AMID EVIL

What a miserable game. I tried to enjoy it, I did. I had to stop because this is one of the very few games that has triggered my vertigo. The maps are so incredible confusing. Seems to be inspired by Quake but the map design is so bad. Music is serviceable, but I found it to be more of an annoyance to have it on. The way the weapons work has to be the most frustrating part of the game. There is no CLEAR indication for when you are allowed to use a weapon if you have full mana/energy. Got to the second or third boss fight and I just couldn't take it anymore since the movement mechanics were killing me half the time not providing an ounce of forgiveness. If you do pick up the game, I high suggest turning off a number of HUD features if you have eye problems.

Grew up on Doom II, Duke 3D, Hexen, Serious Sam...loved and still love those games. This game has been hyped up to the heavens, had it on my wishlist for years, decided to pull the trigger. Right from the start, the difficulty select is a large, empty desert hallway segment. Retina-burning color saturation. Slippery movement. Little baby jump mechanic combined with every single gap being sized so you have to do it perfectly. Hi-def weapon models and textures juxtaposed with Doom 64-esque enemy models and terrain. Tutorial engravings on the walls show up in big letters in the center of the screen with no pause. 2 melee weapons, then the first ranged weapon you get fires homing shots so you can just blast without aiming and kill everything without ever having to worry about ammo. Huge, empty levels. No automap. Turok-style fog effects. Feels like playing an N64 game on an emulator. Gave it half an hour, don't feel like I'll ever want to go back to it. Does NOT live up to the monumental hype.