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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

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After more than 4 years in EA it finally comes out Feb. 2024. I only played it when it launched its EA and for 2-3 updates later. It had many weaknesses like AI and map design/sizes, but also some good parts like weapons, and especially the movement was pretty fun.

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I also bought it four years ago. The project looked really good - it felt fresh cuz "boomer shooters" weren't a tired trend that outstayed its welcome, it used forked quake engine and not Unity or Unreal, and it had known quake mappers on the team (such as skacky). Who would have known it's gonna end up like this?
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I did.
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Thought this was a Wrath Unleashed sequel.
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The game comes out today and by all accounts it is great, especially for people who like Quake.
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maidenhaver wrote: January 4th, 2024, 18:55
Thought this was a Wrath Unleashed sequel.
I bought that one on a whim, man was it cringe and shit.
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Oh my god, like I was so cringing. Please take that cringe away eww gross. Totally cringing right now.
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maidenhaver wrote: February 27th, 2024, 11:25
Oh my god, like I was so cringing. Please take that cringe away eww gross. Totally cringing right now.
guess you liked that game then.
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Yeah, when I was a kid.
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Post by rusty_shackleford »

Why did this get boycotted by youtube reviewers?
The only guy who reviewed it is splattercat.
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I heard this game was delayed constantly since the initial early access release, and it's reputation suffered immensely because of it.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: March 1st, 2024, 05:16
Why did this get boycotted by youtube reviewers?
The only guy who reviewed it is splattercat.
there's tons of youtuber reviews though...
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KnightoftheWind wrote: March 1st, 2024, 05:18
I heard this game was delayed constantly since the initial early access release, and it's reputation suffered immensely because of it.
I am honestly a bit surprised it got released after all. It was already bundled way over a year ago. I mean they never really stopped posting updates, but at times they just felt like tiny non-updates, just posting something to keep backers happy.
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Civvie has finally made a video on Wrath... and it's not a review, it's a garbage bin overview of 3DRealms' current output. OUCH
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>watching civvie
>caring what civvie has to say
>using civvie as some sort of "gotcha" on an internet forum
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He's an indicator.
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wndrbr wrote: March 20th, 2024, 03:35
Civvie has finally made a video on Wrath... and it's not a review, it's a garbage bin overview of 3DRealms' current output. OUCH
He had some video about its EA release. I think it was quite positive back then.
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Post by wndrbr »

Still, it's funny and weird how the game is completely ignored by the mainstream youtubers who specialize on that type of games. Almost as if they all congregate in some discord server, and one of them brought the idea to cancel Wrath.
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Also this.

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Curious.