Um jogo inspirado em Doom 1 e 2 muito criativo e bem divertido, ganha pontos comigo por ser feito por uma pessoa só.

Um Doom com elementos de terror se passando na URSS definitivamente é uma ideia kkkkkkkkk

Conceitualmente o jogo me chamou muito, mas acho que não tenho tanta paciência mais para esse estilo (tal qual Doom 1 e 2) onde se você morre você reinicia a fase do 0, independentemente de quão longa for.

Um clone de Quake ok, que realmente brilha nos momentos em que mostra sua individualidade.

O jogo é dividido em 3 capítulos ou episódios ou sei lá, assim como Quake, e o primeiro episódio é literalmente Quake com skin de união soviética, o que foi legal, porém vai enjoando, já no segundo episódio você vai pra um castelo insano, tem fantasmas, sessões de terror insanas, e esse é o melhor episódio do jogo, e o terceiro segue mais a linha de Quake de novo só que com animais insanos saindo da agua, o q é foda.

Eu acho que se o jogo focasse mais nesses momentos únicos, como a sessão de terror, ou a sessão de moto, ou a sessão contra morcas assassinas, esse jogo seria muito mais foda. O problema é que sempre depois de uma sessão foda tem alguma missão genérica onde é preciso matar os mesmos 5 inimigos várias vezes enquanto eles vem em ondas. Uma das maiores qualidades de Quake era o posicionamento de inimigos, nesse jogo eles spawnam do nada em hordas, isso é merda pura.

Darei a mesma nota que dei pra Quake, por que os visuais são fodas, os inimigos são legais, e as sessões onde são adicinadas novas mecânicas são muito iradas. A piadinha da receita no final de cada episódio é boa também.

Recomendo pra fãs de Quake, e também pra quem não é fã de Quake mas quer um jogo linear de tiro com uma ambientação diferenciada e bizarra.

HROT is another boomer shooter in the recent wave of games in this genre. It’s set in Czechoslovakia during the 80s, and that can be seen all throughout the game. All the signs are in Czech, the level design takes a lot of inspiration from soviet architecture and the colour palette is entirely brown. The setting is very well contextualized, but the player character goals and his enemies are left blank. You go through a level, killing some foes, and then go to the next one without any idea where you are going or who you are fighting. Overall if you have played and enjoyed the likes of DUSK and quake and don’t mind the issue, I presented than you will probably enjoy this one.

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
HROT left me confused. It's rare for a game to give so little reason for your actions (in this case, to beat the levels). What kept me going was mostly curiosity. The game constantly throws at your bizarre enemies, although they always fit the aesthetic. It has a charm and personality but no singular vision.

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲
HROT has pretty simple boomer shooter gameplay without any new fancy additions. You are faster than most enemies you will face and have an arsenal of 11 weapons. They are fun to use, but aren’t anything new. There isn’t even an alt fire. Enemy variety is pretty good. You never get stuck fighting the same enemies. I can say the same about the level design. Even the sewers were interesting. Although that could be because they are the same colour. There is also a lot of interactivity in the levels. For instance, you can flush a toilet or ring a doorbell of a flat and hear a dog bark on the other side. It adds to the charm of the game. There is even a section where you ride a bike. It should be noted that the levels are based on real locations.

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞
As can be expected from a boomer shooter, it's low-poly and retro. It also has a specific colour palate that is consistent through the whole game. Everything is washed out and brown. Given the 80s socialist country aesthetic, I think this is to be expected.

𝐀𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
The feeling I got from playing HROT was of confusion and slight paranoia. No idea where you are going or who you are fighting and whether you should be fighting. Of course, you should. After all, you have to protect the state, but on that note, why are you fighting alone.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
A dark ambiance ost that fits well enough with the rest of the game.

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

Ｎｏｔ ｓｕｉｔａｂｌｅ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕｔｈ ｕｎｄｅｒ ｔｈｅ ａｇｅ ｏｆ ３０ ｂｙ ｄｅｃｉｓｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｍｍｉｔｔｅｅ．

I'm going to summarize the reason why I decided to abandon this game. Imagine going through 10-15 minutes of a level, collecting everything, occasionaly getting lost just to arrive at what you assume is near the end of the level. You open a door and see a massive boulder sitting at the end of it, as you sprint trying to get out of its range you occasionally turn a corner just to finally be able to sigh a sigh of a relief. But just as you were celebrating your quick reaction the boulder turns the corner in a comedical fashion and it end up killing you, and you would have to restart the whole level again. Granted I wouldn't have hated that as much as I did if the game didn't want me to speedrun through the level again just to hopefully get something right the 2nd time

Definitely the weirdest of the Boomer Shooters I've played. The gameplay doesn't reinvent the wheel, it's pretty standard BoomShoot fare, but it's fun and that's what matters. The real draw of this game is the atmosphere and presentation. It feels like some new madness is waiting for you just around every corner, and it just gets stranger as you go, until you get to the ending which...you'll see. Just be warned, there are jumpscares in this game. One of which I thought was really cool and clever, and one that was really cheap and dumb. Oh, it's also brown. Very very brown.