I played Forgive Me Father from 2022 on PC. It's another modern "boomer shooter" with a style reminiscent of 90s shooters. I've heard both positive and negative reviews about this game. The main feature is that the entire game is styled after the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and the story also references his themes. I'm not a fan, but for those who are into that, it will be very appealing.Visually, apart from the setting, the quality is very high; it's clear that a lot of effort was put into it, and everything looks good.Gameplay-wise, unfortunately, it's a completely standard modern arena shooter—quite decent, but on its own, it feels somewhat pointless. The paradox is that almost all modern shooters, especially those trying to imitate retro, are fast-paced, flashy, high-speed arena shooters, while real 90s shooters weren't like that. 90s shooters were slower, and nothing was rushing, screeching, or whistling at sonic speeds every two seconds. They involved methodical exploration of levels, resource management, and so on.Forgive Me Father isn't a lightning-fast twitch shooter, but you move from arena to arena throughout the game. Overall, it's quite decent—I’d even say the gameplay is much preferable to modern Doom-style shooters, but arena shooters are already tiresome.There is a skill tree, but it’s not very interesting. Weapon variety and excitement are lacking, clearly showing a lack of talented game design. Level interactivity is zero (although levels are beautiful and diverse). Boss design is poor: the first boss is painfully difficult, while the final boss was defeated on the first try. Overall, the battles with bosses aren’t particularly **** music is simply excellent—my respect for that.Overall, even though I criticized it, the game is OK. If you love boomer shooters, then go ahead and play it—6/10.Прошёл forgive me father 2022 года на пк. Это очередной современный бумер шутер с закосом под шутеры 90х годов, слышал как положительные так и негативные отзывы об этой игре. Основная фишка игры – вся игра стилизована под произведения Говарда Лавкрафта, сюжет соответственно тоже к нему отсылает, я не фанат, но тем кто такое ищет очень понравится. Визуал, в отрыве от сеттинга, очень качественный, видно что в него вложено очень много усилий, тут всё хорошо. Геймплейно, к сожалению, это абсолютно стандартный современный аренный шутер, вполне нормальный, но это само по себе бестолково. Парадокс в том, что почти все современные шутаны, особенно те что пытаются косить под ретро, это аренные максимально быстрые сверкающие, свистящие скоростями аренные шутеры, в то время как реальные шутеры из 90х такими не были. Шутаны из 90х были медленными и в них ничего не врывалось/пердело/свистело на скоростях звука каждые 2 секунды, максимально методичное исследование локаций, менеджмент ресурсов и прочее. Forgive me father точно не молниеносное дрочево на скоростях, но всю игру ты двигаешься от арены к арене, в целом нормально, я бы даже сказал что геймплей куда предпочтительнее современных думов например, но аренные шутеры уже в печёнке сидят. Есть прокачка, но она не очень интересная, интерес и разнообразие оружия тоже хромает, видно отсутствие талантливого геймдизайна. Интерактивности на уровнях 0 (однако они красивые и разнообразные), геймдизайн боссов плохой, первый босс анально сложный, финальный умер с первого раза, в целом битвы с ними не выделяются. Музыка просто отличная, тут моё уважение. В целом, пусть я её и критиковал, игра НОРМ, любите бумер шутеры значит играйте - 6/10.

This game is a great boomer shooter if you are just mostly interested in the art style or gunplay. The art of each gun and their upgrades that change the style of the guns look phenomenal with the whole Lovecraftian style, and the guns themselves all mostly feel entirely different while also feeling great to shoot. However, the rest is rather lacklustre. The story (or atleast the story telling) is never shown but just told either through rare lines from the narrator or by random written texts on floors and walls that even then is rather confusing to begin to follow. At many stages as im trying to understand the story, im left wondering why im doing this currently and how i managed to get here from the previous stage. The level design can also be rather confusing and personally rather "thrown together last minute" at many parts, especially at the beginning but gets better later down the playthrough. Although I wouldnt recommend this game if you want a story or consistent experience, if you are unbothered by those, go ahead and play it because the most fun I had was discovering the new weapons and their awesome new designs with each upgrade to their lovecraftian forms. Otherwise though, Forgive Me Father 2 seems to have fixed most of the problems polluting this game. So if you want the same style and feeling with a better experience, play the 2nd.

A fairly fun game, boomer shooter games and those like minded like this have never stuck with me very long but this one hit a nice sweet spot both with its fast combat that at times could be a bit tedious with crowded hallways and less then stellar bosses, and its highly realized design and atmosphere. Some bugs do plague the later stages with stuttering, freezing and frame drops. Though most of these issues can be solved by just closing down the game and restarting. I thought the final boss was a bit anti climactic as i didnt need to learn his attack patterns or anything. Took me about 4 tries of just pelting him with my tommy gun to get him to go down. The story being broken up into these optional notes and clues to find didn't do it for me personally. Overall though it was definitely a nice change of pace from what im use to and it stood out well among all the other shooters ive played and it has a great run time that doesnt ever feel like it's out worn its welcome.