I grabbed this game last weekend on sale, installed the 100GB install, and tried to fire it up. Well, I was met with an intro screen that was less than spectacular. The performance was horrible on my Nvidia card. So, I spent half an hour updating my drivers, then…tadaa, just like magic, the game came to life. What came to life though, felt mundane, repetitive, unrewarding, unpolished, and generally unpleasant. This, seems highly unusual, at least, so I thought. Then, I hit the Steam forums and saw, a lack of activity for this game, that was astounding. It was like standing in an empty room. This is very uncharacteristic of any Doom game I have ever played. As a matter of fact, even Doom3 which wasn’t that well received probably would have been more active than this. Buyer beware, this game may not be what the hype machine has been hyping it up to be!
The channel in the video below is good for keeping up with game discounts. He covers a lot of high quality resellers too. The video below from yesterday turned me on to a new reseller called Fanatical. Honestly surprised at how much more discounted the games are on the reseller sites than directly from Steam. If you haven’t checked out Fanatical, do so, they have mystery bundles and they are fun. From what I can tell, all the games so far, are compatible with Steam. Check out Fanatical here: https://www.fanatical.com .
Trepang two feels like a mashup of old school FPS games, mixed with some new game-play mechanisms, finished off with overall uniqueness. The games that come to mind for me with Trepang that provide influence are games like Wolfenstein, Left4Dead, DeusX, Control, and a few others.
I’ve only played the campaign mode in Trepang. Given that I can’t speak to multiplayer capability. The campaign mode starts off with the hero, breaking out of his/her prison cell in a high security facility, that on the surface appears to be a prison. From that fairly normal start of a game, things quickly evolve and unveil some truths as to who the hero is, why the hero was in prison and what supernatural elements are associated with the main hero that makes them special.
Without giving too much detail away, the game delves into scifi, zombie, cultist, hardcore military and other elements as the hero progresses through one mission to the next.
Being fairly new to this game, there is a little confusion for me on the campaign mode, as the missions are, from what I can tell nonlinear and are picked in the mission briefing room. New missions become available as missions are completed. This is a little weird because, from mission to mission, the story and elements can vary widely, which at times, leads to a disjointed nonlinear feeling of imbalance, is the best way I can put it.
Game-play is sooo smooth in this game. It’s important to note however, the slide kick and grab (F key) are huge factors tied to health and staying alive. It’s therefore imperative to key bind these in a comfortable way, and to practice, practice, practice. During missions, enemies will spawn in “waves”, depending on the difficulty level chose, a wave can be either super intense, or insane. There are very few missions where even easy difficulty, is easy. So, plan on being constantly challenged by this game, in a most unrelenting, intense, and sometimes insane way. Mind your guns and ammo at all times. While engaging with enemies, try to keep up with getting new ammo, and armor while engaged, otherwise you run out of either of those, you die. Find a gun that works for you and stick with it, too.
Character progression, from what I have been able to tell, is quite good. You start out with very little in the way of armament, and gain more as you finish more missions. Same goes for knowledge. There are a lot of files that you will run across in the game, pick them up, they help tell the story of how you got to where you are at that moment, and where you’re going. If you skip this stuff you will miss out on a big part of the overall game.
I still have quite a way to go before I finish the campaign. I will more than likely kill a few keyboards out of frustration along the way, but it’s all good. This game is intense in a lot of really good ways, and those few moments of frustration are a small price to pay for this little gem. Overall, playing this is very enjoyable, and I’m looking forward to what comes next from this developer!
Trepang2 is on sale in the Steam store right now, so what are you waiting for?
Been playing this off and on for a few weeks now on steam, what a wild ride. It’s a FPS, with zombies, supersoldiers, monsters, etc. etc. It’s a mash up between Doom, Crysis, FarCry, Wolfenstein. Looking for a fun game, I highly recommend!!! Get it on Steam, here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/ .
