Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm action game that does just about everything right. My only qualm with it? It's too short!
Seriously this game is practically the entire DOOM aesthetic turning itself into a beat-timing slaughterfest and I was completely into it the entire time. You're spit through the eight or so levels extremely fast, running and gunning through corridors and wide arenas with a small group of unique but evenly gratifying weapons. Once unlocked, I chose to rock the dual pistols with the launcher equivalent and never looked back. Every weapon felt fun to use and the player is implored to tailor combat to their liking. Unlike in DOOM Eternal (yes this is a Marauder complaint post,) no enemy gimmick felt annoying when they showed up which made the timing game and general fluidity of Hellsinger a lot easier to approach. The demons present their own few basic moves but could all be taken out quickly enough to keep the pedal to the Metal (hehe) and combat going at its correct pace.
The true hero of this game, which really is no suprise, is the fantastic metal soundtrack that features legends like Randy Blythe from Lamb of God and Serj Tankian of System of a Down fame. There are many other artists whom I'm not familiar with yet but each map had an appropriate song to match the vibe and fighting going on. The music vocals only ticked in boss fights (at the end of each level) and once you reach 16x fury (mechanic achievable in combat) which is the appropriate timing to make you the player feel like you're making an impact on the game. The more badass you are, the better you are, the cooler the music is. The transition when losing fury and gaining it and the vocals coming in and going was seamless, making for a musically stutter-free playthrough.
This game is rather short, but seems to have some serious replay value with the challenges alotted to each level. I played this on Microsoft Gamepass, but I really wouldn't mind buying it seperately to support the devs for the fantastic endeavour.
Seriously this game is practically the entire DOOM aesthetic turning itself into a beat-timing slaughterfest and I was completely into it the entire time. You're spit through the eight or so levels extremely fast, running and gunning through corridors and wide arenas with a small group of unique but evenly gratifying weapons. Once unlocked, I chose to rock the dual pistols with the launcher equivalent and never looked back. Every weapon felt fun to use and the player is implored to tailor combat to their liking. Unlike in DOOM Eternal (yes this is a Marauder complaint post,) no enemy gimmick felt annoying when they showed up which made the timing game and general fluidity of Hellsinger a lot easier to approach. The demons present their own few basic moves but could all be taken out quickly enough to keep the pedal to the Metal (hehe) and combat going at its correct pace.
The true hero of this game, which really is no suprise, is the fantastic metal soundtrack that features legends like Randy Blythe from Lamb of God and Serj Tankian of System of a Down fame. There are many other artists whom I'm not familiar with yet but each map had an appropriate song to match the vibe and fighting going on. The music vocals only ticked in boss fights (at the end of each level) and once you reach 16x fury (mechanic achievable in combat) which is the appropriate timing to make you the player feel like you're making an impact on the game. The more badass you are, the better you are, the cooler the music is. The transition when losing fury and gaining it and the vocals coming in and going was seamless, making for a musically stutter-free playthrough.
This game is rather short, but seems to have some serious replay value with the challenges alotted to each level. I played this on Microsoft Gamepass, but I really wouldn't mind buying it seperately to support the devs for the fantastic endeavour.