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• gamedeal user

  Oct 21, 2020

  I initially saw this game after David Syzmanski of DUSK fame tweeted the link to the store page. That was really all I needed to pick it up, and I wasn't disappointed. Perilous Warp is a shooter that reminds me a lot of a mix between Half-Life 1 and Quake 2, which makes sense since the people who developed it also created JACK, an enhanced version of Valve's Hammer map editor. The engine for this is custom-developed as far as I know and the game feels like a very well-done 2 hour demonstration of it. The enemy variety is low, but they're some of the most alert enemies I've fought. They're so good at dodging my fire they tend to sidestep railgun shots, which was a bit frustrating at times. The projectiles they fire are also almost too fast to actually dodge, you have to quickly tap A and D to prevent them from being able to lead their target. The enemy feedback for getting hit is also really sparse. I did get lost a couple times in the levels, but they're not too labyrinthine. The detailing and texture work is also wonderful, even if you force the texture resolution into "retro mode" like I did. Some of the secrets are very well hidden as well. The final boss is decent, but not very challenging. The ending also gets me excited for a possible update with more levels or full-length sequel. Really other than those minor issues, the only problem I had was how short the game was. It really is only 1-2 hours. I think for the price it's worth it, but you should know that going in.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 2, 2021

  It's definitely pretty and the engine runs well, but it's clear they didn't have any experienced level designers. The game is only artificially hard, it creates the illusion of difficulty by making the enemies super-accurate, high-damage, and then making you fight them in the open where you cannot dodge or take cover. You're going to lose health and die, and it's not because you messed up, but because they made sure you would. They also starve you for health and ammo. The enemy variety is tiny. You have a scorpion, two fish, the fiend from Quake, a ranged guy who can also shoot rockets, and a bigger ranged guy. They're all mute, and you've seen them all by level two. The guns are nothing crazy, but they work, when they actually give you the ammo for em. You'll use the shotgun the most because it gets the most ammo. The locations are also mostly corridors. Overall this game does nothing notable and its difficulty is just cheap encounters designed to sap your health instead of engage you.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 21, 2020

  Enjoyable old school game with good Linux support Recommend using static lighting until that is fixed. As well, weapon FOV can be edited in the config. Other than that, works very well out of the box. Update Dynamic lighting has been fixed, so graphics look very good
• gamedeal user

  Feb 9, 2021

  This game has quite positive reviews here on steam, many of them praising how close it is to 90s fps games. In some ways it is, a few of the levels are quite well designed with open, interconnected layouts. However the game is extremely generic in its theme and presentation, the story is mainly told through notes you find like if it was some slow paced horror game. Your movement speed is slow and you have a button to slow down your walk (despite stealth not being a part of the game) while having no run. The AI is dumb as a pile of bricks and a lot of the weapons just feel kind of lackluster. The checkpoint system is tragically bad with checkpoints placed before long tedious sections like slow elevator rides and then there's none after it. The final level bugged itself for me where when I killed the boss nothing happened and there was nothing for me to interact with. Also, the worst part of Doom 3 is in it, the camera shake whenever you get hit. The music, while also quite generic, is pretty good though.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 9, 2020

  The trailer seemed really interesting to me, and, while playing, the first couple of levels give a solid Quake 2/Half-Life(ish) vibe (only with a bit of a slower pace). Unfortunately, the back half of the game somewhat comes unglued with the pace getting in the way, enclosed combat arenas with waves of enemies that really bog things down, and a frustrating jumping 'puzzle' that I experienced issues with, as it was based on a 'mechanic' that isn't used up until that point (not just climbing, but jumping to and climbing a rope) that had some really wonky feeling physics. The combat is enjoyable enough, but there is something of a lack of weight or punch on the weapons. This is somewhat alleviated by the upgrade system, but some of the weapons/weapon upgrades are also hidden behind circuitous secrets (I found a weapon's upgrade station a level before I found the actual weapon). For the length of the game (I finished it in less than 4 hours), there is a solid variety of enemies to fight, including 'elite' versions that take more damage, but the projectile velocity of the more common enemy felt a bit fast for the movement speed, particularly in the tighter corridor-like areas. I found there to be at least one relatively major technical issue, where I (5-6 times) became attached/stuck on level geometry, with no way to become unstuck, save for a reload. Speaking of saves, I also got caught with some unfortunate checkpoints/auto saves that really soured things for me, leaving me with little health in bad scenarios (including one of the aforementioned combat arenas and an underwater area teeming with angry little fish). There seems to be a real reverence for FPS games of the mid-to-late 90s here (perhaps a little slavishly so in some ways), but some unfortunate issues in the final execution leaves me suggesting that most would probably be well-served either waiting for Prodeus, or buying/playing one of the cleaner, better executed attempts at this style of FPS. I was really interested by the trailer, and wanted to like this a lot more than I did (and did like the first half or so!), but, I'm sorry to say, I can't recommend that most people play Perilous Warp.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 5, 2021

