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Not that hard, absolutely annihilated it on the IDDQD difficulty.

Just finished replaying it, and man is this game special but in the most annoying way imaginable. It has some wildly intriguing ideas that I wish FromSoft would explore more in future games, but many of those ideas aren't flesh out in a way here that is all that enjoyable. Ultimately, it is cruel and uncompromising and frustrating (often in the worst of ways), but it is also the start of something really beautiful.

You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and gained nothing
You offered to the shrine and were rewarded!
You picked up (x1) Bison Steak

I'm not sure Vomitoreum said much of substance about its themes of sexual violence, decay, revenge, and so on. The gunplay is surprisingly simplistic even compared to the game it's based on, is pretty unsatisfying, and quite easy. The Samus ball thing makes me feel woozy. The backtracking gets confusing and it all gets worse when you have to rely on your flashlight being a buggy little npc that floats around you and often doesn't go where you want it to. There's a lot of annoying little things in this game.

Despite all that, I can't help but kinda like it. The art is fucking gorgeous and the novelty of an FPS metroidvania lasted long enough to get me through Vomitoreum with an at least somewhat positive opinion. I want to try more gzdoom games independent from the classics...they seem like a fun area to explore.

rest in peace raven software, nevermore to escape the CoD mines