Really liked this for the most part and I guess it's just a good combination of satisfying shooting mechanics crossed with this atmosphere that seems bleak and depressing, but then more and more it becomes surrealistic, absurd and even outright humourous at points. Has a very vacant quality to it I think, sort of scratching the same sort of itch that the original Quake had, and I dunno, something about this game captures a similar sort of vibe as when you're having a proper sick day where you feel really ill and a bit dissociated and what not. A lot of gross-out elements in this, tbh, and I guess it does take a particular sort of mood to vibe with this game. Quite satisfactory, but then I guess this was something where I felt like it was more just amusing than something that blew my socks off. Quite short as well unless you're like going on the higher difficulties and repeating levels over and over again, but even then, you know.

Also of note, but I completed the bulk of this game in May and then finished the third episode in August. Game is not that long, I just took a substantial break from playing this game, for whatever reason.

Um clone de Quake ok, que realmente brilha nos momentos em que mostra sua individualidade.

O jogo é dividido em 3 capítulos ou episódios ou sei lá, assim como Quake, e o primeiro episódio é literalmente Quake com skin de união soviética, o que foi legal, porém vai enjoando, já no segundo episódio você vai pra um castelo insano, tem fantasmas, sessões de terror insanas, e esse é o melhor episódio do jogo, e o terceiro segue mais a linha de Quake de novo só que com animais insanos saindo da agua, o q é foda.

Eu acho que se o jogo focasse mais nesses momentos únicos, como a sessão de terror, ou a sessão de moto, ou a sessão contra morcas assassinas, esse jogo seria muito mais foda. O problema é que sempre depois de uma sessão foda tem alguma missão genérica onde é preciso matar os mesmos 5 inimigos várias vezes enquanto eles vem em ondas. Uma das maiores qualidades de Quake era o posicionamento de inimigos, nesse jogo eles spawnam do nada em hordas, isso é merda pura.

Darei a mesma nota que dei pra Quake, por que os visuais são fodas, os inimigos são legais, e as sessões onde são adicinadas novas mecânicas são muito iradas. A piadinha da receita no final de cada episódio é boa também.

Recomendo pra fãs de Quake, e também pra quem não é fã de Quake mas quer um jogo linear de tiro com uma ambientação diferenciada e bizarra.

The Committee on Science, Arts and Culture declares that HROT does not contradict the party's policy on the ideological and cultural front but needs corrections.

The events in HROT are not entirely connected with the daily lives of the workers and peasants. Therefore, the developer is obliged to re-write HROT or [REDACTED].

Glory to the Party! Long live the Socialist order!

Marrom

Isso mesmo, marrom.

Foi a palavra que achei pra definir a estética e experiência de HROT, que lembra bizarramente jogos como quake e doom, nesse estilo retrô de FPS, mas claro.. o mercado indie já ta meio com jogos demais desse estilo e HROT é meio mais do mesmo em quesito de gameplay, mas a ambientação e o humor que ele coloca no jogo, lembrando até um pouco daquele humor ácido e psicodélico de My Friend Pedro mas se assemelhando mais com Duke Nukem.

De toda forma, HROT tem um mapa extremamente bem feito, da pra tu se perder mas se você não for lerdão como eu, consegue se encontrar no mapa e prosseguir com o objetivo bem rápido, só prestar atenção.

E sobre sua jogabilidade, como eu havia dito não é nada la inovador, mas como eu gosto de mais do mesmo, eu achei o máximo, o bom é que o jogo é curto e quando você sente que ele ta saturando, ele acaba.

Recomendo muito HROT mas jogue ele com calma, é um jogo curto que não merece ser rushado e dê umas pausas caso sinta algo relacionado a cinetose enquanto joga.

i see so many people call this a Quake-like when the only similarities this game has to Quake are the swathes of brown textures and some of the enemy roster, most notably an obvious spin-off of Quake's ogre. This is at its core, a Chasm-like with Duke Nukem 3D in the mix. and being a Chasm-like means it's more like Wolf3D than Quake. wait i gotta add that its also atmospheric like Quake so i guess its equal parts Quake and Wolf3D. Chasm was originally supposed to be a competitor to Quake but when playing it, it feels more like a more 3D Wolfenstein3D with an Eastern European flavor. so HROT is essentially all of that. A game that has the maze-like levels of castle Wolfenstein with Quake's violence and despair with Eastern European culture plastering it in Duke Nukem 3D's playful interactivity. HROT is a passion project. its a love letter to its inspirations and the developer's homeland's history and culture. even ignoring that, it's a fun time. gunplay is decent with the low fidelity presentation but lackluster sound design, but the enemy encounters are what make the combat fun. especially in episode 2 and some of episode 3, the game gets creative with its imposed limitations to make some fights memorable. the boss fights are the most notable of these encounters, usually being the highlight of an episode with not just their arenas and build-up but also by their uniqueness. the other memorable part of the game is the dense atmosphere in its simple presentation. the ambient soundtrack underscores the dreadful world painted in sick browns, nauseous greens, and pale offwhites. its mundane and haunting, full of otherworldly horrors and boring miscellanea like canned meat. horror contrasted by absurdity while all being equally normalized to its grounded setting. pairing the passion with this atmosphere is what pushes me into the "yea this is my shit, i love it too much" camp. i can set aside most of its shortcomings just because of the sheer passion put into this. a fun trip of love to surpass its labyrinthine sewers, currently one of my favorites of the year.

A solid throwback FPS. Level design is overall tight, with a handful of moments that aren't so great. The art style leans into early 3D, particularly Quake, but it leans into the "brown" color palette a little too much for my tastes. Taking place in 1980s Czechoslovakia, the architecture and references to the Eastern Bloc add a lot of flavor to the game. Sound design is moody and is complimented by the atmosphere. Weapon sounds are 50/50 - some sound great and punchy, others sound like total pea-shooters. There's a lot of humor sprinkled throughout the game, particularly in enemy design, bosses, and interactables. Overall, it's a fun time if you're into retro FPS.