If you like Doom and Indiana Jones then this is definitely a mod for you. Venturous combines the fast, action-paced, strafe and gun gameplay of your typical boomer shooters with locations and enemies that could have jumped right out of The Mummy or Indy movies. You fight your way through hordes of filthy nazis, noble Medjais, mummies and other otherworldly creatures. The levels are huge and give you that great sense of vast catacombs, sandy ruins and long-forgotten cities in which you get lost easily. Fortunately, there is your typical auto-map which even shows coloured doors. The maps could be very dark at times but here comes your trusty torch into play. Too bad that you can only use it with your revolver so when you're out of ammunition you constantly have to swap between light and shooting. But swapping for different weapons is totally worth it. You got your normal set of weapons like shotguns, your trusty MP40, carabiners and more but the developer has thrown in special weapons like a pulse rifle and an energy shooting blade. The game only makes a few mistakes and that is some bullet-spongy but not difficult enemies including the few bosses, the aforementioned almost pitch-black sections and... why was it over so fast?! I need more levels! Pixelfox, please! I am longing for this kind of adventure games!

Reviewed on Oct 05, 2023


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