Supplice

This game is incredibly fun. I'm so glad I found it. Everything about it is fantastic. Great gunplay and level design. One of the few GZDoom projects I would put up there with Selaco. It strikes a perfect balance between seriousness and tongue in cheek humor. And the soundtrack... One of the soundtracks of all time, for sure. Bravo to the developers, I can't wait to play the rest of the game and to play chapter 5 in September!

As my job has become increasingly chaotic, I have developed cravings for solid boomer shooters to let me wind down post work. Supplice does not let me down in this regard, but the starting level had this unfortunate mix of being both slow and confusing about where to go in order to proceed. Luckily, the pace quickly picks up after the first level where hordes of various abominations will swarm you. Not much else to say. It looks and plays the part. Would recommend!

this is a tentative review as i haven't beaten the game yet, but the entire first act and beginning of the second impressed me a lot. no jumping or crouching felt strange given how vertical the levels are until i realized that it actually uses that for some pretty devious "platforming" challenges, then it became really cool trying to figure out how to use the kind of Marathon-type walking over gaps thing and the knockback from weapon fire to reach upgrade items (which feel absolutely worth picking up) Supplice mode (the highest one) is a pretty good challenge, but i feel like the difficulty could be pushed even further and hope the remaining levels deliver on that. either way though the art is great, the music is great (though one track per level when the levels are 40+ minutes long can get a little repetitive regardless of how good it is), clearing an entire hallway firing three barrels of a rotary shotgun at once is exactly as satisfying as it sounds. it also manages to make a whole lot of distinct challenges with surprisingly few enemy types (though i am starting to see more as the game goes on, which is nice). i mentioned the levels are 40+ minutes long, but i should clarify that i don't think they drag on at all. they're extremely well-paced and dense with a ton of combat challenges and some genuinely surprising monster closets that recontextualize the spaces you've already fought in. very well put together. if you're into Doom mods and megawads, you know why you're here. if you're not (i'm pretty new to them myself), this one's well worth your time, especially if you're the type to scour levels to find as many bonus items and secrets as you can

Oh man, why isn’t this one more well known? At the time of writing, there are only four episodes available, with two more apparently on the way, and I honestly can’t wait for the rest. This is built on GZDoom, but it’s more than just a Doom total conversion. There is a story here, something about AI, and all that good sci-fi stuff. I mostly mashed through the story bits because I just wanted to blast things, but it is there, and it’s mainly presented through terminals. At its core, this is a boomer shooter running on GZDoom, and it absolutely delivers. The weapons are really fun, the shooting feels great, and the level design is excellent. You are constantly unlocking shortcuts that make backtracking smoother, and there are loads of secrets with meaningful permanent upgrades. Episodes don't have many levels but each one is large. The guns are a highlight. It has a great shotgun pair, the combat feels satisfying, most of the enemies are fun to fight, and the bosses are pretty good too. Each episode adds something new to the experience. I did find Episode 4 a bit weaker than the others, mostly because the theme and environments didn’t really grab me, but it still wasn’t bad. One odd issue I had was with the story terminals. If I left them open for too long, they caused a really aggressive sort of “burn-in” effect on my monitor. I could still see the text stuck on the screen for a while after leaving the game, even after turning off the monitor and computer and coming back later. It happened twice, but thankfully it faded in the end. I fixed it by running the game through Gamescope and capping the FPS. Anyway, if you enjoy Doom-likes, you will very likely enjoy this. It deserves way more attention.

absolutely a killer game, guns feel great

So far I've completed the 1st mission. Was not happy about where it started me so I stopped playing. Came back to it today did the entire first mission and read almost all the dialogue but missed one terminal. It's definitely a breath of fresh air. Wonderful story and dialogue. I actually don't care that much that I have to read a lot of text. Because it's believable and actually fun to read it. Can't wait to play the rest of this game. Only thing is that the beginning you get thrown in with no direction. Maybe start in a small room with a terminal. But as you play and read it'll tell you the mission objective.

The levels are interesting, if overlong. The lore is very well written. The music is REALLY good for a boom-shoot. You can really tell there's a lot of passion behind this from a lot of experienced doom modders. The weapons are just OK, the monsters as well, and they love dropping a ton of monsters behind you from a monster closet. IMO, the first episode was the most fun, and the design / drive to play suffered after that. I probably won't finish Supplice, as much as I want to. Solid experience, but if you're not already a boomer shooter fan, this probably isn't going to be the one to change your mind. Love doom mods and wanna support a passion project? Then it's worth the money.

Supplice is quite simply sublime. Easily my favourite old school/boomer shooter. It’s essentially a hybrid of doom & duke nukem. The shooting mechanics and map design are excellent. Also runs well on deck. 9/10