Killing Time: Resurrected

Nightdive Studios has once again, done an excellent job remastering another retro FPS. They even added the original 3DO levels after the game launched, which I am sure is a gift to those who grew up with this game and love it. I am not one of those people unfortunately. KILLING TIME: RESURRECTED is a charming and very quirky FPS originally released in 1997. The game has a few unique qualities to it that help separate from the legions of DOOM CLONES. The game's story is told through FULL MOTION VIDEO "cutscenes" that occur during gameplay, and it is simultaneously charming, and corny and tedious. Another unique element is its structure, where you have access to a PSEUDO-OPEN WORLD and can freely explore many regions in whatever order to find key items to progress the story. I actually really like some of the visual designs of the enemies, some of which are digitized human actors, and some are original art assets; they have a creepy and surreal look to them. Shoutout to this game's music too, which has to be the most whimsical and funny music in a boomer shooter. It's either genuinely great, or so bad that it loops back around and becomes good. I pretty strongly dislike most other elements of the game though. Your character move speed feels too slow, the weapon roster is pretty boring and they feel very weak. Enemies are SUPER SPONGY and are not entertaining to fight, especially in this game's levels. These are consistently some of the WORST LEVELS I have ever suffered through in a retro shooter. These levels are one of two things: they are indoors in super cramped, surreal buildings with nonsensical layouts and absolutely swarming with enemies, or they are outdoors in very copy-and-paste looking environments that are much too big and boring to move through. In order to progress through the main story, you must find keys and key items. However, the game does not effectively communicate hints to the player as to where they need to go next. Much of my playtime was spent wandering around trying to figure out where I needed to go. I ended up clearing out many levels early in my playthrough attempting to find the critical path, only to be stopped by locked doors that I did not yet possess the keys to open. When I returned later with the proper keys, it was a BORING SLOG through very large, empty levels because enemies do not respawn and I had previously eliminated them all. I ended up using an incredibly helpful guide on steam to help me through the game. If I hadn't, I would most definitely dropped this game and not picked it back up. It's a shame that this game's mechanics and design are very frustrating and do not create a fun experience imo, because this game does have various cool and unique elements. Unless you grew up with KILLING TIME and are nostalgic for it, I do not recommend this game.

Was zur Hölle hab ich da gespielt? Und warum eigentlich durch? Ein Unfall, ihn zu knechten, für immer wegzuschauen ... UNMÖGLICH! Ein Boomer Shooter mit 2D Gegner Assets, die durch echte Schauspieler eingescannt wurden. Dazu packt man eine verwirrend große Open-World-Insel und copy und pasted jeden Gegner 28975834658374 Mal, damit auch jeder Mikrometer schön vollgeballert ist - und nachdem man einen kompletten Genozid am Ende vollbracht hat - an Fledermäusen, die wie Schimpansen kreischen, Clowns, die einen anfassen oder alte Ommas, die einem mit der Faust aufs Fressbrett schlagen - und dabei noch die wildeste bekloppte unpassendste Musik (wird natürlich beim Überschreiten einer imaginären Grenze hart von A nach B gewechselt) ertragen, kann man eigentlich die ganze Zeit nur daran denken wie schön es ist den Prozess der Spiel-Deinstallation zu durchleben. Was zur Hölle hat man denn hier bitte geraucht? Warum wird so was auf die Menschheit losgelassen? Ich fühle mich als hätte ich ein Verbrechen begangen, das ich nicht kenne, aber meine Bestrafung absitzen muss. Naja "muss". Nur eines müsst ihr: Es wissen. Meine Empfehlung habt ihr jedenfalls nicht.

It's pretty amazing how much TLC went into this, they just added the 3do version plus an enhanced 3do version. The game is what it is, if you are into boomer shooters it's actually rather good. Great atmosphere, interesting characters that appear as ghosts annoying mazes it's got it all plus great fantastic music. I'm really nostalgic for it since playing it so many years ago on the 3do. Nightdive really spoiled us with this niche game I love it.

