Quick Look: Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike

Looks horrible. Dunno why Jeff likes it (though maybe he's lying to be nice to a GB member that tipped him off to this game's existence)

Is it just me, or do FPS's without a jump button feel super weird nowadays?

Reminds me more of Marathon than Doom.

@generalbison: Yea the ides and mechanics seem cool. The idea of a sprite based shooter is great, but the production values scream student project. The art direction and sound design is just not doing it for me.

This idea has potential, such a shame the aesthetics are abysmal. This just makes me want to play Doom.

I might have to buy this just to see that dog launcher.

I love the idea, but the more I see of the game the more the spark fizzles out...

I think I need to play DOOM.

@mcfart: I think Jeff has proven that he doesn't give that much of a shit about the feelings of the GB Community. At least to the extent that he would not pretend to like a game to spare someone feeling bad. So, he probably has just had an alright time playing it.

nice throwback game, but damn that gun sounds like shit!

I like the art, reminds me of Chex Quest.

I kinda love the aesthetics of this game. Definitely reminds me of those B-tier shareware shooters, although 10 bucks might be pushing it. I'd get it for 5 and waste an afternoon or two, no question.

The MS paint art style looks like too much of a deterrent to me to get into what otherwise looks like a pretty cool game.

I wouldn't hate the art so much if it was more consistent. The MS paint style of the sprites might have been okay if the textures and level geometry complimented it in any way, but it just seems mismatched and sloppy the way it is.

Doom still looks and sounds awesome. The shotgun remains one of the single most satisfying interactions in games - the sound, death animations, reload and general feel are all working in perfect harmony. And that game is still capable of creating a sense of foreboding.

Rogue Shooter looks and sounds anything but. I feel they could get away with cheaper looking art if the sprite/texture resolution was closer to a game like Doom, but it just looks cheap in a way I find really unpleasant to look at. I know the mechanics are the core of this game but it's hard to get past.

game looks cool as hell, some entitled assholes commenting on this vid tho

The music on this thoroughly confuses me. The creator seemingly knows what constitutes a song musically as the melodies & structure are there, yet made next to no attempt to mix it? Pretty sure the drums are stock standard 2010 era garageband rock patch with no compression or filter on, really jarring!

My feelings summarised perfectly. I really dig the low-budget feel of the whole package.

this is the most appealing FPS to me released in years. :p

That song was played repeatedly during the target shooting competition at the last summer olympics. They only had the one song and they played it between every single round for the entire week. Now when i say they only had one song on the sound system, i mean that literally. I did not hear a single different one played the whole time i watched the events on stream.

Oh, man, I didn't see it until you mentioned it. Now, THAT was a good game. This seems like hot garbage...

@mr_creeper: To be fair, Chex Quest was reskinned Doom, and Doom was an incredible game. :B

EDIT: Now that I've actually finished the video, I'll say I was pleasantly surprised. I mean, the sound design seems kind of crap, that has to be the single weakest collection of gun noises I've ever heard from a shooter, but the game itself seems pretty solid, I'm definitely more interested in it than I was in Tower of Guns.

Yeah thats the Jeff we all know, praising games that he doesn't really like... Did you even watch the quicklook, he made a nice summery of exactly which things made him like the game.

I get that some people don't like the look of the game, and that it can be a dealbreaker, but i to me its all about gameplay, especially when its a rogue indie game. Unfortunately, what i've read in reviews there doesn't seem to be enough variety in the level and monster design, and like i feared it seems to get a bit monotone after a while. Oh well, on a sale it still seems like an easy buy.

looks hecka bad

I'm going to bet that well over half the people complaining about this game's graphics also complain when indies use pixel art as a concession to limited visual design experience. Which doesn't necessarily make those people hypocrites, but certainly makes them seem like grousers.

Thank. You.

I get the feeling people have to be blown away by every little thing to even care about a game today. Makes me sad. Sometimes you just want to run around and get your Doom/Wolfenstein/Serious Sam/Etc vibes going.

I don't see the harm in it, especially if you grab it for a song.

You need to look up the word entitled. What people are being is critical of the visuals.

If you don't like people being critical of different aspects of a game then HOLY SHIT, what the fuck are you even doing on a website like this?

@sil3n7:

Well acting like every game should redefine amazing graphics just because it's a new game is acting entitled, but whatever.

Like I said above: It looks like a fun time waster to me, but people going around saying it "Looks Like Shit" isn't being critical; it's called being an asshole.

EDIT: Since I apparently feel asleep at the keyboard before: I didn't mean that you were an asshole, just that some people here came off that way. My mistake.

Sorry chief, I just want the a game to look good, not be redefining some way. I'd love to string together an audio clip of Jeff saying games "look like shit" for you.

Chief? Damn son, going way back on that one. Guess I'll just ignore this argument, since we clearly don't agree and never will. If you want to make that video, however, then by all means feel free.