Разработчик: Bounding Box Software Inc.
Описание
The game features a hand-crafted campaign from industry FPS veterans, co-op and competitive multiplayer play drawing on classic modes*, a fully integrated level editor, and a built-in community map browser for instantaneous action with nearly limitless levels to play.
Get ready to paint the walls red. This is the Boomer Shooter you’ve been waiting for.
FEATURES
Retro look, modern era
Shooters past and present collide with graphics that combine today’s high-quality 3D tech with retro visuals. Experience over-the-top explosions of lo-fi pixels and hi-tech particle effects as you clash against the Prodeans and forces of Chaos.
Pure retro FPS chaos
Steel yourself for fast and frantic nonstop action. Blast and blaze your way through hordes of chaos-spawned creatures using an arsenal of classically over-the-top weapons.
Raining red
Splatter the steel walls and alien halls with the blood of your enemies. Experience the gory thrills of the elder shooters, dialed up to 11 thanks to Prodeus’s delightfully demented dismemberment system.
Community-crafted levels
Unleash your inner map designer with Prodeus’s powerful but easy-to-use level editor, and keep the visceral combat fresh with a built-in browser filled with community-created maps.
Multiplayer Mayhem
Team up and go head-to-head in a variety of multiplayer modes. Take on the campaign in 4-player co-op, and dive into the fray in 16-player Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, and more—then take things to the next level by creating and sharing custom game modes.
Frag to the Music
Burst blood vessels listening to a supercharged metal soundtrack by retro FPS composer Andrew Hulshult that dynamically changes gears to accompany your actions.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, german, japanese, korean, polish, simplified chinese, traditional chinese, portuguese - brazil, russian, spanish - latin america
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: CPU @ 2+ GHz, 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 580 or AMD HD 7870
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: CPU @ 3+ GHz, 8 cores
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 1050 or AMD RX 560
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Mac
- OS: OS X
- Processor: CPU @ 2+ GHz, 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 580 or AMD HD 7870
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- OS: OS X
- Processor: CPU @ 3+ GHz, 8 cores
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 1050 or AMD RX 560
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Any
- Processor: CPU @ 2+ GHz, 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 580 or AMD HD 7870
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- OS: Any
- Processor: CPU @ 3+ GHz, 8 cores
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTX 1050 or AMD RX 560
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
genuinely the best boomer shooter ive ever played, i hope the dlc comes out eventually
scorched surface my be my favorite soundtrack in gaming history
Prodeus is a very well made old-skool FPS. Despite being similar to Doom, Prodeus a certain charm that doesn't make it feel like a carbon clone.
I am very disappointed that the Switch version does not have gyro controls. I had the game on Switch before I got a Steam Deck.
An absolute blast. if you grew up playing doom or duke nukem, this will be a nostalgic overdose with the play pattern and chaos.
Probably the best doom copy and paste I've ever played.
where did my skin go?
Rediscovered my love of old school boomer shooter with this one!
the mystery of doom 1993
the functionality and pace of doom 2016
i can't believe i didn't know about this a lot sooner. map editor + workshop = endless content ??
This game really came together. Level design is intuitive. Weapon switching works well. Movement is kinda perfect. If you like these types of games, this goes on the must-play list.
Prodeus is kind of an interesting game to recommend.
Not in a bad way, but it just feels like it takes a long time to really get going and amped up.
But once that feeling hits, the momentum goes a good way through to the end, with some pacing issues sprinkled in. It's sort of like riding a roller coaster with an extremely long wind up making it to the top before you'd be ready to puke in excitement. When you think its about to drop it doesnt until a bit later and this can feel a bit disappointing.
Prodeus has a campaign, with quite a clunky overworld (think of Super Mario Bros/World overworlds except with lava and blood and an oddly satisfying sound once you finish a level) to bridge the maps as levels where you can replay to try and complete 100% for things like killing all enemies or finding secrets. Prodeus even has a little community map option to browse.
