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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
EarthBound
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
Half-Life
Half-Life
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground

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Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D

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Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
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Heretic
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Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies

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SuperHot: Mind Control Delete
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This review contains spoilers

Not counting the Nocturnal Missions (which I will eventually also play), I beat this one in a couple hours. Early on I was a little less than impressed, perhaps going from Doom and Doomclones to a predecessor was destined to initially disappoint, at least in technicality, but by the end i'd come away liking this one. The levels feel cramped and the enemies hit a bit too hard, but honestly those felt like positives the more I played. As much as playing this sort of game can be fun as a mindless powering through several hundred enemies, there's something just as satisfying about being more careful, and beating a level with minimal damage taken after sneaking your way around. It just fit the atmosphere of the game. Graphically it's obviously very primitive compared to a lot of the later retro FPS styles that i'd prefer aesthetically, but it was fine enough and I can't say I look to these kinds of games for stunning visual experiences. This did exactly what I needed it to do, and that was let me shoot my way through roughly thirty entertaining maps of enemies with boss fights that are mostly underwhelming. That's the Retro FPS way.

This review contains spoilers

More of the same of the main game, which is a good thing, but there are a few things that bring it down somewhat. Obviously the two episodes here don't end with boss fights in the way the main game's three episodes do, instead you end with a fight against multiple prior bosses instead. That, to be fair, is an issue i've had in a lot of games of this type (looking at Doom 64 in particular) but while I get it it's still a bit disappointing. I think the second episode here is the only proper trouble I had finding my way around levels in the whole game too, which is definitely more a thing of my inability than the game being at fault, but it did diminish my experience a tiny bit. Either way, it's a Doom style retro shooter and I like those a lot, and it took about a few hours to beat in total so it wasn't anything I regret. Worth the play if you like Heretic's first three episodes or just like Doom in general.

I'm pretty partial to this style of game anyway, so this being yet another of the very early Doom-style of shooter with a memorable, enjoyable aesthetic to it and a decently breezy playthrough meant it was hardly going to settle lower than "this is pretty great" in my estimation. It's decently short too, only three episodes (with a couple more with the version I have that were part of a DLC), and each one has decently fun locations, interesting enemies and cool weapons. Really not much else to be said than that. Simple, very fun, and that's what i'm looking for with this stuff. Definitely playing the two expansion episodes next.