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An amazing port and one of the greatest soundtracks in the history of gaming. An interesting FPS that I think every PC enthusiast should play though once that is loaded with almost every negative trope of 90s gaming but back before it was a trope so a lot of it was kind of novel.
At times, I almost would compare it more to an FPS version of a dungeon crawler/Wizardry/Ultima Underworld type rather than a DOOM-like.
At times, I almost would compare it more to an FPS version of a dungeon crawler/Wizardry/Ultima Underworld type rather than a DOOM-like.
The game is not bad. It's also nothing exceptional. Ultimately, it's nu-Doom with Lovecraftian themes. Similar to Boltgun where it doesn't really do anything exceptional, but it just does what it does competently. Unfortunately, there's so much quality in the 'boomer shooter' subgenre that I do feel this is beneath a lot of other games.
The game never does anything interesting with its themes or stories. And when I say it's nu-doom, I don't just mean the gameplay. I mean it's just being a one man army but the game throws Lovecraft monsters at you instead. Modern Boomer Shooters pull from Lovecraftian themes A LOT. Games like CULTIC, DUSK, Amid Evil and even the classic BLOOD slowly build to it. There's a level of atmosphere and tension that you know what it's leading to.
Forgive Me Father throws fishmen at you from the start. And a lot of corridors. And butt rock that doesn't really fit the theming of the game. All the guns feel good enough but there's no standout. Even Boltgun, a game that felt around this same quality, had some guns like the Heavy Bolter and the Caliver that really stood out.
Still. Decent enough that I'll try the sequel as I heard it improves a lot.
The game never does anything interesting with its themes or stories. And when I say it's nu-doom, I don't just mean the gameplay. I mean it's just being a one man army but the game throws Lovecraft monsters at you instead. Modern Boomer Shooters pull from Lovecraftian themes A LOT. Games like CULTIC, DUSK, Amid Evil and even the classic BLOOD slowly build to it. There's a level of atmosphere and tension that you know what it's leading to.
Forgive Me Father throws fishmen at you from the start. And a lot of corridors. And butt rock that doesn't really fit the theming of the game. All the guns feel good enough but there's no standout. Even Boltgun, a game that felt around this same quality, had some guns like the Heavy Bolter and the Caliver that really stood out.
Still. Decent enough that I'll try the sequel as I heard it improves a lot.
This is the kind of game your homeboy in Jr High asks you to come over his Doom WAD, and after you play it, you make sure you stay on his good side until graduation.