Selaco

Gunplay, art style, music and level design are just awesome. I loved searching for all the secrets in the levels. And even with just this one chapter at this point, it doesn't feel like a work-in-progress title at all! Everything is just polished, and I had almost 20 hours of fun. Highly recommended!

My hours are a little overinflated cause I went back and played it again due to a bug that wasn't letting me backtrack that was patched. I've essentially played this game twice, so I will say, the secrets in the game if you aren't using a guide are nearly impossible to 100%, well hidden, my only gripe with the game. Guns feel great and are customizable, the ammo is doled out in such a way where you do need to use every weapon, so none are really redundant. Played most of the game on the deck, but there are areas that stutter slightly with some fps drops into the 30s. 8/10

Not bad, I like it. The ass-h0le enemies are actually trying and flank me. They are still pretty stupid, but thats a nitpick. The game is still fun, and early access, hope this means it will become even better. Gunplay is solid and gory, as it should be.

Selaco is a tense and chaotic game that always keep you on your toes. Health is scarce and you will constantly have to swap guns to manage ammo while trying to make it out as unscathed as possible. (I played on hard) During encounters, I would be constantly checking all lines of sight for flanking enemies while my vision would get obscured by the environment, enemy and player muzzle flash, and explosives. The artstyle is a fun blend between retro and realistic, pushing GZDoom to its limits. $25 is a bit much for what is currently in the game (version 0.90) so try to get it on sale or in a bundle with something else you already have (i did both and paid less than $16) or wait until chapter 2 comes out. the burgerflipper minigame is pretty peak too

really good

The game as it stands right now is really fun. The level design is fantastic, with large, open areas and labyrinthine corridors. A ton of attention has been poured into little things - easter eggs, environmental storytelling, little interactions like paint brushes you can pick up and paint with, microwaves that turn on, objects that explode or cause environmental effects. The gunplay is really impactful and even on the "normal" difficulty the enemies are intimidating and can cut my run short. The blood and gore is over the top and I find it distasteful at default settings - however, there are settings to reduce the violence and gore and I commend the devs for that. Still, not a game for kids. So far in what I've played, you're fighting aliens and robots in a dystopian kill-or-be-killed scenario and the game doesn't seem to rope you into doing or seeing stuff that glorifies evil - although the default settings do make the (mostly bright purple) gore and bloodshed a spectacle in itself. I've played for 15 hours as of writing and I'm not through with the content that is available at the time of the review. For the $21 I paid on sale, the game was well worth the price and I can tell that this is a passion project made by fans of the genre.

?/100

Great little game. AI is good, doesn't stay in one spot. Guns are fun, puzzles are not super easy, but also not incredibly hard.