CULTIC

CULTIC Chapter one is on of the best FPS games I have ever played. CULTIC Chapter two is on of the worst FPS games I have ever played. I beg the developer from the bottom of my heart never to develop another game again. Steam has enough junk already.

First off all, Cultic Chapter 1 is up there with my all time favorite games ever. Pacing, gunplay, atmosphere, art, horror, music just a 10\10 across the board. That being said Chapter 2 is disappointing -As cool as it is to have such big maps, it feels more like mini levels were put into the map instead of making the map the level, and by mini levels i mean TINY closed in, tight hallways filled with enemies like its Serious Sam. Often i had to just wait around a corner and take out enemies one by one as they funelled in which wasnt really fun. I just wanted the encounter to be over already so i can progress, which made repeating fights after deaths even more annoying. -The gunplay is top notch as youd expect, the heavy weapons especially are really cool. But as many have said before, the lack of ammo is just annoying, as efficient as i try to be all i have left by the end of a fight gets eaten up by the pullet sponges that are heavies. Now, there were situations where it pushed me to be creative and change my approach, but when that becomes every second encounted it just slows the game down even more, and after you die all you can di is repeat the slow process all over again. Because youre so starved of resources you might as well restart the whole chapter. -Art, atmosphere, horror, music im gonna bundle cuz this is the part of the game that is outstanding! The dev really outdid themselves, the levels are bautifull and detailed, atmosphere is both horrific and serene, every deliberately created horror sequence is done exceptionally well and i cant praise enough how effective they are. When playing there are still moments that i love, but i cant help but feel we went BIGGER but didnt adjust the gameplay to fit the scope of that. Sure the enemy count is higher, the maps are bigger, its more difficult, but i have so little to fully engage with it when i have so little at my disposal. [Also the heavy enemies are a much bigger annoyance in this chapter, they have that Quake issue where they just eat up ammo and they throw way more of them at you this time around]. Also i dont use Quick Saves, i want to play games by the pacing the devs intended. Then again, the game has been out for a while, ive beaten it multiple times, its been praised deservedly so, but to me Chapter 2 is a downgrade, punishing not in a challenging or fun way, bigger but slower, excellent gunplay but not enough resources to fully play into this games strenghts. This is not a Dont Recommend review, moreso a disappointed as a huge fan review.

it's pretty good game but I don't think plagiarism should be supported and this is just such a ripoff of so many games that came before. Blood, obviously, but also Stalker, Resident Evil, etc. I wish the author tried to make something original, rather than remaking work of others.

I enjoyed Chapter 1, but Chapter 2 really missed the mark. The pacing grinds to a halt at multiple points. There's a heavy reliance on maze navigation, which wasn't present in Chapter 1 and isn't really a welcome addition. I would be interested in what the developer does next, and Chapter 1 is absolutely worth playing, but don't feel pressured to soldier through Chapter 2 if it's really not clicking with you. You aren't the only one who feels that way.

Бумер-шутер, который мне неловко ругать, но плюсов для меня оказалось меньше минусов. Сначала про плохое. 1) Визуал игры очень не очень. И если стилистические решения я ругать не буду, это на любителя (я не из их числа), то вот общая серость и тёмность игры очень мешает проходить её. За исключением идейно-хоррорных сцен, конечно. Я слишком часто оказывался в ситуации, когда противник стрелят хай пойми откуда издалека, но в общей массе коричневых пикселей разглядеть его очень сложно, что на высоких уровнях сложности просто фатально. 2) Разнообразием врагов игра не блещет. Считываются они нормально (с близкого расстояния), но в большинстве своём скучны. 3) И при этом, они чертовски, адово, неимоверно бесят на экстриме (проходил игру только на нём). Стреляют из-за стен хитсканом, то на предупреждение, то нет, являются губками для урона. Попасть в софт-лок в этой игре слишком просто. 4) Геймдизай уровней хороший, тут не докопаться, но сами они.. ну вот типичный набор. Некоторые достаточно атмосферны, но я могу назвать от силы два, что мне запомнились. 5) Скоростной, рывокообразный геймплей подразумевается, но постоянно мешают мелкие объекты. Плюс, насколько круто в игре бросать Молотов, настолько же этого делать не хочется — постоянно поджигаешь сам себя. 6) Глава 2. Она существует, она долгая, карты на ней слишком часто заставляют тебя просто бегать, да ещё и черезчур путанные. С другой стороны, выделю позитивные аспекты. 1) Безмерное уважение разработчику. Игра — соло-проект, мне неловко от того, что она мне не понравилась. 2) Да, визуал ЛИЧНО мне не зашёл, но даже я должен подтвердить, что атмосферу в игре можно есть ложкой. 3) Нарратив через окружение отменный. Если думать во время игры, а не просто струлякать, то можно заметить кучу мелочей и занятных деталей. 4) Музыка. Ну это просто вау. Отдельно в плейлист. То же справедливо сказать про саунд-дизайн в целом.

Chapter 1 review only... Enjoyed Cultic greatly. Clearly an ode to classic Blood going off the main arsenal. Has an old school feeling with some modern bits sprinkled in, such as dash dodging and sliding, and the occasional bullet time whilst poppin' a cult members head with a lever action rifle. I read reviews that Cultic is regarded as being a bit hard, even on the easier modes - I played on Extreme and personally found it reasonably fair. It's unforgiving enough to punish you for dancing around like Rambo, while not being too frustrating and a good challenge. Secret hunting the same - I found all of them on every level without any guides or help. They're secret enough to be 'out of the way', rewarding to find and not too many (5 or 6 per level) Gunplay is nice, highlights are the shotgun and level action rifle. I enjoyed axe and dynamite throwing too. All in all, if you're into 'boomer-shooters' at all, this is well worth a look.

I want to love this game, but there is one thing that sits there, pissing and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on everything else. Weapon selection. Yep, basic weapon selection. There's a weapon wheel that makes everything screech to a halt (not not STOP time just SLOW it because then it might be useful and we can't have THAT) and I don't use it because I'm not console scum. Then there's the "weapon scroll." It's kinda like what was in the OG Half Life and I hated it there to. It doesn't help that the weapon icons all have the same style as the game (ie, look like ♥♥♥♥ and all look the same) and there's no way to switch to a classic previous/next system. You can turn the weapon scroll OFF but it does just that. I makes the mouse wheel do nothing! WELL GEE THANKS! THAT'S SooooO HELPFUL! I've died so many times with my ♥♥♥♥ in hand, trying to select a weapon. It feels unfair every time. At the start it's not too bad but in later levels it's beyond annoying. "WeL JuSt uSe tHa nuMba kEys" Yeah I just LOVE taking my hands off the movement keys in a movement shooter, just to accommodate this crappy design decision.