Demon Pit – Review (PC)
Whoever said you can’t go back is full of shit. Not only can you go back, you can make things even better than they were before. Okay, so maybe that’s not always the case, but when it comes to video games it actually is. Demon Pit lives and dies by that mantra. At first glance you might even think that you’re looking at a game from the mid 90s when you start playing the arena shooter in the vein of all your favorite shooters from a bygone era. However, you’re actually playing a game in 2019 that can stand side by side with any of the games that came before it.
Demon Pit takes ideas from the past and present and blends them together to make your nostalgia and your current love for video games both come alive at once.
Gameplay will be familiar to anyone that played any of the original first-person shooters on PC and Nintendo 64 long ago. For those that haven’t, you’ll soon catch on. What really makes Demon Pit different is the modern ideas that are brought to life here. Demon Pit is basically just a horde mode. Made popular when Nazi Zombies first appeared, it’s almost hard to find a modern FPS that doesn’t have some sort of mode dedicated to waves and waves of enemies coming at you.
With each wave that you face the arena also changes to make things even more difficult. Here you’ll be equipped with not only your weapons, but a grappling hook that will help you zip out of harm’s way whenever the horde is coming down on you. Around the outside of the arena are ledges that you can use your grappling hook to reach. This not only gives you a second to breath, but will sometimes give you a little bit of health to get you back in the fight. You can’t rest long though, because some enemies can fly. At other times, when the wave changes, the ledge will disappear and you’ll fall to whatever lies beneath you.
Like any horde mode you’ll start with a pistol and continue to get bigger and better weapons from wave to wave. Ammo is limited on most of the weapons but, if you run out of the good stuff, you can always go back to your trusty pistol which has an infinite supply of bullets.
Enemies look like something straight out of Doom and Serious Sam. The deeper and deeper you get into the pit the more ridiculous they become.
You’re given the option to use your keyboard and mouse or controller with Demon Pit and, regardless which you choose, you’ll be blasting bad guys with ease. Though the traditional keyboard and mouse approach is more precise, we tried both methods and the Xbox One controller feels pretty damn good as well.
The music is intense and will bring back memories of games like Quake. As the music gets more intense, so does the combat. The music really sets the tone for what’s happening and can be a great soundtrack to blast demons to.
With global and local leaderboards, you’ll find yourself going through wave after wave, over and over, as you try to climb the ranks and fight for boasting rights amongst your friends.
There’s not much more to say about Demon Pit, it’s a horde mode that looks and feels like a classic FPS, if that’s not enough to make you excited to play it….nothing will.
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*Demon Pit was given to the reviewer by the publishing company but this fact did not alter the reviewer’s opinion*
