A remake of Chex Quest
Chex Quest HD is a modern, multiplayer remake of the classic FPS advergame of the same name. Play as one of 6 unlockable members of Chex Mix Squadron in single-player or split-screen multiplayer mode! Save the galaxy from the nefarious Flemoid menace!
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A 2020 HD remake of 1996's Chex Quest somehow feels even weirder a concept than the original pack-in. The transition to polygonal assets leaves the whole thing feeling kinda cheap, and sheds a lot of the naive innocence that the original exuded. That being said, it is interesting to see the levels reimagined with the allowance of layered verticality – an impossibility of the DOOM engine. The most fun I had with this was seeing how nearly 30-year-old levels had been tweaked and translated into a new engine while still trying to capture the spirit of the original. Unfortunately, only the first level and Arboretum really feel evocative of their predecessors. The other levels are just sorta generic industrial space venues, which, is pretty appropriate to the originals, but they don't feel like particularly great callbacks.
The levels aren't the only thing that suffered from the shift to 3D, though. The movement kinda feels like ass, with very little feedback and an awful acceleration lag when trying to sprint. The weapons, too, have little-to-no feedback and straight-up don't function like they should. The shotgun has no spread, the rocket launcher feels like there's no splash damage, and the plasma rifle's projectiles are incredibly slow. It's charming that they retain their original sound effects, but their referential inclusion spurs little more than a "huh, that's neat!" after first noticing.
Surprisingly, the best part of this game is the writing. They've really leaned into the corniness of this game's very existence, with Captain Fred Chexter slinging cheeseball one-liner after cheeseball one-liner. I think this gets the closest to capturing the spirit of the original, but it's a bright spot awash in a sea of mediocrity.
The levels aren't the only thing that suffered from the shift to 3D, though. The movement kinda feels like ass, with very little feedback and an awful acceleration lag when trying to sprint. The weapons, too, have little-to-no feedback and straight-up don't function like they should. The shotgun has no spread, the rocket launcher feels like there's no splash damage, and the plasma rifle's projectiles are incredibly slow. It's charming that they retain their original sound effects, but their referential inclusion spurs little more than a "huh, that's neat!" after first noticing.
Surprisingly, the best part of this game is the writing. They've really leaned into the corniness of this game's very existence, with Captain Fred Chexter slinging cheeseball one-liner after cheeseball one-liner. I think this gets the closest to capturing the spirit of the original, but it's a bright spot awash in a sea of mediocrity.
Mr. Waffle got a remake
Looks budget, controls pretty slowly, but eh its a fun enough time. Short as hell, but the multiple playable characters is a decent enough excuse for replayability I suppose.
Gotta play again on a monitor I can actually see on. May be more worth replaying the original but it'd be a pain to set up
Doom but with cereal
Its alright
Its alright
BAD BAD I DO NOT LIKE IT.
I want to start a new cola hate kind of cult, but against this cereal brand just because of this game. I want to go to the streets of new york and pour this sugary delight down the drains, so the rats can feast. That's what this cereal deserves, to be eaten by infested rats.
Was it so hard to not remake an already derivitive and dull doom clone? Why did they do this? Was it a tax write off? Did this spike the sale in Chex cereal? Why waste the money on this? If they really wanted in on this retro shooter craze, they could've just remastered the old version.
As protest I am just conclude this review by doing what this game does: repeat myself but in a more incoherent way.
NO LIKEY IS SHIT
I want to start a new cola hate kind of cult, but against this cereal brand just because of this game. I want to go to the streets of new york and pour this sugary delight down the drains, so the rats can feast. That's what this cereal deserves, to be eaten by infested rats.
Was it so hard to not remake an already derivitive and dull doom clone? Why did they do this? Was it a tax write off? Did this spike the sale in Chex cereal? Why waste the money on this? If they really wanted in on this retro shooter craze, they could've just remastered the old version.
As protest I am just conclude this review by doing what this game does: repeat myself but in a more incoherent way.
NO LIKEY IS SHIT