Game Review: Project Warlock

I first learned about Project Warlock through one of the few parts of game streamer culture I actually participate in, the Continue? Show. I've been watching them for six years now and have seen almost everything game-related they put out, so when they posted a video about a retro-styled PC shooter I'd never heard of, one that reminded me a lot of a modernized version of Catacomb Abyss mixed with Doom, I immediately put it on my wishlist. And when it went on sale, I bought it. Especially when I saw someone online describe it as "Hexenstein 3D," since I've played two of those three references and loved both of them. I don't really like playing modern first-person shooters because the more realistic the violence gets the less I want to play it--this is true of other game genres as well, but it comes out strongest in first-person shooters and fighting games--but pixel games? Bring it on.

End result? It was pretty good, but I do wonder if I should have played Hexen or Heretic instead.

Ancient surroundings, high-tech weaponry.

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