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I thought I would like this game — the retro graphic style is really cool — but overall, I came away disappointed. If Steam had a neutral review option, I would use it, because it's not the worst game, but it has bad design choices in my opinion. The levels aren't very interesting. There's not a lot of variety in terms of environments, and it's hard to conceptualize where you are on the map because there are no unique elements or landmarks. It felt like either some levels have identical sections copy-pasted throughout, or I was backtracking, but either way you end up clearing same looking sections of the map multiple times. The secrets aren't fun to look for either; a lot of them are sitting completely out in the open, making it feel totally random what counts as a secret and what doesn't. The combat and weapon balancing also miss the mark. The Shotgun sucks, there's no point in using it. Melee sucks, stronger enemies resist it, and when you try to use it, you take damage from the enemy you're cutting while staying completely open to being shot by everything else. It would make more sense if it was a risk/reward system — like getting extra armor for finishing enemies off with melee, similar to Doom 2016 glory kills — but as it is, there's no reason to use it. The game takes away your entire arsenal at the start of each of its three chapters. You only have your full arsenal for about 1/3 of the game, maybe less. You spend the first half of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 scrambling to get weapons back. The design of the encounters doesn't seem to take this into account; the final fight of Chapter 1 doesn't feel much different from the first fight of Chapter 2, except in the first one you have 4 weapons, and in the second you only have 1. It feels like a completely random, arbitrary decision. Enemies constantly spawn or teleport directly behind you and on top of you. Sometimes a stronger enemy drops right on your head and strips away most of your armor and health before you even realize what happened. It makes it impossible to plan ahead when the game just dumps enemies in once you're already in the middle of a room. It has its moments, but it's hard to fully recommend.

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