2016

THIS SHIT KICKS ASS OHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

In other words, this is exactly what I was looking for from a Doom game. Immensely fun gameplay, fun secrets, fun weapons, fun fun fun fun fun.

I think some systems are slightly underdeveloped (the suit in particular felt like an afterthought). I also think my completionist brain, constantly checking the map to see if I missed any secrets, goes against the philosophy the game is going for. I shouldn't be scanning a hard to read map every 50 steps to make sure I didn't pass anything. That's my fault to some extent, but something something players optimize the fun out of games yada yada.

PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVEN'T ITS GREAT

A game with a lot of potential that didn't quite stick the landing for me.

I love the atmosphere and general idea. The voice acting is charming and the writing is fun. The story is quite engaging, even if the ending is a little anti-climactic.

The biggest problem is how little agency you have. This is basically a movie that you walk through. By the end I wasn't sure if anything I did mattered.

This needs to be redone. A bigger map without the linear storytelling from this team could be really cool.

Worth a play, had my time with it, but I'll never come back to this. I recommend you try it too, if you're looking for something small and engaging.

Good writing, great moments, but the tedious gameplay gets soooooo old. The Achilles heel of this game for sure.