For starters, I had critical save file issues. Starting a new game with the base maps after first completing the 3DO levels, while using cloud saves to go back and forth from my Bazzite PC and Steam Deck, led to several problems. I typically stagger my save slots, and overwriting slots from my first playthrough with saves on my second playthrough sometimes worked, but other times slots would be named incorrectly, and sometimes all items and enemies were reset to their starting states. My location would load properly, but I'd lose all my guns, keys, and essence bottles leaving me with just the handgun and the starting amount of bullets. This was a huge problem on my second playthrough resulting in lost progress and wasted time. It's for this reason alone that I leave a negative review, and the rest of what I say here is what my review would have consisted of if I didn't encounter these issues. I bought this for the 3DO levels and I cannot believe how much a little acceleration absolutely transforms this game. It goes from being a very rough and sluggish headache to a smooth and responsive shooter on the level of the original Doom. The fast pace, the enemy density, the key hunting, the shotgun shooting, and the maneuverability truly feel like a completely different game experience now that it's freed fr the confines of the 3DO hardware. I can actually aim my guns and dodge the bad guys now. Even better, I had never played the PC version of this game, and I was amazed to realize those levels are actually superior to the original 3DO versions. They are bigger, and the architecture actually resembles what the locations are supposed to look like in the game. You actually start off on a boat dock. The mansion actually looks like a mansion. And there are landmarks that actually resemble what you would see on a small island. I don't say this lightly, because the original Killing Time is a game I have always liked for its early CD-ROM sensibilities but never actually thought it was more fun than it was painful, but this is the best remaster I have ever played. It turns this game into something that is sincerely enjoyable, and it lets the original game design shine in a way that has been impossible for the last several decades.

Apart from the cool FMV sprites and aesthetics mixed with the way this game unconventionally tries to tell story through little "cutscenes" it's an absolute disaster of a game. Has some of the most random and weirdly mixed soundtrack i have ever heard. 1 moment it's eerie ambience and the next it's the freaking carnival theme or wacky jazz. wtf The absolute most abyssmal level design i have ever seen with complete lack of hints or logic to progression so you're left aimlessly exploring just to find another locked door and have to backtrack again because this game is 1 big world instead of traditional levels, cool concept absoultely butchered in execution. And on top of the bad level design the game throws dark souls 2 levels of enemies at you just 24/7 everywhere seemingly randomly placed. Awful! The guns also lack that feel good punch the genre is usually known for although the models themselves are cool to me at least. Overall, good port as per usual from nightdive but wow the game itself sucks. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44204404/]Review Made For Boomer's Noxi[/url]

On the second level, or whatever, where you need to find an invitation. I got completely stuck in the maze of a level. The map is no help whatsoever. Why was this game remastered? It's pretty trash. More importantly why did I spend $4 on it? Oh well, money wasted, move on.

Олдово, что аж пахнет старым шкафом, почти археология. Nightdive studios закрыла шутеры на забытой 3до. Надеюсь следующим пунктом будет всё старье с ПС1. Игра годная, но устаревшая, если бы не FMV то наверное и ценности особо не имело, именно актёрская игра с явным переигрыванием создаёт атмосферу непорядка и неправильности. Версия предоставленная нам найтдайвами это гибрид версии с 3до и ПК, собравший все лучшее с обеих версий, врагов с 3до а уровни с пк. Почистили, помыли и вывалили в стим. О чем игра? О том, что если всё пошло не так, проще всех наxpeн перестрелять. Не нужно звать священника, петь псалмы, проводить ритуалы. Щелчок рычага перезарядки дробовика - единственный правильный ритуал перед отправкой метафизических сущностей в ад. Хочешь взаимодействовать с физическим миром? Будь добр принять физическую форму. Всё будет хорошо. Кроме того что эта форма будет боятся летящих со скоростью 360м/с кусочков свинца, напалма выше 1500 градусов выше нуля и удара ломом по е6aлу. По сюжету этой игры, вопрос вечной жизни у главной злодейки был решён, но ненадолго (благодаря глав герою конечно). Поскольку все попавшие под действия египетского колдунства превратились в бешенных гниющих гoвнoедов и требуется их добровольно/принудительная эвтаназия через немедленный отстрел. Неважно будь то скелет, гангстер, клоун дол6оё6 или дурная горничная, тут главный критерий - движение. Всё что в этой игре двигается, отстреливается к ё6aнoй матери пока не примет горизонтальное положение. Хороший ремастер, забытой и душноватой игры которой стукнуло 30 лет. Только для любителей олдовой и бородатой старины.

Cheesy as hell, but a fun classic FPS. A relic of a bygone era blending FMV and classic FPS into a delicious cheesy mess.