Desecrators

Mouse input does not work correctly. When using the mouse it is not possible to reach the full turn speed you can achieve with a controller. Increasing sensitivity makes it twitchier at low speed but does not increase maximum speed. I posted a discussion thread about this and they told me to try the beta branch then deleted my thread so I can't reply. So I guess I'll just post here that the beta branch is different but still does not work correctly. The graphics are a bit too N64 for my taste, The projectiles are nice but the world is chunky with mostly brown blurry textures, often stretched out. There are cheap details like the doors that squish open rather than animate. There's a random offset applied to each vertex so the whole level looks like a grade school arts and crafts project that someone sat on. The underwater sections look nice. Randomly assembled levels are hard to navigate and have weird spikes in difficulty. You can go into a tunnel, push a button, and a dozen damage sponge enemies will spawn behind you. Levels have no design sense due to being random, so the handle to open a forcefield can be on the other side of the planet. There's no logic to the texturing, random walls will look like door or secrets but they're just randomly assigned different textures. You constantly have to consult the map because the level design is random. All of the enemy ships are better than mine, in terms of damage output, durability, and manueverability. I have to plink at them from a distance and avoid engaging more than one at a time. I find weapons but can't collect them because I have no slots. It takes 3+ missions worth of points to buy a mediocre upgrade.

Mouse input is not handled well *at all.* I've come to realize this is apparently a preference of Descent-like players, but moving the mouse quickly results in less movement than moving the mouse very slowly, which feels absolutely terrible to me. Controller implementation fares either not much better or worse, depending on your preferences: The joystick *is* actually analog, though you're forgiven for not realizing this. Enable Steam Input, set a custom response curve of 45 and an anti-deadzone of 65000 and it feels mostly alright, though you'll also want to use Steam Input to change your inversion - the in-game setting is reversed on controller and does not save between sessions. You'll also want to rebind left on the D-pad to the left arrow key if you want to navigate menus, as that button just doesn't work unless you do so. Ignoring the outright broken input handling, the game itself is unfortunately just mostly okay, greatly buoyed by its excellent graphics and music, which are highly nostalgic and really hit the mark they're aiming for. Bravo. I love seeing the PS2/OG Xbox aesthetic getting love in the indie space. This also means it runs beautifully, which is appreciated. The auto-roll is surprisingly unobtrusive and really helps with orienting yourself in the labyrinthine stages, and the thing that shows you where to go greatly cuts down on navigational annoyances, which is great. These are two smartly designed and much appreciated systems. Unfortunately, enemies are extremely tanky, combat is incredibly hard to read, and most combat ends up taking place in cramped corridors that leave little room to avoid taking damage from the walls of bullets constantly heading your way. I was debating getting a refund and asked my self "how early access is this game?" And the answer is that it's not. It's still getting updates, but this is in an unacceptably rough - honestly just broken - state for it to be in post-1.0.

This gets the confusion, claustrophobia and dark sci-fi feeling of Descent and Forsaken perfectly, but unlike Overload, it's also more or less infinitely replayable and the procedural generation actually works REALLY well with highly abstract level design like this. I have not had this much fun with this type of game since the original Descent.

A spiritual successor to Descent and Forsaken. A fun roguelite ship-based exploration shooter where we collect artifacts and desecrate abandoned places while listening to Fear Factory in the background. You are Dan "Desecrator" Wade and you won't stop at nothing to get those treasures even if you'll have to fight the god himself (Andy Samberg). Fantastic gameplay loop, excellent graphics, cool electronic music and one of a kind atmosphere. This one is underrated a lot and I hope the devs will get enough funds to give us a sequel or work on another project. Songs to listen to while playing the game: Fear Factory - Descent Head Phones President - Desecrate Orbital - Shadows Decrepit Birth - Dimensions Intertwine The Prodigy - Jericho (Genaside II Remix) Rings Of Saturn - Gidim Man With No Name - Teleport Celldweller - Descent Fear Factory - Desecrate

If your like Descent or 6DOF games you will love Descrators.. A cross between Forsaken Sublevel zero and Descent/Overload.. branching path with a rouge like element to it... With co op and other modes. I keep going back to this game.. I am kind of addicted to it.. Works great on the steamdeck too!

It's the best Descent-like Ive played yet. Runs like a dream, feels great to play & has amazing visual clarity. Overall just looks & plays amazingly. In all of its simplicity, everything is coherent from an artistic stand point to the gameplay itself and I don't do this often but gonna unironically quote Todd Howard's "It just works". AI is insanely solid for this kind of game too, getting invaded by other desecrators feels like having intense dog fights with actual human players. Despite the game having proc-gen levels (which was initially a little turn off for me when looking at the storepage) these are actually really great and if you told me that they were handcrafted I wouldn't bat an eye lid. Also, I don't even want to get started on how cool the tools/weapons at your disposal are. Top tier game.

Modern Descent/Forsaken. Procedural generation works well here for replayability - superior to Overload. However, maps are a bit of a samey maze.

I love the look and feel of this game, although I'd have preferred a bespoke campaign over the rogue-like style campaign.