A large chunk of the first parts of the game feels a bit underwhelming and disappointing, considering the Doom inspirations, where it can be handled by just the pistol with ease and using anything other than the pistol or shotgun just feels like overkill. It isn't until much later when using the other weapons actually comes in handy, and this could be due to the map designs and enemies spawning perfectly when the adrenaline kicked in and the game decided you do indeed need to feel kinda like a bad ass.
One point of contention for me is the look and style of Prodeus. It feels like a nod to the style than, say something like Ion Fury, where maybe closer to a Quake 2 remaster would've been more ideal. They even advertise it on the store page as a "retro look, modern era" but my point is that it feels like its not really needed. I think this hurts a little on some of the enemy looks (like the Lunger). Some places I felt like it looked fitting but a lot just seemed a little like it wouldve looked better in a different style. Just a preference I guess and in no way a reason to avoid Prodeus, unless you just absolutely hate the pixelated/lo-fi homage, but the biggest gripe is that sometimes the particle effects just kinda blend in when you're trying to feel like this ultra bad ass mowing down enemies only to feel a little silly when a couple of entry-level melee enemy nobs made it close to you. But Prodeus more than makes up for this with the absolute gorgeous gibs and gore. Good gravy it's amazing.
The Doom inspiration is obvious and in an absolute great way, whether it's from Brutal Doom, Doom 2016, or a bit of both, or somewhere in the middle. It's just that it takes a little bit of time to get there and early on felt more like Doom 3 in some maps. And even then it still feels like some pacing of a stop and go with later levels.
Now the unfortunate reality is I had no idea typing this up would get this long, but even with the clunky campaign overworld, some of the issues I had with the particle effects, this really did leave me wanting more Prodeus after finishing the campaign and trying some community maps. There's just no damn way I'm going to work on getting the "Go Get Some Fresh Air" achievement though.
It plays like one of those early 2000s source port Doom mods and the visuals are very reminiscent of Quake 2. The later Prodeus dimension levels are visually stunning and depart significantly from the Quake/Doom look. If you are someone who enjoyed Doom 2016, Ultrakill or Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, then this game is definitely for you. I loved every minute of it. This game slaps.
F*ck Doom Eternal. Godd*mn.
Prodeus makes your testicles grow another pair of testicles with the shape of Chuck Norris' face. Next thing you know, Slayer appear out of thin air and perform their albums "Reign in Blood", "South of Heaven" and "Seasons in the Abyss" live and in full length in your living room. You slam you gaming laptop shut in fear, but the last thing you hear is your nose breaking, as Macho Man Randy Savage's fist shoots through the wall next to you, smacking you right in the face with the force of a ten ton truck for being such a wuss.
Prodeus is just the game I needed and I'm perfectly sure that you need it, too.
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PRODEUS
Genre: First-Person-Shooter
Release: Q4 2020 (Early Access)
( ) 0/8 Simply one of the worst games ever made. Don't waste any money on this.
( ) 1/8 Bad. Seriously flawed with barely any redeeming qualities. Worth a couple of Cents at best, if at all.
( ) 2/8 Sub-par. Only for hardcore-fans of respective genre / series. Don't pay more than 5 bucks.
( ) 3/8 Meh-diocre. It‘s okay. Don't pay more than 10 bucks.
( ) 4/8 Decent, but not for everybody. Don't pay more than 15 bucks.
( ) 5/8 Good game, Must-play for genre- / series-fans. Worth 20 to 25 bucks max, if you are not a fan.
(X) 6/8 Great game, universal recommendation. 30 bucks would be a steal for this.
( ) 7/8 Outstanding game, a milestone of it‘s respective genre. Definitely worth its full prize.
( ) 8/8 Simply one of the best games ever made. Get this, the prize doesn't matter.
