Hands of Necromancy

it's all good

Really awkward. I really dig the weapons, although their impact leaves a lot to be desired. Like they're flashy, but no substance, but mechanically interesting. Genuinely I thought this was supposed to be some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ first doom mod or something playing through this, only after checking the steam page I realize what I played was just a really poorly done metroidvania. You SHOULD go into this expecting a doom mod that's *trying* to be a metroidvania. My biggest gripe is the initial starting level, and I should be very clear when I say it's a level. This thing is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ massive. It's a labyrinth of mazes and hidden doors and pathways only accessible through b-hopping with the jump button. There are locked doorways everywhere, 4 key access doorways and it's just painful. It's really not fun to go through and upon reaching the next area, I just dropped it because it isn't an actual second level in the general sense, it plops you in, no ending, this is a continuation of the first level still and you have 3 more to go. See, and really the reason why it's like this is because it was trying to have a hub level that interconnects with the 4 other levels that let you access the finale. This isn't very clear and ultimately is brought down by how you will have to remember to manually save as you go through this or else you'll lose all your progress. Again not helped by the labrynthian level design and not informing the player that, yes, they did specifically add fall damage to ♥♥♥♥ with you. You may lose all your progress between that and manually saving. Honestly though, I think it's cool someone's able to just make a sick doom mod and upload it to steam as a full game. That's really cool. Still hate the game though. Hope I feel different about the sequel.