Killing Time: Resurrected

Had an awesome adventure.

Killing Time: Resurrected is a fun romp through boomer shooter history. Beautifully remastered by Nightdive Studios (as per usual), this game is just brimming with charm, which makes it hard to believe that this game seems to have gone relatively under the radar when it first released. The odd mix of animation and real actors is perhaps the game's strongest point, it creates such a unique setting and vibe that really hooked me into the world in a way I haven't been hooked in a long time. Each enemy feels unique, and the design is so odd that you can't help but remember it. As for the gunplay, I would honestly say this is one of the weaker points in the game. The guns are exactly what you would expect them to be, which I think hurts the zaniness they were going for with this game. You kill each enemy in essentially the same way, meaning there is no reason apart from ammo concerns to switch weapons or anything of the sort. *IMPORTANT NOTE*: I had no idea that you were able to use the vessels you find throughout the game as items, you need to use the [ and ] keys to toggle between them and ENTER to use them, and honestly they probably would have made the gameplay feel better than it did for me. Make sure to read the controls very carefully, there is no tutorial or anything of the sort. The map design was absolutely fantastic, with its sprawling open world it rewards a good memory and an explorer's mindset. It's easy to get lost at times, but you'll always find your way back to a familiar area eventually. There is never a wrong way to go, with rewards awaiting everywhere. On this note, the game essentially boils down to being a key-finding simulator with 20(!!) keys that are required to progress through the story. If this sounds like a bore to you they are admittedly quite easy to find, and you will likely find them all just by playing through the map, although if you do happen to miss one like I did it can get very frustrating figuring out where you missed it. My biggest gripe with the game is that I really wish there were either different or less frequent voicelines. Each enemy seems to have exactly one noise that they make in each situation, which can become annoying when you're killing 20 of the same type of enemy in a row. The worst offender of this is definitely Tess' ghost, which is scattered perhaps 50 times around the map, repeating "Help me!" every 5 seconds if you are within earshot, which you very frequently will be. These usually serve as indicators of where you can watch a ghost interaction, but my goodness does it ever get annoying when you're lost in the mansion and Tess won't stop asking you for help. Overall I do definitely recommend this game, I had a blast playing it!

Great remaster. It was my first time playing this game, and I can see how it has influenced other games.

The original had its flaws, but I think this remaster makes the overall package much worse and misses the point. The enemy spritework looks like a poor AI imitation that lacks any of the creepiness it once had, all of the details are too small to make anything out. The more modernized controls should be enjoyable, but they make the large open areas feel incredibly tedious and barren, plus they also take away from the atmosphere of the original, which relied on its slow pace to make you feel tense. When the game isn't designed as one big obstacle anymore, it's just not engaging. The tight corridors meant to keep you on-edge in the original just become annoyingly cramped twists and turns that meander rather than leading you toward anything.

A fun hidden gem of an FPS from the 1990's. Worth the price, easily.

Doom meets The 7th Guest. Do you enjoy Doom, and are you old enough to remember when all shooters were called Doom-clones? Killing Time is essentially a very elaborate Doom WAD with fantastic, cheesy live action elements. I wouldn't call it a "hidden gem," but for ten bucks, I had a blast playing a game I never had a chance to get ahold of as a kid (because who the hell owned a 3DO?).

Лучшая версия killing time который можно со 100 % уверенностью рекомендовать для ознакомления мало того они переработали ПК версии с возможностью поменять спрайтов оружии и врагов с версии 3do так и на ПК, так они выпустили патч добавляющий уровни консольной версии 3dо. Снимаю шляпу nightdive studios.

С патчем 2.0 в ремастер добавили кампании как из оригинальной PC-версии, так и 3DO, так что спустя полтора года комплект получился отличный.