I Got Wrack

As the Doom fan that I am, I knew I had to buy this game as soon as I stumbled upon it. So I did, expecting greatness, looking forward to reliving my nostalgic moments with the game. It's still a game under development, and in buying the game I get access to early releases from this point onward. The download was quick, just 2-300MB in size, and here's what the game looks like:

If you want more media just visit the site above. ;) First impressions of the game? Eh... not that great. It's still a development version so I'm not complaining, yet, but my first venture through the first level felt... boring. The enemies seemed flat and cartoony, not as sinister as they did in Doom, the environment both simple and atmospheric but at the same time a bit generic. The first level layout wasn't easily navigable, the one weapon ran out of ammo quickly, and shooting foes wasn't a very rewarding task in the first place since they just 'poofed' away when they died and just flared a bit when you hit them. No advanced or gritty death animations here. I also had to disable shadows and some other dynamic effect to make the game quit lagging on my computer, but that's entirely my fault since the computer I currently run isn't made for gaming at all.

So, those were my first impressions. I will play the game again. I will give the editor a try (that in particular seems like a great feature), and I will follow the development progress because I have, after all, not played very much and I'm probably missing out on a lot of greatness. Not to mention the fact that the screen above definitely promises a much brighter and entertaining future of this game. It will be fun seeing how it turns out! Then there's the fact that Bobby Prince made the soundtrack for this game (same guy that made the soundtrack for Doom). Not sure how many games he's made soundtracks for, but it's got to be special. Right? If you're a fan of Doom or FPS's in general, I'm not trying to dissuade you from buying this game. By all means, get it! Quick! Who knows when the price will rise tenfold or the benefits of buying the game in its early stages will no longer be beneficial. If you buy the game, they they'll also have more funds to throw into development, resulting an even better end-project. It's a win win siltation. I'll keep you posted.