DLC for a game that I wrote one of my earliest reviews I made on this site. Even if it wasn't too long in the grand scheme of things, returning to this game felt nostalgic. Amid Evil was my first retro shooter I ever played which then had me try a lot of other boom shoots, which in turn encourage me to try a lot of different types of games. I was enamored by the stunning environments of the original game, and the creative arsenal of magical artifacts that were unique takes on many classic FPS weapons, while having creative quirks between each weapon.
Black Labyrinth is more of the same. More levels with tightly paced events and challenges. More stunning environments that are some of the best made by any indie studio. And even new weapons. They aren't necessarily added to your weapon total but rather the newcomers replace other weapons from the base game. Instead of the axe you have your bare fists. By themselves they may feel a little weaker then the axe, but activating soul mode will allow you to go full JoJo mode and unleash a barrage of fists as your player character screams "ORA ORA ORA ORA!" I could nitpick and point out that the barrage of punches makes it really hard to see, but honestly I feel that adds to the rampage tone they're going for. Never got me killed at least. The second newcomer is the Voidsplitter, which replaces the Aeturnum. For those unfamiliar, the Aeturnum is a literal BFG with how it shoots out a huge projectile that creates tendrils the destroys most enemies in one hit. Because of that I felt the Voidsplitter was more fun to use since its instead a scythe that creates extremely large and deadly slicing projectiles that cuts anything in two, but it needs better accuracy then the Aeturnum. Not by much, but lining up shots to destroy a crowd of enemies had me luring and planning more carefully then just tossing out a BFG when I was panicking.
Lastly the few bosses were a decent challenge, and at least didn't die in three seconds flat like most from the base game.
Not much else to add really. This was really solid and I'm glad I still really love this game even now. It's not the most complex or intricate in the genre, but it's unique and there really isn't anything like it.
And now it's a great JoJo simulator.
Black Labyrinth is more of the same. More levels with tightly paced events and challenges. More stunning environments that are some of the best made by any indie studio. And even new weapons. They aren't necessarily added to your weapon total but rather the newcomers replace other weapons from the base game. Instead of the axe you have your bare fists. By themselves they may feel a little weaker then the axe, but activating soul mode will allow you to go full JoJo mode and unleash a barrage of fists as your player character screams "ORA ORA ORA ORA!" I could nitpick and point out that the barrage of punches makes it really hard to see, but honestly I feel that adds to the rampage tone they're going for. Never got me killed at least. The second newcomer is the Voidsplitter, which replaces the Aeturnum. For those unfamiliar, the Aeturnum is a literal BFG with how it shoots out a huge projectile that creates tendrils the destroys most enemies in one hit. Because of that I felt the Voidsplitter was more fun to use since its instead a scythe that creates extremely large and deadly slicing projectiles that cuts anything in two, but it needs better accuracy then the Aeturnum. Not by much, but lining up shots to destroy a crowd of enemies had me luring and planning more carefully then just tossing out a BFG when I was panicking.
Lastly the few bosses were a decent challenge, and at least didn't die in three seconds flat like most from the base game.
Not much else to add really. This was really solid and I'm glad I still really love this game even now. It's not the most complex or intricate in the genre, but it's unique and there really isn't anything like it.
And now it's a great JoJo simulator.