  The game's description says it's "fast paced" but it is one of the slowest paced modern "retro-style" FPS games I've played yet. And that's not even the worst part about it. Boring brown and grey textures. Repetitive level design. Unimaginative and weak weapons. Bullet-sponge hit-scanning enemies. I would put "too short" as a negative here as well but honestly its short length is a mercy.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 11, 2021

  If nothing else it certainly captures the era of first person shooters games being glorified graphical tech demos like the ill regarded doom 3, But with some nice diagetic level design elements integrated into the actual game world like the weapon upgrade stations which i'll give them props for. Sadly there is very little of actual substance to offer in both enemy variation and replayability at present so i would personally recommend giving this one a pass for it's current price tag maybe at least until the level design tools are released to the public, as the campaign is only at most 2 hours long (topping it all off with an endboss that makes the icon of sin from doom II look good in comparison) give or take depending on how much you struggle with the game cheaping you out with pinpoint accuracy laser gun enemies in one of the many corridor ridden tech base levels or worse the arena sections that lock you in Nudoom style with very little to no cover to duck around so you can throw off their line of sight. I'd at least give it a 4/10 rating because the game at least has some genuinely interesting level design setpieces & nice low tech looking weapon models (none of that "we took a modern day gun and just had more shiny LED strips than a modern gaming PC slapped on because how else will people know it's a sci fi weapon right?" here thankfully) PW just hasn't quite reached the point yet to really make it standout from the crowd of the very few good throwback first person shooter titles here on steam at present
• gamedeal user

  Nov 17, 2020

  This game really overstayed its welcome even at 4 hours. The combat is abysmal. It's cheap and has a bad feel to it. There are no barks for any of the enemies so half the time you don't even know they are there. There is very insufficient (maybe no?) stun-locking which only makes the enemies seem invincible and makes the weapons feel extremely weak. Especially with the spiders. Being unable to stop the march of what are supposed to be nuisance enemies is just tedious. Oh and the horde spawning encounters are either assembly-line predictable or overwhelming and cheap. No rhythm to them at all. I bought the game because the levels looked nice in a throwback sort of way and they are. The influences of this game are quite obvious with nods to all your classic 90's shooters in there. But it's like they only looked at screenshots of these games and never played them. I don't have a problem with a short game for this price but really the combat is so bad I wouldn't recommend it. Hats off for a small team completing a game and all but I can't wait to reclaim the HDD space for this game. Oh and the coup de grace had to be completing the game and seeing that the difficulty achievements don't stack. I can't uninstall this game fast enough.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 21, 2021

  The game feels unfinished. The guns are underwhelming both in terms of sound and mechanics, the enemies AI system is terrible, and the level design is something out of the dark age of fps. There are a number of moments in the game that are unfair rather than just difficult. The trailer for the game really picks the absolute best moments in the game to showcase which hides the sub par quality of the product.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 5, 2021

  Can't really recommend it. The guns don't feel fun to use and the enemies aren't fun to fight against. (They're either hitscan or rush you.) While the level design is decent, it has your typical tech base aesthetic from games which it's trying to emulate. (It's not very interesting to look at.) There's a story which is told through short briefing cutscenes and data logs but it's just... eh. Humans discover something, they piss off aliens and the aliens do murder on everyone. If you're going to play it, don't expect a lot.