Standalone brutal DOOM©.
Stylish retro shooter with some modern mechanics like dashing and checkpoint save system. Shooting is great, all guns are punchy and devastating.

i love a lot about prodeus, and for some people what it offers is fine enough.

but this is MY review and i say it's BORING!!!! there's definitely bits of a combat rhythm trying desperately to peek out but it nearly always boils down to "take this one gun and wipe out the entire opposition" with no real depth of NEEDING to switch weapons (ammo for every weapon is PLENTIFUL.)

another confusing bit i see is that projectile enemies have a tendency to charge up AND/OR lean their shots to land a successful hit. there's no rhyme or reason to this, sometimes an enemies projectile hits you instantly, other times it takes them a bit to wind up. sometimes the projectile hits you even while you're strafing, sometimes it doesn't. i'm personally not fond of "chance" in my FPS games, i like a strict set of rules that can't be broken and that aren't outwardly said to you, but learned throughout the campaign. why is this confusing to me? in a game like doom eternal, it's fine for enemies to hit you, because if you need a resource, you have the ability to get it back. here? though ammo is plentiful, health and armor are not. combine that with the whole "50/50 am i going to take damage or not?" problem and it feels less like a skill issue and more like a probability simulator.

...then you get a dash ability at one of the stores and the game becomes baby mode. if the only options are "whoops, you didn't stand still for 1 projectile out of a volley of several, here's 20 damage!", and then "hit the dash key so nothing can hit you ever" i feel like that's poorly designed.

now let's get into the positives :
-the UI FEELS and looks amazing.
-the music is fine but the fact that it's dynamic is cool (SERIOUS SAM RRRAAAHHH!!!!)
-the insane variety of graphics options are very nice to have, and the graphics as default look amazing too, very HEAVY sci-fi aesthetic carved into a mountain kinda deal.
-shooting things feels very good (muzzle flash and blood splashes get in the way though. i've looked away from an enemy i was sure was dead MANY times.)
-level design from arena to arena feels VERY samey, HOWEVER as a whole the maps feel unique.
-secrets are very well designed, i the player feel stupid for not noticing something rather than feeling "cheated" out of an extra piece of ore.
-the story and lore is probably cool.

TL;DR my gen Z brain is too busy thinking about video essays on the history of mustard to appreciate this game, but hey you might like it.

A good Doom/Quake clone. The basic combat mechanics are satisfying, but truly gripping encounters are a rare treat, maybe once per level. The level design is closer to Doom 2016 or Eternal in how you can find secrets or the layouts, it's not too simple or confusing. The graphics and the music are neat and competent, there are a few occasions perfect for making screenshots.