I'm going to summarize the reason why I decided to abandon this game. Imagine going through 10-15 minutes of a level, collecting everything, occasionaly getting lost just to arrive at what you assume is near the end of the level. You open a door and see a massive boulder sitting at the end of it, as you sprint trying to get out of its range you occasionally turn a corner just to finally be able to sigh a sigh of a relief. But just as you were celebrating your quick reaction the boulder turns the corner in a comedical fashion and it end up killing you, and you would have to restart the whole level again. Granted I wouldn't have hated that as much as I did if the game didn't want me to speedrun through the level again just to hopefully get something right the 2nd time

I knew going into HROT that it's a competent FPS styled after the original Quake with the aesthetic of drabness maxed out for scenery composed of 50 shades of brown. What I didn't expect was how there's a pervasive oddball sense of humor threaded throughout the dingy dystopia that endeared the project to me beyond simply providing some top-notch shooting action.

I'm pleased to report that enemy HP values and attack patterns provide plenty of variables to consider in the middle of a firefight, and that the levels "flowed nicely" at least by my standards.

A worthy addition to any FPS aficionado's collection.