ETERNAL BLOOD

boring abandoned trash

I wish Steam had a "Neutral" review option, because that's what I would give this. This is a pretty bare-bones horde survival shooter. I like the concept. Art style reminds me of Doom 2016, especially the Hell Knight-esque enemies complete with the jumping hand slam waves. The environments are nice, enemy designs are neat, but there is a lot left to be desired. Visibility is low, the contrast between blinding lights (fireballs) and nearly pitch-black environments makes distinguishing between your projectiles and enemy projectiles difficult at times and can be headache-inducing. You have only 2 fire modes, shooting fireballs or charging up an exploding fireball. There are no "actual" weapons. You can get stuck on the terrain sometimes, in one map you can fall into a trench and struggle to get out even after repeatedly trying to jump to get out. I'd love it if there was an objective visible in the pause menu or a survival countdown timer somewhere, even if not on screen, maybe on the pause menu. Or possibly one you could choose to display or not display. Trying to remap controls with Steam input for controller is just...ehhh. Plays and feels kind of like a student summer game development project. Overall, kinda "meh"