GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead Reviews

its okay

I was excited with this game, but too many of the later levels rely on insanely difficult or confusing boss encounters. It's an interesting story based FPS otherwise. can recommended on sale.

think it dream it do it really enjoyed this going in expecting an arena shooter even though I couldn't tell you exactly what is happening in the story despite reading tons of in-game lore bits, computer screens, etc. finally a good game. my only complaint is some of the bossfights feel pretty bad and occasionally I'd be able to just cheese the mob enemies like they didn't care I was shooting at them. still worth playing imo.

I really wanted to like the game. But it's just... not good in the end. Good points: Cool aesthetic I like the searching for secrets and finding side lore The guns are neat Bad points: The dialogue is bad. It feels like it's written by someone who doesn't speak English as their first language, It's not Engrish, but it just... doesn't flow, it's hard to tell what characters are trying to say. The plot is kind of meandering, it feels like the dev changed his mind about what he wanted to write halfway through. On that note, the style of the game also changes halfway through, from arena shooter levels with some exposition/exploration in between, to a more Doom-style "play through levels and shoot the baddies" type game. None of the upgrades you get really do anything at all. The bosses are all mid at best, their attacks don't really make sense, and for the last boss he autohits you multiple times and has the ability to oneshot you. There is no way to block or avoid his attacks. On that note, the last boss is the worst part of the game, the only way to beat him is to kill him before he kills you, there's no skill involved. And the game just straight up rips away the ammo you've stockpiled when you zone in so you only get a handful of shots. it just feels like the dev wanted to do a bunch of additional things and they didn't end up working out but he left them in anyway.