AMID EVIL
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
AMID EVIL is a old school, boomer shooter and arena shooter game
developed by Indefatigable
and published by New Blood Interactive .
Released on June 20th 2019 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 6,940 reviews of which 6,526 were positive and 414 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 19.49€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or later
- Processor: Quad Core 2.5 GHz or faster
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 470 / AMD Radeon 6870 HD
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: A Dank One
- Additional Notes: If you're unsure that your system meets the minimum requirements, please try the demo first!
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This game was very fun to play. All of the weapons felt balanced, and I had to keep switching between them based on the enemies I was fighting, making sure that no one weapon was used more frequently than the others. The only issue I had was that the platforming was a little frustrating sometimes, but it can be dealt with a bit of patience. This game is great for fans of FPS's.
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Only problem I have with this game is some of the weapons are better than others and there's no downside to only using that weapon I feel like you should be forced to use other weapons and be creative with what you have and not use the same weapon over and over. 8/10
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So yeah, it's another low-key game which puts AAA studios and publishers to shame. Even though it isn't without it's flaws, Amid Evil is a ton of fun and does a lot of things right, and for the most part I've had a right blast. Most of all though, it's not only a good game, but it's one which feels remarkably fresh too. Fans of Heretic and Hexen will instantly feel the inspirational vibes from those games here, but without a doubt Amid Evil draws from those games whilst also doing it's own thing too. I'm not one who really gets stoked by aesthetics, gameplay is king for me, but here everything feels SO unbelievably fresh, polished and unique that it's hard not to fall in love with them all. The music in particular is superb; this is definitely a game to play with headphones on. But that's all backed up by great gameplay too anyway. Everything feels on-point, and the enemies come with some fantastically crafted attack patterns which force you to stay on your toes. It's fast, snappy fun which flows great. Feeding into that is the fact that each weapon remains relevant throughout the game, and that they are all useful against different types of enemies. A lot of playtesting and effort has clearly gone into this game, and it boy does it feel well balanced for it. I also don't think it's that easy either past the earlier stages; I died a shed load in the Forges! lol, and it didn't take much of a slip up to end up dead there. So, whilst it does start very easy, kudos on the overall difficulty curve. The stage design is mostly positive too, with thematically lush stages crafted excellently to offer a nice blend of action, puzzles and secrets. None of the puzzles will tax you for long at all, this is nowhere near as complex as games such as Hexen 2, but they serve their purpose and the devs get very creative with some stages, throwing a lot of verticality into the mix. At it's best Amid Evil feels like a real adventure which isn't tight with it's "whoa!" moments either. What does hinder the game though is it's pacing. Whilst the game's elements themselves are excellent, sometimes they are portioned unevenly and it can make the journey a bumpy one. Some stages are tipped far too much either way with their balance of action, puzzling or platforming. Like I say, those elements themselves are still all executed well, so in isolation they aren't an issue, but there were definitely stages were I was thinking "I've had enough platforming/puzzling here now, give me some action" and visa versa, but then said stage carried on with the same approach which it had already been throwing at me for 10-20 minutes previous. To extend on that, I'd also say that a few stages just felt a bit too long; each world is broken up into 4 stages, and some of the latter stages probably could do with being sliced up slightly to form a 6-stage setup instead IMO. It's taking me over a month to grind out the last few stages and is starting to drag, simply because I knew I was having to find a 45-60 minute slot of the day to run through a stage, and for Popamole action that's just not a good portion size IMO. I know that'll reduce significantly as I master the stages, but honestly most stages past the half way mark should have been reduced by 20-30% to offer more bite-sized portions - Popamole games being portioned like adventure/RPG games is a real display of modern dev naivety. Also, and this is probably just a me thing, but I really wish there just wasn't any mana in this game, or at the very least some item which makes it irrelevant after the early stages. The endless cycle of loose mana...hunt mana...loose mana...hunt mana just grows tiresome, and there's no real need