Retro-FPS 12+

This is a DOOM-Like game for people like me with older phones like my 5S. Video happen when you fie and sometimes when you complete a level, like many free mobile shooters. Firstly, this is really impressive for something probably only programmed by one person. The mechanics function, although I would like to customize button size and position. The MIDI-like rock soundtrack is incredible and varied and just what a 90s PC shooter fan would expect to hear. The dungeon game feels very samey all the way until level 7 when they start introducing new enemies, weapons, and rooms to the dungeon. The levels are procedurally generated, meaning there is potential for endless variety, but it can also yield unexpected or boring results at times. Also, there is the slight annoyance that if you watch an ad to "try again" when you die, you just get 100% health on the same screen where enemies killed you, and they are still gunning for you in an instant. It would have made more sense to restart in the last room, at the beginning of the level, or with a period of invincibility. All in all, as a gamer growing up in the pioneering days of 3D shooters in the 90s, I feel at home here, and if played in short bursts, the way mobile games are intended, it's a lot of fun.

Now, this is a great game, but I wouldn’t exactly call it a replacement for doom. I would like to say first that there are a lot of glitches. First, the different parts of the level will sometimes collide with each other, meaning you can’t continue on playing. You will need to restart the entire level. Second, if you die in the lava acid stuff and get a second chance, you will respawn in the lava, unable to escape. And third, the other parts of the level will sometimes not load, so you are trapped in a certain room until you restart the level again. This happened a lot on level 30, so I could not continue on.

Also, I said that it is not a replacement for doom because while it does resemble it a little, a lot of the levels have the same segments and rooms in them, so they can get a little repetitive and boring. It would be better if each level had different designs and different parts/rooms, but that is just my opinion.

Despite that, it is a good and addictive game, and I like how it is free, so I do recommend it to anyone who likes FPS games and has an iPhone.

Now, I love Doom, but I don’t love paying for it a bunch of times on different platforms. Thanks to this, I can play Doom on the go, at the cost of it not being Doom. I will say the character design and music is pretty unique, but fits the tone. However, there is two minor flaws that deters from the rest of this good clone: The graphics. Yes, Doom had 2D entities, and so does this game, but Doom ran on ID, while this uses the fancy Unreal engine. In Doom, no matter which angle you’re facing, all entities appear 2D and are always facing you. This game does not oblige. Sometimes, the enemies like the flesh worm thing and the little dark gremlins will be sideways and become practically invisible. This is ignorable though. The other little flaw is how you can’t look around and shoot. This would be helpful when you’re trying to lock onto your target with, say, the pistol. The hit market is so small that it makes it a challenge to make your mark.
Besides those two things, this game is worth waiting 15 seconds to download. Four stars. 👍