So here we are with a sort of a Doom inspired game (hence the title of it). Looking at the screenshots and graphics, I was pretty excited at first to play such a thing. However as I played more and more of this game, my excitement level gradually went more down and down until it plateaued on the mediocre. Well here is why:
*The Good*:
+ It is pretty fun to play, with short and varied levels (took me about 10 minutes for each one because I played slower I think, but for others it can be finished in about half the time maybe). This can be good if you like short levels and are short on time and just want to jump into something relatively quick without committing to complicated playing aspects
+ The graphics are quite good and interesting, while retaining an old school 90's retro pixelated look
+ There are plenty of pretty varied levels (18 in all)
+ The atmosphere is gripping
+ The music tracks are very good (probably the best aspect of this game) thus further adding to the atmosphere of it
+ You are never really in danger of dying most of the time (plenty of health around) provided you play carefully and cautiously, so the fun factor can continue for a long while, but.. (see the negatives below)
*The Bad*:
- Well I will continue with the point above. A few times in the game, the monsters (and tough ones too) are placed in such a bad spot (for you lol) that it makes you die over and over again many many times. Being a smart and fast moving gamer, I got out of some of these situations (sometimes barely) but for many regular and normal casual gamers this can be a real death trap which spells (quite possibly a dead) end game for them. Follow this tip to minimize the headache when dealing with this aspect of this game. Be sure to create 2 saves: one at the start of the level and the other as you progress within the level. I'm saying this because I relied on only 1 save (maybe this was my mistake but I didn't know it was going to be like this and it was my first time playing this game anyway) so if you get ambushed, sometimes it may be easier just to start the level over and expect what's coming for you at a particular point in the level
- The game plays clunky. You can only move in 1 direction at once, so not diagonally (which involves pressing 2 directional buttons)
- Which brings me to my next point: you cannot change your controls ughh. So you are stuck with the default WASD, Mouse1 for shoot, etc.. This is extremely annoying because while you get used to playing with these fixed controls for this game, you will hit all the wrong buttons and this can make you basically play badly and get extra damage during enemy fights. And when you return to your other games, you will go through the same thing while you are re-adjusting lol
- Because controls are not changeable (you depend on the scroll wheel to cycle through them) it is a slow process to get to the desired weapon something which is not good if you are dealing with multiple fast moving enemies
- There is no changeable difficulty setting but for casual or pretty good players this will not pose a significant problem
- Your bullets sometimes don't connect with the enemies (although they can always easily hurt you lol) so you have to shoot a lot more extra times I think just to make sure you are doing some damage to them, although most of the time it only looks like you are pinching them.. lol
- There is no graphical or sound menu in this game, so you would have to adjust the sound levels from within Windows itself before playing :/
- [Tip]: Everything must be minimized (web browsers, windows, programs and other things) and only the game up and active on the screen because otherwise the game will lag a lot and be very choppy and when you turn your mouse to look around it is disorienting
Final Verdict
Score: 6.7/10
Although this game is quite good overall, it's shine gets dented by the numerous things which detract from it. But I think those things can be fixed, maybe in this game or another future one. The levels are quite fun and varied. The game itself is on the right path and with more work it can actually turn into something substantially good :)
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