Selaco

Great game, but a slow burn. Enemies turn up in greater number quite late. The shootouts are challeging.

Visceral, satisfying, and just plain *exciting* in a way that most shooters just...aren't. Fun from the start, but INCREDIBLY fun when you start to master the combat, which is taught masterfully through the design of the game and the slow ramping up of difficulty. Also, for fans of awesome FPS movement - the slide jumping is just great - nearly as fun as the kick boosting from Cultic.

Where do I even start I love this game through and through. To me this is not only a modern day indie classic, but should be recognized a classic in any regard hoping to see more from the game in case of updates and more from these devs!

[h1]THIS GAME IS FANTASTIC[/h1] Yes, I'm only a few hours in but of all the "boomer shooters" I've played, I don't think I've fallen in love with one so quickly before. I knew how I felt in the first ten minutes and I feel the same way after two hours of play. I don't think that calling it a "boomer shooter" even really does it justice because while they probably chose the GZDoom engine for the aesthetics, I think they also chose it for its versalility as this game has a lot of modern gameplay mechanics, graphical flourishings, etc despite being superficially retro. I think the engine choice allowed them to cram a lot more into the game that deepens the experience so it in no way feels like a creative constraint and rather something that allowed them to fully realize their vision. It looks great, sounds great, plays phenomenally, and sucks you right in. I'd rather play this over a generic AAA campaign any day of the week. The combat is chunky and viseral, it plays a bit like a tactical shooter with enemies using FEAR-style AI to flank you and the environments are extremely responsive to combat with loads and loads of interactivity when not in combat. When you're in a firefight, environmental detail gets ripped apart, enemies bark orders at each other and start flanking, smoke and shockwaves fill the corridors, alarms blare etc. It's insanely immersive and entertaining. The music accompanies the action and atmosphere perfectly, the weapons look and feel great, the tutorials are solid (do read them -- tips like following green lights to not get lost are crucial), the story and level flow cribs from all the greats and the total package is top notch. Even if you don't like retro aesthetics but you do like fast paced shooters, I'd still strongly recommend it. 9.5/10

I'm halfway through the game on the easiest difficulty and the fights don't feel remotely fair. The worst is I spend almost all of my time lost.

Eh.... Played it for about an hour on the hard difficulty and saw absolutely nothing even close to the trailer. No music, simple repetitive combat, and ammo was hard to find. The artstyle seems to be a weird Anime-adjacent artstyle that I don't like at all, and overall in my time playing I was just bored. Nothing special, nothing really cool, just a shooter I got lost in... A lot. Guns are nice, but the game just didn't hook me. Maybe if I gave it enough time it would start to get better, but so far it's given no indication of that. Also I don't really know what's going on with the difficulty, On the 2nd to highest mode (Assuming it's supposed to be very hard or just hard) One or 2 shots deals 30 damage and I die almost instantly. but if I go one difficulty down it's mind numbingly easy.

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Great fun. Exploration is great, the aesthetic is tight. Controls are wonderful. Finding the secrets is a fun activity. Love the soundtrack. I'm enjoying my time with this game.