If you loved FEAR or the newer Wolfenstein games like I did, you'll likely enjoy Selaco too. It takes after those games the most (and even bits of other 2000s FPSs like Half-Life 2) despite getting labelled as a "boomer shooter", being chock-full of secrets/references and running on GZDoom.

The base price of 25 USD might seem a bit steep for an indie title and the game is still in EA, but this is the rare case where you'll get your money's worth in my opinion. The now-released first act (pre-update) is clearly an indicator that the overall design, gameplay loop and vision for the game has been nailed down to a T even if they still semi-regularly update it to tweak it further. From the updates, it also seems they actually have a plan for the next two acts to be released by this century (2025 and 2026 respectively).

That all being said, the story elements (beyond visual story-telling and logs/emails) have been left out for now and there's a big story update coming in by the end of the year so you can also hold off until then.

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Here's a review

  • Cowbee [he/him]
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    25 days ago

    How is Selaco, fellow boomshoot fans? makima-think

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      25 days ago

      Fucking amazing, it's FEAR meets DOOM taking place in a massive interconnected space station with tons of secrets all over the place and a bunch of interesting and fun to use weapons

      • Cowbee [he/him]
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        25 days ago

        Gross, that's just what I didn't need to hear to protect my wallet kitty-cri-texas

        At least right now I have lea-caramelldansen to play, and then dubois-finger-guns before I jump into Selaco