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[Buggy Loop]

Been playing this for the past few days. Don't let "early access" fool you, this game has more content and more polished than 99.99% of games out there. The devs are basically saying "hold my beer" and will add even more content to this already legend in the making shooter.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Bought this the other day. I'm not too far into it but It's bloody good fun, definitely one to pick up.

 

[Chuck Berry]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

 

[Banjo64]

Looks class, I’m jealous that a lot of these types of games don’t see a release on console. If I had a PC I’d be on this.

 

[april6e]

It looks really good but I don't buy early access titles on principle. I'll gladly check it out when they are done.

 

[simpatico]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

It borrows map design elements from Doom and Quake with metro urban aesthetics, but the combat is more FEAR without the slow mo. The sound effects are AAA and the sheer amount of debris that kicks up during gun fights. It's pure chaos.

 

[Guilty_AI]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk.

Aside from being well made in general, lots of attention to detail, scenario interactivity and interesting enemy behaviour. To degrees you rarely see even in AAA games.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Runs great on Steamdeck too

 

[Buggy Loop]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

Hmmm

F.E.A.R having a threesome with Half Life and Doom. Nothing "separates" it per say but the baby that came from that makes it one of the best shooters in years imo.
Tactical combat gameplay a lot like FEAR, the downtimes are more like Half Life (puzzles) and map design is more like Doom. Add a sprinkle of PDAs and keycodes of System shock and voilà.
The map design are big, detailed and the secrets and how to access some of them have left me scratching my head for minutes but still made me very much into finding how to get in. Exploration is fun in this shooter.

Enemies are tough as fuck. the invasion tiers where enemies upgrade themselves throughout the game is like "oh shit" moments as they are already badass.

Enemy invasion tier level raised :

 

[Fake]

The reload system is not my type. I prefer close to Doom.

 

[The Cockatrice]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

Youre asking as if we're getting these type of games often. Dafuq? Just play the game and see for yourself. If you dont like it, refund it.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Youre asking as if we're getting these type of games often. Dafuq? Just play the game and see for yourself. If you dont like it, refund it.

Was just askin out of curiousity and no PC here

 

[TintoConCasera]

Tactical combat gameplay a lot like FEAR, the downtimes are more like Half Life (puzzles) and map design is more like Doom. Add a sprinkle of PDAs and keycodes of System shock and voilà.
The map design are big, detailed and the secrets and how to access some of them have left me scratching my head for minutes but still made me very much into finding how to get in. Exploration is fun in this shooter.

They should put your post on the back of the box.

 

[Scotty W]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

I haven’t played it, but it is running on a very heavily modified Doom engine, which I think guarantees a certain satisfaction from combat, while being new enough to be interesting-not that Doom ever gets old.

 

[YCoCg]

Not sure if the music is procedural but damn the soundtrack bangs and seems to time itself too well

 

[rkofan87]

as soon as it hits console i am in.

 

[lh032]

console port plsssss

 

[darrylgorn]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

Just watch the video in the OP. John explains all of the features of the game right off the bat.

 

[Guilty_AI]

console port plsssss

as soon as it hits console i am in.

Good chance it won't due to GNU GPL licensing circumstances.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Been playing this for the past few days. Don't let "early access" fool you, this game has more content and more polished than 99.99% of games out there. The devs are basically saying "hold my beer" and will add even more content to this already legend in the making shooter.

Interested in this, thank you for posting it and shows that games don't have to push for hyper realistic visuals to be fun

For example I put a lot of time into Battlebit Remastered and had a blast many a nights

 

[ChiefDada]

Looks awesome. I love the destruction and sound effects.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Not sure if the music is procedural but damn the soundtrack bangs and seems to time itself too well

Oh the OST is an absolute banger yes. We heard some tidbits also in DF video

One of my favorite is the saferoom



Reminds me of Resident evil save room musics. Very calm after all that chaos.

There's a ton of OST tracks missing from youtube as I guess it will be available later, some are way better than what's available so far.

 

[phant0m]

Can confirm, game is quite good:

Feels good, sounds good, looks good, runs good

Only played like an hour but so far I prefer it to other recent FEAR-esque games (eg Trepang2). While this doesn't have the slo-mo/bullet time effects and isn't as visually advanced, Selaco brings A LOT more to the table in terms of visual design, soundtrack, and level design.

 

[StereoVsn]

Saw the video and picked up the game today. It simply slaps and it’s already my favorite retro shooter of the last few years.

Props to the devs and it’s still in EA.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Just watch the video in the OP. John explains all of the features of the game right off the bat.

I can’t stand digital foundry

 

[Guilty_AI]

I can’t stand digital foundry

Just take a look on the game elsewhere

 

[MagiusNecros]

What separates it from other FPS's of the same ilk?

Open Mod Support.

It's also a wombo combo of FEAR + Half-life + System Shock + Doom 3 with smart AI.

And is a $25 purchase when with the amount of content it offers a AAA dev would be charging $70+.

Great music and atmospheric to boot. FPS game of the year IMO.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Open Mod Support.

Well, that'll always be the case for anything GZDoom related. Or rather this game is a sprout from decades on Doom modding.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Well, that'll always be the case for anything GZDoom related. Or rather this game is a sprout from decades on Doom modding.

Oh for sure. It's icing on the cake.

 

[FeastYoEyes]

Games really good. The environments can get a bit samey but the feel of the shooting is amazing and the interactivity has me trying everything I can with the environment.

 

[Hypereides]

Looks class, I’m jealous that a lot of these types of games don’t see a release on console. If I had a PC I’d be on this.

Same. Game looks bitchin'. Visually, looks a bit like Prodeus. Hoping for a console release.

 

[balls of snow]

Runs great on Steamdeck too

And bought. Cheers.

 

[CamHostage]

Not to derail this with a weird tangent, but I wonder if the GZDOOM augmentation is so severe that this can't be ported to Android? Not talking about playing on a phone, but these are the types of games I love playing on my portable Odin or other handheld device. (It isn't Deck Certified but video shows Selaco running just fine on a Steam Deck, so there's that option as well.)

 

[StereoVsn]

Not to derail this with a weird tangent, but I wonder if the GZDOOM augmentation is so severe that this can't be ported to Android? Not talking about playing on a phone, but these are the types of games I love playing on my portable Odin or other handheld device. (It isn't Deck Certified but video shows Selaco running just fine on a Steam Deck, so there's that option as well.)

It runs well on SteamDeck so it could probably be ported to Android/iOS for the high end devices. However how big is that market?

 

[simpatico]

Listen GAF, if you enjoy gaming in the early 2000s, even if you haven’t found a modern boomer shooter you liked, it’s so worth checking out Selaco. This is firmly in my top 3 games of the year so far. Its just so damn good.

 

[chlorate]

The 2D sprites for enemies are not my thing, my first FPS games were Goldeneye and Half-Life

 

[simpatico]

The 2D sprites for enemies are not my thing, my first FPS games were Goldeneye and Half-Life

Most gunfights all you can make out through the debris hurricane is the red glow and shape of their visor. You don’t even notice they’re 2D after a while. The uniform visor profile is just about the only thing that makes them findable in the smokey chaos