clueless1 wrote on 2020-02-23, 16:07:
I picked up Project Warlock on a steep discount on GOG the other day and played through the first level and explored the 2nd level a little. It looks promising! Seems (at least from my first taste) like it won't be overly difficult, which I'm totally good with. I like my FPS to be forgiving with my 51 yr old reflexes. It's going on my playlist sometime after Wizardry 7 and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
Really like what they did with the retro graphics slant. Even some of the CRT and scanline filters are fun, though I probably won't play the game with them enabled.
Graphic filters can be fun, but I agree, they can also be mostly annoying after awhile. One game that has some of the most diverse graphic filters is Syder Arcade. It's a shmup and I was lucky enough to pick it up when they were offering it DRM free. For some reason that doesn't seem to be an option anymore. Anyway, the list of graphic filters it has is as follows:
Modern, Hipster, Gray2bit, Gray4bit, Gray8bit, Apple II, Vic20, C64, Plus4, Amiga HAM, ZX Spectrum, MSX2, Hercules 1, Hercules 2, CGA PAL 1, CGA PAL 2, CGA PAL 3, EGA, VGA 320, VGA 640
The best part is the devs took great care to make sure every filter was authenticate in color and resolution. So you can imagine something like the VIC-20 filter, with it's very low resolution, is almost unplayable when there is a lot of action on the screen. It's still mesmerizing to see though.
BTW, if you want to see all 20 graphic filters in action you can still download the Syder Arcade demo here.