Sinned

Alright friends this one is a little weird but I'd consider it pretty good. What you see before you is some weird mix of quake with the speed turned down and diablo-lite. After the slowest start to a game I've seen in a minute you start collecting weapons and finding relics, which can be slotted into an inventory screen and provide buffs like shooting 2 bullets out of the plasma gun. If you play it straight forward to the end you can practically ignore it, and farming doesn't seem super viable anywhere, but going into the second difficulty will require a bit of time to get stronger. Overall I enjoy the gunplay and even though enemy variety is low I feel they all serve a purpose.

A pretty simple, but fun retro shooter with a nice variety of weapons and upgrades

SINNED is quite a special and weird addition to all these boomer shooters. It is a strange mix of things that it does well and things it does not do well. But overall I like this game and I think it is slightly above average. The originality in some of the things this game does deserve to be rewarded imo. What it does well is the level design and the environment overall. The bosses are probably the better fights here compared to the regular enemies, which is very unusual for a boomer shooter! They are quite good. The weapon arsenal is decent enough, but the best thing about it is that there is an upgrade system which gives this game some RPG elements. You pick up demon souls, which are like currency/gold for upgrading your weapons. There are also 3 slots for upgrading the character himself. Weapons may be upgraded with say, bigger explosions for the rocket launcher. Or being able to make arrows pierce even more targets with the bow. Character upgrades involve gaining more armor than n...

It's very good but I give it 6/10 because the maps are just too big for how slow you are. Either the maps should've smaller or bunny hopping should've been in the game.

As promised, now that the difficulty has been reduced, here comes an edit of my first review : In this glorious era of boomer shooters comes a new challenger : Sinned. Like Dusk, HROT or Cultic, Sinned embrace a gorgeous retro, ps1-like aesthetic mixed with a more actual gameplay. If you know those games, you will be in charted territory. Basically, you will slaughter demons with an arsenal of various weapons, and search for coloured keys to progress through levels. A well-known recipe. But if Sinned won't reinvent the wheel, it shines with its art direction, and deliver a top-notch hellish atmosphere. I love the graphics, horrifics and minimalists at the same time, they really give you the feeling of crossing infernal regions. The sounds effects are efficient as well. That being said, be prepared, this game will challenge your skills. You will be allowed to save only at specific moments, and tons of aggressive ennemies are waiting to rip you apart betwwen two checkpoints !

Buy Dusk instead but on a serious note, increase the walking speed and i would be happy with it

No

Sorry but even with this game on sale I had to refund. Nice graphics, nice sounds and atmosphere and then there is blasphemous balancing issues concerning health and ammo. On normal difficulty it is just impossible to play this game as an average Joe player. This game is just not up to par. Steer clear of it.