A bit sad. I remember this getting announced in 2017 with the whole "A 90's FPS, 30 years later" appeal and thinking that was kind of cute at the time but it ended up releasing in 2020 and at that point Dusk, Doom Eternal, Wrath, Post Void, Ion Fury and a bunch of other stuff had come out. So I never played it until now because why would you play something that's self admittedly trying to be "Doom 30 years later" and nothing else when an official and really good "Doom 30 years later" just came out a few months before and there are tons of similar but way more interesting games releasing.

Hellbound itself is Doom again and nothing more. It plays the same, uses the same enemy types, the same weapons, etc. But it's also worse because performance isn't great and the overall aesthetic looks like an HD Doom Texture Pack or a series of stock assets rather than an actual Doom game.

It feels good to play at least, I beat it and had fun doing so but it always feels like a cheap imitation with no purpose. It even feels like the devs kind of knew this because it just ends after one episode, so if this was "A 90's FPS, 30 years later" it wouldnt be sold for £10, it would be free shareware.

I had fun enough with it to warrant the £1 I spent and I guess the short length is kind of a good thing since I didn't get sick of it but you could just install some free WAD's for Doom and get more out of it.

look, this one adds the simpsons: https://waltersgameboy.tripod.com/simpdoom/