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Prodeus
Released On: Sep 23, 2022
84
7.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
84
72% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
84
72% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Intelligent design and fierce intensity combine to make Prodeus the finest single-player shooter of the year so far. It loses marks for a confusing economy and overworld, but it’s still worth whispering in the same reverent voice you save for the classics.
In some respects Prodeus pretty much seems to be a clone of the very
first Doom, but it imitates the legend ridiculously well, because the
guys from Bounding Box Software perfectly understand the pillars of id
Software’s success. Their game is fast and satisfying, old school and
modern at the same time, sounds great and looks even better.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 62 User Ratings
7.4
53% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
40% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
6% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 62 User Ratings
7.4
53% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
40% Mixed
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
6% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
A very well made and confident boomer-shooter. It's doing some cool spoofed sprite visuals that work very well and actually look quite good. It features a few different areas throughout that keep the environments looking different and unique. In addition the level design is very competent.
Weapons sound and feel good. Very punchy. I will point out that most weapons do have reloads unlike Doom, but I don't feel it hurts the flow of combat in any way.
Oh yeah, and there's a LOT of blood.
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Sick af AF.
The amazing enemy sprite work makes blowing everything apart 3x more satisfying. You CAN turn them into 3d models, but only someone who really hates themselves would do that... Makes me wish Quake had the same option. Seriously, I'm on level 22 now and there hasn't been a single level that I didn't rate as "good". (You can rate every level as good or bad after you win). It pulls off what it's trying to do flawlessly. I f***ING love this game.
Ultra juicy. Would bang.
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Prodeus is an excellent title that can provide you with several hours of adrenaline injection and fun. Solid level design, gratifying gunplay, and beautiful aesthetics, comprise this well-made FPS, one of the best in recent memory for sure.
Prodeus’ ultraviolent combat is fantastic if that’s what you’re in the mood for. But even the most delicious meal can sour in the stomach if there’s simply too much. In short bursts, Prodeus not just stands on the shoulders of giants, it dwarfs them. Over hours, though, the incessant action and jackhammer sound design start to feel a little restrictive and repetitive. Prodeus is a near-perfect homage to late 90s shooters, but you don’t need to be a demon spawn of Doom to enjoy it.
Prodeus is stupidly fun, looks incredible, sounds fantastic, and is launching into a subscription service many people reading this may have. It’s been a bit of a weird marketing cycle leading up to the launch of the game, but I hope as many people as possible at least try it out. It’s one hell of a love letter to the FPS genre for both the old and the new.
Neat retro shooter with good game flow and sound design, yet turns out
to be a little too easy and concludes a little too abruptly.
Prodeus is a noble tribute to the original Doom with plenty of action, excellent stylized visuals, and great level design. However, the brief campaign grows repetitive as the mechanics don't evolve beyond the basics, and multiplayer is unfortunately empty.
Is exactly what it's trying to be, a modern take on the oldschool shooters (these days I think people refer to them as "boomer shooters"), a blend of old style graphics but with flair here and there that would definitely not have run on a high end machine of the time. It looks gorgous to the kind of person who has nostalgia for the time period it's successfully emulating. The game-play is fast paced action with top tier responsiveness. If you loved Doom (1993), give this a go!
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i was not expected too much from this game , now i'm shocked , this game is crazy , one of the best game of this genre i ever played i wish it never ends
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Prodeus is an old school classic FPS which takes inspiration from both the Doom and Quake series. It is a pretty good game and a satisfying shooter though is not perfect by a long shot in my opinion. What is best about it is the shooting and the sound design especially when it comes to gunfire sound effects. The level design through a decent amount of missions it provides is almost superb at its best to almost quite **** at its worst. The guns are pretty amazing overall and they are extremely fun to use with some being even better than others. Visually is alright even with the retro thingy that is going for but still I wouldn't exactly say it's anything spectacular. what keeps it down for the most part in my eyes it's a lack of viriety in general whether it's the enemies, the environments, the textures etc. there is not much of any of that really. What annoyed me personally is the respawn system after death which is something similar to bioshock, I could explain why but I will just say that it just doesn't work for me. And the final thing which is not exactly a problem but maybe is worth mentioning is that the game is pretty short, it can get 10 hours give or take to do most things in the game.
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Short review: I have three main issues. I noticed after 10 hours of playing that I had never died from an enemy, the difficulty is in finding the ores and the exploration/platforming more than the enemies themselves unlike in Doom where both are difficult. Secondly, I find that finding these ores is incredibly difficult, to the point where I often need to look online for their locations. Even getting the map doesn't help much, as it lacks clarity and is convoluted. The issue is that the store is an integral part of the game, and not getting ores holds you back gameplay-wise. Finally its a little bit repetitive, but I guess this is an inherent/vestigial trait of this sort of old school FPS-style game. Nevertheless, the game is still fun, and the sound design, style, and sfx are great and helps set Prodeus apart from the rest. Shooting feels great too. Finally I like the amount of content there is, and the community maps is a great feature that adds a creative aspect and more replay-ability. It's a simple, fun game to briefly play daily. 76/100.
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Awesome retro shooter. Sure - the game is strongly inspired by Doom. You can switch between 2D and 3D enemy sprites.
There are also always new weapons and enemies added. Maps are also cool made. The controls are also very good. Difficulty can always be adjusted, if you die you always start close (no replay needed). Towards the end the game gets pretty intense - real carnage.
The menu is a bit cumbersome.
Conclusion: game does many things well, but nothing innovative. One playthrough takes about 6-7h.
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Summary Prodeus is the first person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques. It reaches the quality you expect from a AAA experience while adhering to some of the aesthetic technical limits of older hardware.
Platforms:
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date: Sep 23, 2022
Developer:
- Mike and Jason
Publisher: Humble Games
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