This is a fun shooter. It's a lot like Doom 2016 in a lot of ways. There are a few things that could make it a lot better, but all of the base elements are here. For a first outing from this developer, this is pretty great!
this game is like what doom 2 is in my head
The gameplay is a series of small maps that you complete in a few minutes. It's smooth and pleasant, but quickly boring.
While I think the base price of 25 euros is a bit outrageous, the game on sale is genuinely great.
Despite environments and enemies feeling repetitive, the game is brought up by it's quality soundtrack, sound design and gunplay that makes every encounter feel satisfying and visceral.
The game does lose a bit of novelty after the midpoint but it still tries to throw in a couple of surprises and the final level was a bit of a challenge too.
I recommend it, good job to the devteam and hope to see something from your studio again soon. Cheers !
Doom Eternal when the devs aren't preoccupied with demanding that you mash the dash button every second or hotswap to the "correct" weapon for every enemy or placing you in slowdown goop or forcing you to Super Mario through hoops to get to the next "Doom" part of the game.
Sometimes all you need is a beer and a high paced boomer shooter
5.5/10 I wanted to like this game, but I didn't. Just felt half baked almost, the enemy variety was low and the story seemed to be absent entirely until later levels where it seems to expect you to know whats going on, which I never did and never knew how I was even supposed to figure that out. Frustrating level design, annoying enemies, bad weapons, it has a lot going for it, but a lot more going against it.
A doom-like that feels like a hybrid between the classic Doom games from the 90s and the more modern Doom (2016). The gun play feels good, there are a lot of cool weapons with a couple really unique ones mixed in there, and the enemy death animations give me a lot of dopamine, especially since you can shoot off different parts of their sprites a lot of the time. This game is obviously heavily inspired by doom but of all the imitators it's a damn good one.
If I had a couple of nitpicks it would be that I wish some of the weapons weren't locked behind exploration reward by spending collectible currency items at the shop, visually the game can feel kind of samey at times, and I feel like I may have liked the game more if it was a little shorter, focusing more on its best and more unique levels. Despite these criticisms I had fun with this game and am glad I picked it up. If you like you like Doom or retro style FPS games I recommend trying it out.
It's so good frfr
this is one of those games that is so fun it makes you upset when you try to play other shooters after
Just awesome! Feels like a better version of Brutal Doom imo. Community maps are a really nice addition.
Runs perfectly on Linux.
Sweet old school look and feel. Substantial weapon handling and they have punch behind them. Enemies are fun and the levels are well crafted. Overall if you are a fan of FPS and classic look and feel this is the ticket. They even included the level editor which is really fun to make your own scenes.
Short and sweet retro FPS. It wasn't what I expected from the traditions of the genre but it was a welcome breath of fresh air for a change.
Mechanics like sprint, reloading, and modest movement speed and options while some might say they're "not in the spirit" of boomer shooters - I think work here.
All the guns were fun to use, in particular I think the weapon select was really intuitive despite the amount of guns on offer.
The merging of pixel art sprites, unfiltered blocky environment design and modern lighting and effects like fog add a nice visual consistency and unique tone to the game. I never felt like any environment looked bad, or was out of character for the game.
The narrative was extremely light - to be frank, it wasn't until I was looking at the wiki later that I actually figured out there was a story of any description. That being said, it never stopped me from wondering wtf was going on and being intrigued.
The campaign ended very abruptly though - and it isn't clear if there is an intent to continue it or if that just falls to UGC from the level editor.
Shout out specifically to some of the settings too. Like having pixelation and CRT filters is genius, as is allowing flipping of left and right handed weapon controls, enabling actual 3D models for enemies, and lots of HUD customization.
All in very much worth a pick up if you are into the classics like Classic Doom, Doom 2016, Quake etc. Great work to the devs!