for mana here either as the enemies prompt you to change up weapons anyway (so the drive to switch weapons doesn't come from being mana-dry). I really hope any potential sequel ditches the mana angle, gives the game secrets which give you special items or player upgrades instead, and maybe even introduces Hexen 2 style characters. Final minor gripe is that there are sections which are obviously there just to prompt you to activate "overdrive" mode. It just feels a bit cheap. "Overdrive" is way too readily available throughout the whole game anyway, and personally I think they should have made items which make this mode the core focus for exploration rather than mana, and restricted it to a far rarer event. Make a big deal of it next time! Feed the power-trip! But these are minor gripes with what is otherwise a great blast. 8/10
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This is an excellent game. I very rarely feel this way but this is one of the all time best fps games ever produced. As long as when it comes to singleplayer oriented ones. It ticks all the areas. Story Presentation Aesthetics Atmosphere Gameplay Difficulty Level Design Music Sound Effects Optimization Graphics This is coming from a guy who isn't too much into fantasey/midevil artstyle games. So it's pretty damn impressive feat. Presentation/Atmoshpere This game to me is sort of something if you combined the original Unreal and Heretic/Hexxen II games and added your own twist into it. The usage of colored lighting is just so reminiscent of that late 90's games where colored lighting was a massive new feature. And it's great tbh, as todays games have mostly forgotten how much atmosphere you can achieve with just lights alone. Without textures, sounds or some overused postprocessing effects. Excellent use of environmental effects like reverbation too. It greatly adds to the atmosphere when youre in a big hall and pull out your sword and it actually echoes in there from the sharp sound of bringing up your sword instead of sound stopping like in space. Level Design/Gameplay https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2987100792 What I'm most amazed about, is the fact how AmidEvil truly captures the essence of those 90's original fps games while not being straight up old and janky. The maps give you full freedom to proceed at your own pace but will never punish you for wanting to explore. Infact it is highly encouraged as there are plenty of secrets to be discovered and power to be gained. Most importantly, the maps are interesting and cleverly designed original designs as should. Enemies come from where ever and it'd doesnt do the often mistaken for classic fps gameplay, where youre just fighting against hordes in pre-determined arenas. I'm speaking of the likes of serious sam, painkiller or the new doom games forexample. Horde Shooters. Instead enemy placement is more organic. Sometimes you encounter plenty of enemies, sometimes individual enemies, other times you encounter none and thus tension is being built. Difficulty/Progression Progression is just the right. I played straight from the start on hard but that was suitable to me. Never however did I feel that the game was really unfair, except that Twins bossfight in the bubble was getting on my nerves a bit until I discovered the proper way to handle it :D Other than that I never had any problem with it. This had been very well playtested prior to release for it to be so natural flowing progression for the player. Optimization/DLC Expansion https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2987100657 It's also quite long game so youre definitely getting your monies worth here. And to add.. there is a DLC expansion for this and it did job quite good for the most part. It opened very well and was immediately a bit different from the start. So it manages to keep things fresh and even introduce new features too. Also adds into the lore of the main game. Theres also an presentation purposed map on it's own included as Lost Falls, which also acts as the games demo version map. I give both thumbs up to the devs for including even more to play in the full game with the inclusion of this. You can see the presentation map wasn't made with such attention to detail as the main game. Or it was a very early build or just not enough time overall to finish it but all in all it was a nice small thing to playthrough after the maingame and it's expansion. I also never had any performance issues eventho I played the game on maxed settings. I can't really criticize anything about this. Excellent work
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Another new blood banger. The movement is clean cut, the weaponplay feels awesome and the maps look spectacular. Everything is made up of tiny little blocks that make the grandiose worlds feel even more alive. My only complaint is it's admittedly a little easy, even on the hidden evil difficulty. I was expecting to die way more. This game is fucking amazing and you should buy it NOW!!!!!
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Online players
21
Developer
Indefatigable
Publisher
New Blood Interactive
Release
20 Jun 2019
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