Scathe

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  • Summary: Scathe is an intense, classic FPS with big guns and even bigger demons. You are Scathe, Enforcer of the Legions of Hell, forged from the earth by the Divine Creator himself. And you, like your fallen kin before you, must prove your worth by navigating a deviously crafted maze, entangled withScathe is an intense, classic FPS with big guns and even bigger demons. You are Scathe, Enforcer of the Legions of Hell, forged from the earth by the Divine Creator himself. And you, like your fallen kin before you, must prove your worth by navigating a deviously crafted maze, entangled with demonic evil at every twist and turn. So, grab your Hell Hammer and get ready to unleash your almighty fury!

    Use Scathe's brute strength and extreme speed to purge your way through Hell's most grotesque abominations, as you search for the Hellstones and defeat the all-powerful Guardians that protect them.

    It's time to blast your way out of bullet Hell.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. Softpedia
    Aug 31, 2022
    85
    Scathe is a good first-person shooter for anyone who loves the genre and appreciates a challenge. The story is good enough and the combat feels visceral. Moving through the same rooms can become repetitive but the FPS mechanics are good enough to keep players engaged. I would have liked for the game to offer at least another difficulty level. Frustration can also appear if the re-spawn puts the player in the middle of a big fight, with no way out. But, overall, Scathe understands what makes an FPS tick and adds enough new ideas to keep fans engaged.
  2. The Games Machine
    Sep 1, 2022
    75
    Scathe is definitely not flawless. The bosses aren’t great, optimization could use some work, and the music, while good, lacks variety. But traversing the infernal labyrinth and slaughtering dozens of demons is good fun, the guns feel satisfying to use, and the game definitely knows how to keep you on your toes.
  3. God is a Geek
    Aug 31, 2022
    65
    Scathe is a serviceable shooter with a few nice touches, but there's little to set it apart from other Doom-likes.
  4. PC Invasion
    Aug 31, 2022
    60
    You're trapped in a maze-like Hell in Scathe, but while the shooting is solid, the rest of the game may put you into a haze.
  5. Hooked Gamers
    Sep 6, 2022
    60
    Overall, Scathe is a perfectly adequate shooter. However, it fails in its intended purpose of adequately supporting either a bullet-hell playstyle, or on the flipside, a slow-paced tactically-driven experience. Its current mechanics and balancing make it unclear what demographic the developers are attempting to chase. With a few months of sufficient patching and overhauling, it’s possible that Scathe could transform into one of the best Doom-esque indie FPS games currently on the market. For now, it’s definitely worthy of being added to one's wishlist. Whether it's worth purchasing outright, however, is a question worthy of far more doubt.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Sep 7, 2022
    50
    Scathe is not a total disaster, but it simply has too many flaws to pass enough and become really interesting.
  7. Checkpoint Gaming
    Aug 31, 2022
    45
    I appreciate what Scathe was clearly aspiring to be, but it doesn’t reach those aspirations. Its sprawling, directionless levels were no substitute for a more tailored experience with a difficulty curve and intended order of obtaining new weapons and spells. Flooding the stages with enemies and hazards that appear out of thin air felt unfair more often than not, and the lives system and scarce health pick-ups only slowed down what is intended to be a fast-paced experience. If you enjoy DOOM and FPS’s inspired by it and want to play it co-op with your friends, there is some enjoyment to be had, but there are better-designed co-op shooters on the market that are more deserving your time.

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Spikeztraps
    Sep 7, 2022
    10
    The game looks lit.
    It's one of the smoothest FPS games I have ever seen. I have a good, really decent amount of FPS.
    It's a fantastic    The game looks lit.
    It's one of the smoothest FPS games I have ever seen. I have a good, really decent amount of FPS.

    It's a fantastic game would recommend it.    … Expand
  2. Jt0429
    Sep 1, 2022
    6
    Good-
    Movement feels good; Clever ideas of mixing genres.
    Bad- Visually a mess; Progression is too slow; None of the clever ideas feel    Good-
    Movement feels good; Clever ideas of mixing genres.

    Bad-
    Visually a mess; Progression is too slow; None of the clever ideas feel fully-realized.

    Thoughts-
    By no means is Scathe a terrible game; it certainly has some clever ideas and genre-melding ambitions that I can appreciate. Unfortunately, it also falls just slightly short on every single count, making it feel more like a chore to play than an actual game. I certainly hope that Damage State can improve on the game as it goes on, because somewhere underneath the messy visuals and tiring progression system is a game that’s bound to be incredibly fun. I just hope that this game can make it out of the ashes of Scathe unscathed.    … Expand

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