Prodeus is an interesting mashup of the original DOOM and Quake 2. It has the best elements of both games combined for a hard sci-fi adventure wrapped up in an old school boomer shooter. Graphically everything is heavily pixellated at close range but at distance the environment looks really sharp. This makes Prodeus different and stand out a bit from other games in this category. It's a nice change. Maps are well designed with some interesting twists to them, secrets are challenging to find. There's a wide variety of weapons with some clever alt-fire modes that take a while to understand. Once you do they are useful and intuitive for the right situations. There is an incentive to find secrets to pick up Ore which can be used to obtain enhancements, upgrades, and other weapons.
I recently finished Ion Fury which was great but I have to say I like Prodeus even better.
Getting eye strain because the dithering setting in this game and cannot be disabled.
My favourite game I've played in the "boomer shooter" genre. Prodeus is a love letter to the original Doom while taking some of its inspiration from Doom: Eternal. The weapons are all satisfying as hell to use in combat that's fast and frenetic especially towards the end of the game. This game has an amazing blend of old-school Doom level exploration with enemies littered throughout the level, and eventually has some amazing arena set-pieces that dial up the difficulty to 11 and make you use every weapon in your arsenal.
This game is pure love and the level editor is lightning in a bottle.
Good game although I got really tired of it at a certain point
Paying homage to old doom in spades, this boomer shooter has superior mechanics and snappier feel than new-doom. Top in it's class.
one of the best i played of its kind, should have an overwhelmingly positive score.
I had a lot of fun with it. Basically old Doom graphics with new Doom soundtrack.
This game is ruined by the stupid check point system. How did they fuck this up so badly? If you die, you start back exactly where you were with all the enemies you killed still dead. When you hit the checkpoints, you should restart at the checkpoint, losing all the progress you made since hitting said checkpoint. The other option is restarting the level from scratch which sucks because some of these levels take 20+ minutes to complete. There's no middle ground, play perfectly or brute force the level with countless respawns.
This game is essentally doom and I think the idea was to avoid players save-scumming. In their efforts, they made something even worse. At least with save scumming, the player still has to overcome the obstacle even if they have to reload 20 times to overcome it.
Some other minor grips including binding of weapons, You can have multiple weapons bound to a key, but you can't change the order which they are selected in. For example, all the shotguns are bound to "3", you can't set it up so that the super shotgun comes first, then you hit "3" again to get the regular shotgun, it will always be shotgun, then ssg. Same with the rocket launcher, you hit "5" to get the grenade launcher, then 5 again to get the rocket launcher. I don't want to have to select the fucking grenade launcher to get to the rocket launcher, especially on higher difficulties where quick swapping becomes more essential. There's also a little too much ammo, but that's a nit-pick
The worst part is that the minute-to-minute gameplay is fun. I hope they fix it, but this game has been out for awhile and probably won't be changed. Maybe there's a mod that fixes it, who knows.
This game checks all the boxes for what you want in a retro inspired FPS with a couple of exceptions. Mainly the ending of the campaign is very abrupt short and isn't a satisfying conclusion to an otherwise decent campaign. The level design is solid, the guns are well balanced and fun to use, the enemy variety, although small is well thought out and fun to engage with. Community maps alleviate some of this, but the map browser isn't exactly the best. Over all I recommend this if you like to boom shoot.
old-school masterepiece, get it, regret nothing.
So, i bought the game, played exactly one level and felt the need to come back and endorse the shit out of it. Can't recommend enough if you love boomer shooters
Introduction
This review is based on playing on the Steam deck.
To state that I adore boomer shooters would be a severe understatement, and having grown up around their ilk, such as Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake, they pretty much defined a generation of gaming for me. So, when I saw Prodeus come onto the radar, I just had to jump at the opportunity to experience what looked like a new-era vintage shooter.
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[td]🟩 Prodeus blends fast, frenetic gunplay with clean and easy-to-learn mobility that helps define this shooter in the modern era.
🟩 An old-school, nostalgic aesthetic blended with modern effects brings this world to life.
🟩Combined with the aesthetic from above, the audio in general, is a tribute to the games that helped define it, with one of the best soundtracks in the genre. [/td]
[td]🟥 The enemy variety is thin, and when you finally expect an expansion in the line up, you realise that the new enemies are just coloured reskins of the old ones with a couple of new attacks.
