IGM takes a look at Wrack, the new release by Final Boss Entertainment, in a glowing review.
Exophase: "Wrack isn’t about leveling up, building your character, or obtaining abilities. Instead, it’s about charging into battle and shooting everything in sight with no remorse."
GameCrate: "There’s a lot to love about first-person shooters that aren’t afraid of going back to the genre’s groundbreaking ’90s roots. It’s one thing to try and develop the FPS genre by adding crazy gameplay elements or adding a party atmosphere with robust online multiplayer options. It’s a completely different story when a developer flat-out refuses to do either of those things in favor of sticking to the basics. That is what Final Boss Entertainment has decided on with Wrack, ensuring you get a raucous, rambunctious, retro-soaked FPS."
PixlBit | "It seems like there’s a fairly big movement to get back to the roots of first person shooters lately, with games like Toxikk, Xibalba, and even the Doom franchise returning to the mechanics and sensibilities that started it all. Wrack began this journey six long years ago and has almost reached its full release. If you have great memories of those early “Doom clone” days, share one with us in the comments and you can win a copy of Wrack on Steam! To get things started, some of the staff has shared their own. Just add your memory from those early corridor-stomping days in the comments, no matter how brief, before August 19th at noon Eastern time and you’re entered to win one of five Steam codes for Wrack!*
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I'm sure fans will be recalling TF2, CS, CS:S, Doom, Goldeneye, Halo, HL, HL2, BF1942,
but I'm gonna go with Red faction, why?
GEO MOD Destruction my friend.
back when everyone was slobbering over the Xbox and Halo I was shaking my head and so not impressed with Halo's SP because it didn't have destruction like Red faction did.
I mean walking into the third bosses elevated ceiling room and being locked in only to literally tear that place down like Neo in the Matrix lobby scene was fantastic.
Not only did we tear it down but I blew holes in the wall to give myself a vantage point for killing the Boss. Columns got knocked down, walls filled with holes, ceiling tiles all over the floor, tables blown into splinters, it was amazing the amount of destruction involved way back then.
Red Faction with Geo Mod technology left such a long lasting impression on me as a great shooter and destruction not seen in such detail until BF3.
