VLADiK BRUTAL Reviews

I enjoyed this one. It's got it's inspirations on it's sleeve, but the gunplay feels good, and the level design is pretty varied. The environments do get a little stale towards the end. Very impressive for how small the team was that worked on this, I'd say it's worth a try.

Much better than expected "Half-Like". All guns are fun to shoot and the blood/gore system is very impressive. I played the entire game on Steam Deck which works really well. The game even has a Steam Deck graphics preset. However, the outdoor segments mostly drop the framerate below 60 and there were two random parts that went into 10-20 fps. Fortunately though, those were very brief areas without combat.

Very underrated game it's actually quite good, specially since it was made by 1 person alone, definitely worth your time!

INCREDIBLE one of the best fps shooters ive ever played beat it and immediately replayed i never do that. If you like games like doom, singularity, half life, wolfenstein really any good fps game absolutely play this. Have a blessed day.

bought this was scared it was gonna be janky trash i then played for 9 hours straight i havent had this much fun in so long wow. side note first time play tru i had to up the difficulty to bullying id say its what this game was ment to be played on hard is just too easy i felt like i was breezeing tru made the mistake of waiting till halfway tru to up it i wish i did sooner tbh but yeah um 10/10 for a not aaa title if u just care abt gameplay

I read like no reviews, looked at like 2 pictures and went in thinking this was gonna be a fun Russian DOOM game, turns out it's a fun Russian Half Life 2 instead. This isn't a bad thing, you can probably break it in similar ways, I personally got myself trapped in a room for like 5 minutes because I baited the one guy to chase me and he got stuck in the doorway. For being made by 1 guy, it's impressive, I've paid like 9 times as much for games made by entire teams that were less fun and functional than this. Also barrels can be used to pick up heavier physics items like tables. Have fun with that.

great game, challenging without being unfair and changes pace often enough to keep it fresh

This is hands down, one of the best Half-life likes i ever played, everything is so cinematic and fantastic. the level design and the gameplay is the best, the game feels GOOD to play, it's not just a "copy" of half-life, this is a game made for Half-life fans, everything is on point. the only cons i have is the controller input doesn't save or keeps changing after launching the game but overall, this is ez a 9/10 game, i really recommend this game, not for just a fan of Half-life but a fan of FPS games.

What if Half-Life events happened in Russia? What if shotguns actually shot bullets and were able to kill an enemy from the other side of the map? What if games contained other games that are more fun to play? Just how much enemy soldiers are able to fit in a small room? (Hundreds. I'm not joking) Vladik tries to answer it all. The story starts with accident that caused mutations and zombies but by the second half people decide to ignore it and start a revolution. Enemy intelligence also could have been better, as I was begging for the next soldier to stop running towards the same door where so many dead bodies of his comrades were piled that it was hard to see anything behind them, but no. Even if it is realistic, it's not fun. Bosses come out of nowhere and can die even before spawning animation ends. Some enemies leave toxic trails after death so you can contemplate your life choices while waiting for it to go away. It's nice that all the graphics toggles had a visual representation of what they do, and also description. Dev actually modified Unreal Engine 4 to make this game. The only thing that is left to do is to add developer commentary, but I'm too afraid to listen to that. This game gave me a headache for the whole day. Recommend.

I love a game that wears its influences on its sleeve unapologetically Vladik Brutal does exactly that, dropping nods to its Half-Life roots in memorable ways. If you're craving that golden age of game design but paired with slick, modern shooting mechanics, this is your jam. The recoil takes a moment to get used to, but once you do, It’s so damn good. The setting drips with atmosphere from dilapidated Soviet panel blocks to murky underground labs all drenched in a grim aesthetic that’s equal parts nostalgic and original. For one solo developer, the ambition here is staggering: expect 7 to 8 hours of action, puzzles, vehicle segments, platforming, and secrets galore. Yes, it's rough sometimes. Voice acting and translation can feel early access, and level design occasionally leans toward routines like "press a button, open a door." Enemy AI can be brutal and punishing. Yet none of that undercuts the core fun: fast, visceral gunplay with ragdoll carnage that feels spectacular sometimes reminiscent of FEAR with all the gory flair. The last huge battle was a bit of a pain to get through and I had to cheese it.