🟥Despite my best efforts to deactivate it, I was unable to entirely disable aim-assist and even with it as low as it goes, it did force some encounters to be more frustrating than they should have been.[/td]
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[td]Most of the achievements in this game are easy to attain, with only very few causing much concern with lengthy grinding and stage re-runs for 100% level completions.[/td]
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Story
In a classic shooter sense, Prodeus doesn't sport much of a storyline.
You assume control of a corrupted agent who seeks to destroy his creator, Prodeus.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363032818
On your journey, you will face minions of Chaos, the arch-enemies of Prodeus and other minions of your creator's army, all of which are attempting to stop you before you kill their master and destroy the world as they know it.
The plot isn't great, nor are the explanations you receive throughout it. But it provides enough incentive to turn your foes into red mist, and I guess is enough story for the genre.
Gameplay Analysis
Hordes of enemies and enough firepower to erase them.
Prodeus is a fairly standard boomer shooter down to the very fundamentals.
If it moves, it wants to kill you, and it's your job not to let them.
You have a decent array of weapons, most of which unlock throughout the campaign, and the rest you will have to purchase from the in-game story, using in-game currency. that you earn from a thorough exploration of levels.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363034440
The enemies aren't particularly abundant in variety, but there's enough to offer a decent challenge for the roughly 10 hours of gameplay it has to offer. You will likely get bored by the time you realise most of the enemies you are fighting are just reskins, but that's a pretty minor concern to have based on the format.
A world of secrets to explore.
Exploration is an essential aspect of Prodeus, as you will need to use the in-game currency to unlock items as you progress through the campaign, and the only way to attain it is to find them hidden across its many levels.
But the currency isn't the only thing worth exploring, as there are secret guns, enemies, and hidden exits across the world for you to find that will significantly improve your chances of survival.
With that said, the maps are well-designed from both an aesthetic and action perspective, and despite how linear they are they do give you a sense of being much larger than they are.
The map is useful but perhaps a little too fidgety to accurately utilise in most situations, but it does provide a quick reference point if you're ever stuck.
Audio and Visual
I genuinely believe this game is an iconic visual and audio experience.
Capturing the old-school nostalgic shooter vibes with some modern-day visual effects that genuinely make you feel unstoppable as you run, gun and smear enemy forces across the facade of sprawling open maps.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363028513
As for the audio, the animations and soundtrack are so well-designed that the heavy, visceral combat will make you feel like every step is real, and every shot fired hurts, all of this combined with a soundtrack that makes you want to cause mayhem for every second of the campaign.
Steam Deck Performance and Specifications
The Steam Deck had no issue running this game, and a fully-charged battery was able to sustain unfaltering gameplay for close to 5 hours without needing another charge.
Final Thoughts - Good
Review chart here.
Is this the best boomer shooter on the market? No, not really.
Is it a fun, and fast paced gun and gore-filled experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat? Hell yeah.
Prodeus does a lot of things right and some of them wrong, with a little bit of "meh" in the middle, but is generally a pretty entertaining experience with some innovative ideas and a great aesthetic style that never gets old. It's probably not worth the $40 they are asking for, but I'd say it's worth it for anything close to 50% off, and if you can get it for cheaper then even better.
[quote]On your journey to destroy your creator, make sure you stop in at Hell, Purgatory and Paradise for a chance to glimpse true paradise.[/quote]
Fun, small space FPS - a real throwback.
Not my first choice of retro-style shooter; I think some levels are too short, while others drag on, and the sense of challenge is uneven due to its enemy distribution and unusual checkpoint system. But Prodeus looks great (if a bit one-note), uses vertical movement creatively, has punchy, functionally-distinct weapons. The level "Space Station" deserves a special shout-out for being visually spectacular yet completely unhinged.
