definition' (which is silly: there are no 'guidelines' how to make one, but for the purpose of my review, and to make the readers aware of what they are buying, let's use it). Basically, the game plays like it was made for kids after taking Amphetamine: it's OVERWELMING fast, the player is forced in bunny-hoping the whole time (which is a designed core mechanic, which I believe is interesting) and it needs you to be able to make split-second quick-decisions constantly (I must admit, I no longer am that young but I do have a over-two-decade experience playing this type of games and I needed to lower the difficulty to hard, in order not finish it). And yet, I was captivated by the story that I simply needed to finish it! So, yes, An awesome game that I hope shall have a sequel more... relaxed! P.S. you can auto-bunny-hopping by keeping pressing space bar... you're welcome me later.

A 2.5D retro FPS with beautiful, neo-Quake movement, a not-too large selection of weapons, and fairly satisfying combat. - The game looks great - The movement is fantastic - bunnyhop across the map like Ranger and Bitterman only dreamed of - The weapons are good. They do miss trade some visceral punchiness for sci-fi laser sounds - The level design can be a little bit on the slaughter-map side. I don't enjoy enemies spawning behind me... but, okay, fine - An actually engaging story, believe it or not! Well-written good voice-acting - Brutally difficult. I'm usually an UltraViolence / Hard kind of guy, but I almost turned this down to the lowest difficulty at one point Overall, well worth the $13 I paid for it, and I'm looking forward to the coming episodes.

Its like an FPS game, but without the shooting part because there is no ammo.

This is the first game I've played since doom eternal that really understood what made that game so incredible. This game graphically looks like a simple sprite based shooter like doom 1993 which I think has made a lot of people pass on the game, but it's so much more than that gameplay wise. This is definetly an example where amazing gameplay is much much more important than good graphics, the gameplay here is wonderful. It's so fast and frantic, with any small slip up causing the player's death. The game has quick saving and quick loading but to use it you have to pick up a limited use item which is amazing, there are plenty of the items around and the game autosaves at the start of every level, so it's never a big issue, it just does a great job at stopping me from quicksaving after I kill a single enemy, I actually have to think about when and how often I save and the bigger fights are all the more exciting when I know dying will mean starting them all over. The guns are great, the combat is great, this game is truly something special and everyone who enjoyed doom eternal really should check this game out.