Pixelgate writes:
''Doom is currently dazzling the masses with its old school flair. The fast paced combat, its wonderfully crafted level design, all packed together with satisfying gameplay. Doom has introduced a new generation of people to classic first person shooter design. Good news, Doom is one of many games on the market. There’s only few similar games, but anyone with a bang average laptop or PC can run a whole host of game similar to Doom.''
Evercade has teased a new DOOM release for their platform.
I hope they make a Doom themed VS unit with red lighting. it will be like the Duke 3d one they did a couple years ago.
Joel writes: "The new Painkiller is here, but how does the revived first-person shooter cope in 2025? Let me clue you in, but prepare for the worst."
Wow, how mighty have fallen. Forced in co-op, no story, basically it is Painkiller in name and game to please shareholders by being multiplayer. Even for singleplayer you just do multiplayer with 2 bots. 9 levels, they feel same, nothing really is there to mix up gameplay enough to rival Director AI from Left 4 Dead, which gave that game long life. Also I didn't even know they were making this, players too, it has 82 concurrent players at max for last week, from 871 peak of all time, which is 19 days. Left 4 Dead has 25k concurrent right now and that is below 24h or week peaks. Like, if you ask me, if you were interested, just pick Vermintide 2 and you got better game. And if you are looking into boomer shooters, anything will do better job for singleplayer. I haven't followed genre as much, so I don't have recommendation, but Painkiller really missed the mark on what it was supposed to be. And now it is just a hollow skin that was in desperation stretched over new body that isn't Painkiller, but parades with its skin around trying to look favorable, when it looks like butchered monster.
TNS: Painkiller might have excellent gunplay and some customization, but everything else makes this shooter flat and uninspiring.