PRODEUS: Phenomenal // Powerful // Perfect
PRODEUS is the DOOM 2016 sequel we will never get.
• From the earth shattering soundtrack that makes you rev up for more slaughter
• Futuristic industrial environmental design that manages to standout with each new level
• Interactive secret rewards that feel valuable and earned when found
• Kinetic synchroneity of the controller vibrations roaring when blasting dimensional spawns of death in waves
• Weighty guns mixed with acrobatic maneuvering that feels organic
• Gun variety is fun, unique and complex while never being a hinderance in feeling epic
• GORGEOUS art style, the hybrid between pixelation and 3d models is PHENOMINAL, I cannot praise the art style enough
• Short and easily digestible, easily beatable in a sitting or few
• Checkpoint system is abundant and not encumbering, allowing you to get back into the fight with every defeat being a mere stepping stone in your onslaught
I often try to avoid using comparisons when ruminating over a piece of art. Often, a comparison is usually driven by a burnout mindset from something disappointing you (in this came a game) and praising something completely different for filling the missing parts of the original thing unbeknownst to the new thing. In this case, I have to compare PRODEUS to its many influences, primarily DOOM, as a way to convey how utterly masterful this game synchronizes every great thing about DOOM with a strong foundation coated in its own flare. If you want to play a game akin to DOOM 2016 but just couldn't get into DOOM ETERNAL, please play PRODEUS, this game goes above beyond with the feeling of having fun. I cannot stress it enough play PRODEUS
WHERE IS THE EXPANSION BOUNDING BOX
WHERE IS IT
Very good game. On par with doom eternal but without the extra crap. Pure retro shooter.
This game feels like what Doom and boomer shooters should be these days. If you feel that Doom 2 is especially tedious and not fun to play, pick this one up. It's constant action, no worrying about juggling skill cooldowns, and it's so satisfying.
Tag it and bag it.
Better than Doom Eternal, sorry not sorry.
Really great game play with an old school DOOM vibe. All of the guns are good so you'll find yourself quickly swapping through them in big battles to kill different creatures faster. There is a learning curve to understanding how to look for 'secrets' and ore locations. I usually play through a level once for fun and then run back through it with a guide to pick out the things I missed. The levels are short & fast so this isn't annoying.
Prodeus is like a Doom mod on steroids and I LOVE it. This is a really fun FPS and if your a simple guy that likes cool guns, cool demons, and a lot of guts then you will really love Prodeus. If your an old-head that misses classic doom or just a dude that loves shooting stuff, then buy this.
ITS SO GOOD. Reminds me of things like OG Prey and Quake 4.
Don't let this one pass you by in the indie shooter glut. A rad aesthetic, generally phenomenal weaponry, and smart, tight, inventive level design make it a joy to play.
While heavily inspired by Doom and Quake it would be unfair to reduce this game to "another Doom-clone". It takes everything that made those early Id Software titles fun and adds in everything you would expect from a modern game, while keeping just a hint of the old blocky style to appease our nostalgia.
The focus of this game is clearly for players to have fun, rather than facing a needlessly difficult challenge. The game offers constant action to electronic metal music, exploration to grab all the secrets for those who are so inclined, a purchase system that makes finding hidden ore and to buying the next upgrade a prime motivator on top of completing levels.
There is a wide range of weapons. While you rarely find yourself running out of ammunition the game rewards swapping weapons frequently and learning what situations to utilise them as well as mastering their secondary modes.
There is a large variety of levels with exquisite level design, especially towards the end of the campaign.
The DLC looks amazing too. I can't wait for it to be released.
While the main game feels like it ends prematurely, it is still all around very solid and I can highly recommend this game in it's current state!
After trying a lot of other old school shooters reinvented, I feel this is one of the better retro shooters out there. The levels feel designed for moving quickly with sprint and the pistol hits hard by itself.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Bounding Box Software Inc. |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 16.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 84 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 93% положительных (3828) |