Dread Templar Reviews

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8.5/10

It's a well-made game, but it's not very unique. The gameplay isn't nearly as good as more popular alternatives such as Ultrakill and the like. Stick with those. The game would be far better if the swords you started with were more fun to use in fights, but they're honestly very boring. Aside from the throw mechanic, it feels like the crowbar from Half-Life... Not great.

Just beat Dread Templar on Hard mode, what a great game. If you enjoy retro style FPS games, this is basically a must play. The gunplay feels great, the dash function adds some nice movement options and the rune system used to upgrade your weapons adds some needed depth. The level design is cool and there are plenty of enemy types. Almost all of the weapons feel useful in their own right, although there were 3 weapons that became my primaries (dual hurricane pistols, wave shotgun and black bow with explosive arrows). The trap gun has very limited use, there were only a few sections where I felt like laying down traps really helped me survive, in part because the effect of the traps is very short - it stuns the enemies for maybe 5 seconds - if the stun time was doubled the trap gun would be much more useful. The rocket launcher felt weak but maybe that's because I didn't focus on upgrading it. The biggest issue with Dread Templar is the enemy AI - the enemies cannot jump up or down ledges so unless they are a flying enemy, you can simply jump up or down a ledge and the enemy will keep trying to run toward you without attacking making for an easy kill. Also if you slowly sneak around corners, you can generally alert just 1 or 2 enemies at a time while the others sit in their spawn points waiting to be triggered. Overall though Dread Templar was very fun to play and it had a good amount of content especially for the price I paid for it on sale (4 dollars). If you're a fan of Quake and similar retro styled FPS games, Dread Templar is a must play. Very solid 8 out of 10.

Very fun boomer shooter - this one hooked me and this is a strong recommend for fans of the genre. Only thing it needs to add is a weapon wheel. The game was developed by one guy, which is crazy.

The main criticism I've seen is that this game doesn't do much to stand out from the myriad other Boomer Shooters on the market, which is true. But Dread Templar executes the tropes well. The arsenal is somewhat standard, but you can tweak it to suit your playstyle, and using the interchangeable medal upgrade system, you can alter the nature of a given weapon class. For instance, the dual silenced SMGs can be changed into a pair of miniguns that don't need to be reloaded, but it chews through ammo in the blink of an eye. There are two types of most weapon classes, and the majority of those types have transformations like these. And the ability to swap these upgrades at any work bench in the environment means that you can really play around with your arsenal. Levels are fairly big, and the upgrading relies on the player finding secrets. For the most part, I didn't have much of an issue navigating environments. Some levels look a bit samey, but overall I found a very healthy amount of secrets on my own, and I usually suck at that kind of thing. I could see this game being tough if you don't find enough damage increasing abilities, but for me, I found ways around the inflated healthbars of the enemies in the late game. It's not perfect, of course. The soundtrack is fun, but the fact that most tracks are used on multiple levels means it can get repetitive. Bosses are pretty simple for the most part, just shoot them until they die. I kind of respect the fact that they're so straightforward, because FPS bosses are very hit or miss for me, but still, even the final fight is pretty easy, or at least it was with my build. Lastly, the game would randomly crash on me. It was extremely inconsistent; sometimes I'd have no issues during a play session. Other times, it would crash three times in fifteen minutes. I have no idea if it was an issue with my rig or if it's the game being unstable, but it's worth noting. Still, this is a fun, bloody, if straightforward game. The pace is fast, and the arsenal is fun to experiment with. There's solid level variety too. I could see a sequel being something really great.

Dread Templar is just fine. The first 1/5 of the game is the best part of it, you can drop the game after level 6 having experienced the game's peak. I'm actually a fan of the game in its early levels; if everything afterwards had the same design competence as it I would liked it much more. Yet, after those first few levels, it's a slow and steady decline into semi-frustrating on average combat encounters that don't seem to have much thought put into them. Your best strategy for 95% of it is to hold S whilst trying to dodge projectiles--it's not very fun unlike the first part of the game. I got to Episode 5 before deciding it's just not worth my time anymore. The other problem the game has is that it's just pretty generic. There's nothing that unique about Dread Templar, it mostly grabs mechanics from other games and meshes them together; not to mentions that a majority of the weapons aren't very special. Outside of a few upgrades, your arsenal ain't much to remember. Overall, I rate Dread Templar 6.5/10. The first episode is this game's saving grace, though you can get past it and still meet refund requirements

Really great old school FPS with great weapons, enemies and level design, tons of secrets and upgrades don't skip on this one it's up there with Dusk as one of the best of the current boomer revival.

Dread Templar is nothing mind blowing, its kinda janky, but it can be fun sometimes. What starts as something that feels unique in its own way ends up turning into a Serious Sam like by the later levels, especially the lava chapter. Not nearly as overwhelming as Serious Sam, but playing this on Hell difficulty was painful, to such point that after I completed it I did my Nightmare playthrough with cheats so that I could get the achievement because I just did not care anymore. There is a lot of enemy variety and a lot of experimentation to be done with upgrades and weapons, which in turn makes it so that not one combat arena feels the same to the last, unless you are replaying a level. All in all, its ok, but that's really it. 6/10