AMID EVIL

Game doesn't try too hard, and that's a good thing. Fast paced, long enough to be worth the money, but not too long to make it repetitive. The death voice animation makes me moist.

Boring derivative sludge.

Aquel que critica los escenarios, no pasó de los primeros tres niveles; Aquel que critica las armas, no entendió lo que significa el empuñarlas; y Aquel que critica la dificultad es malo no más. Amid Evil es uno de los mejores retro shooter o boomer shooter (o como sea que se les diga hoy en día) que hay. Heredero de Heretic y Hexen. Quizá arranque medio normalito pero con cada nuevo nivel se descubre muchísimo a través de ellos. Espaciosos, gran verticalidad, incitan al jugador a correr, disparar, girar, saltar, y estar siempre en movimiento. Aunque hay oportunidades en donde te van a extrañar, confundir, asustar, y dejar impresionado. Variados enemigos, buen diseño de niveles que recompensa la exploración, muchos secretos, desafios personales con logros al final del nivel y sin lugar a dudas lo que más destaca es el arte y el diseño de niveles. Las geometrías y mas que nada los colores, llaman la atención y establecen una relación que genera una sensación de admiración e intimidación hacia el jugador. Los niveles cuentan una historia, de sus habitantes,ritos y naturalezas culturales, los cuáles fueron corruptos por el MAL (EVIL). Sin duda los niveles que más me encantaron son los de The Arcane Expanse y The Void, por su intrínseco esoterismo; varias veces me he quedado Ssimplemente admirando. Las armas son tremendas, hay 7 en total (+2 en su DLC) y todas tienen un ataque principal y un ataque secundario más poderoso, que se puede utilizar temporalmente una vez alcanzamos una cuota total de almas enemigas recogidas: Un hacha que se convierte en una licuadora Un bastón de hechicero que lanza orbes rastreadores o un torrente Una espada que lanza cortes proyectiles y que rebotan en las paredes Un Tridente que dispara una andanada de rayos o un láser Un Cetro que extrae planetas de sus orbitas, los encoje, y te permite usarlos de proyectiles (Incluyendo a la tierra!) y que su ataque potente dispara SOLES. (mi arma favorita) Y una cosa extraña y corrupta de lazos púrpuras que lanza orbes que encadenan enemigos con rayos haciendo un daño tremendo, o alternativamente, agujeros negros. Sin mencionar los puños o la hoz que rompe realidades en el dlc. Modo hordas, 4 dificultades, un codex con Lore, mecánicas simples pero que requieren habilidad para masterear. Simplemente genial, y si te gustan los juegos de este estilo, tenés que jugarlo. 0 bugs, 0 problemas, 0 crasheos, vale totalmente el precio.

I was always really into Heretic though and AE hits all the same notes while having plenty of original flavor. The arsenal of weapons are unique and interesting and the levels are wonderfully themed and imaginative. Not all of them are winners, especially if you don't love 3D platforming, but taken as a whole there is a great amount of quality content here that perfectly encapsulates why the core gameplay of those early fps games holds up to this day.

Overall, a great FPS game with a nice-looking art style and satisfying shooting. Instead of using your usual weapons, you are using maces, axes, or staffs to shoot magic projectiles at a huge variety of enemies. The game is not trying to be something unique and does not need to be at all. Simply put, an excellent Shooter if you are looking for something more grounded.

It just doesn't feel like something that New Blood would make. I've played just about every game that New Blood has had a hand in since Dusk, and I have NEVER been disappointed until I played AMID EVIL. The good? This game is beautiful. Honestly, this looks better than most AAA titles that come out today, and it runs significantly better. I've only have one freeze, but that was after letting it sit paused for a prolonged period of time. The enemy design is nice. Each zone completely changes the enemies, so you go from fighting basic knight-type enemies in one zone to fighting Celestial Monstrosities beyond human comprehension in another. It changes up frequently enough to keep you from getting bored of shooting the same exact bullet sponges from level to level. The soundtrack is a banger. It's not Dusk level, in my opinion, but it gets the job done. The bad? Playing through this, it feels like there was zilch in terms of communication between the teams that made this, and by that, I mean: Whoever designed the weapons failed to give them any punch, whoever designed the enemies gave them too much health, whoever designed the levels didn't think about the fact that we have no parry, dodge, etc to protect ourselves and made each level a series of narrow corridors that lead to arena sections (which are still extremely small when compared to other games with arena shooting sections) with 20 enemies that can hit you 5 times before you can hit them once. The platforming feels abysmal, as you have no sense of momentum. It's very easy to fall off the narrow ledges that they designed (which most of the time you have no choice but to go on because it's the actual path you're supposed to take) and have to do it all over again. The enemy AI is (somehow) even more intelligent than the AI for Ready or Not. And by that, I mean you will be, attacked from all angles before you even know what's happening, be shot by things from halfway across the map that you can't even SEE, and you will think they're dead but they'll stand up and stab you in the chest 34 times and overkill you. If you've never heard of New Blood or you're new to gaming in general, try out something like Dusk before you go into AMID EVIL (If you choose to pick this one up at all). You'll actually get to see how good of a game these guys can make, and this one will just leave a sour first impression. Edit: It's honestly so bad that I really wish I could refund it. Do with that what you will.

本体+DLC通关，本体每一大章有一批新种类怪的设定挺有意思，关卡也都挺稳定的，武器的话冰锤玩起来很带感，将敌人钉在墙壁上很有趣，另外DLC的拳套玩起来比斧头爽多了，尤其暴走之后直接欧拉欧拉，最后BOSS对拳的桥段很有JOJO的感觉。