There are a ton of tiny details that contribute to how slick it feels. In fact, Prodeus’ smartest trick is in how casual and unforced it makes everything feel. In other games it would feel cheap, but here it feels thoughtful by the developers to keep tossing enemies at you for the slaughter. Prodeus is a fairground ride, teleporting enemies in on all sides so you never get a moment to yourself. Individual tastes may differ and you might find yourself hankering for more storyline or something more than blasting enemies, but there’s no denying the quality of the game on offer here. When you’re actually in a level, it’s very difficult to point to anything Prodeus does wrong. It’s very rare that any engagement in Prodeus will leave you dissatisfied, which is impressive and worth the price of entry alone. Where Prodeus does innovate is in its level design and combat encounters, ensuring that each fight makes you feel like an unstoppable force before slowly coming to a brutal crescendo. Some of the more esoteric – a lightning gun that can also be used as a sniper rifle, for example – still aren’t going to be winning the award for most innovative video game gun 2022, but they’re a little more inventive than the enemies, which are just legally distinct versions of their Doom counterparts: there’s a pink demon (not pink), Cacodemon (doesn’t have a face) and the chaingun marine (the same, actually). Right click with the chaingun and you’ll spin the barrel, whereas the alternate fire for the super shotgun – yes, there’s a super shotgun, just like Doom – unloads all four barrels at once, splattering enemies over the nearby walls. Prodeus‘ arsenal is extensive and a joy to use, but most of it has been cribbed from elsewhere and there’s a distinct feeling as you pick up each weapon for the first time that you already know how it works. Every weapon has a meaty feel to it as you unload it at enemies, whether it’s a terrifying chaingun or the starter pistol – which has a phenomenal three-round burst when you use the secondary fire option to aim down the sights. You’re here to kill, and the game makes sure you feel like a god doing it.Įvery single weapon has real impact, largely due to smart sound design and the fact enemies explode into gore as you attack them. There’s no real story to speak of – I think there’s an interdimensional war that you’re in the middle of, but you won’t care – and environmental storytelling is next to nil. Prodeus is another of the recently popular boomer shooters – a confusingly named genre that basically just means “plays a bit like classic Doom”, but Prodeus has more in common with the hallowed FPS than most: you’re a space marine trapped on an asteroid and a whole bunch of enemies are going to die before the credits roll. READ MORE: Best FPS games: what’s the best shooter you can play in 2022?.There’s a wonderful sense of flow to Prodeus that’s made it a compulsive action over the last week, and the shooter manages to effortlessly weave together retro FPS mechanics with modern advances in the genre to create something memorable. It’s also the best first-person shooter (FPS) I’ve played all year. P rodeus might be this year’s biggest surprise.
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