It just doesn't feel like something that New Blood would make. I've played just about every game that New Blood has had a hand in since Dusk, and I have NEVER been disappointed until I played AMID EVIL.

The good?

This game is beautiful. Honestly, this looks better than most AAA titles that come out today, and it runs significantly better. I've only have one freeze, but that was after letting it sit paused for a prolonged period of time.

The enemy design is nice. Each zone completely changes the enemies, so you go from fighting basic knight-type enemies in one zone to fighting Celestial Monstrosities beyond human comprehension in another. It changes up frequently enough to keep you from getting bored of shooting the same exact bullet sponges from level to level.

The soundtrack is a banger. It's not Dusk level, in my opinion, but it gets the job done.

The bad?

Playing through this, it feels like there was zilch in terms of communication between the teams that made this, and by that, I mean:

Whoever designed the weapons failed to give them any punch, whoever designed the enemies gave them too much health, whoever designed the levels didn't think about the fact that we have no parry, dodge, etc to protect ourselves and made each level a series of narrow corridors that lead to arena sections (which are still extremely small when compared to other games with arena shooting sections) with 20 enemies that can hit you 5 times before you can hit them once.

The platforming feels abysmal, as you have no sense of momentum. It's very easy to fall off the narrow ledges that they designed (which most of the time you have no choice but to go on because it's the actual path you're supposed to take) and have to do it all over again.

The enemy AI is (somehow) even more intelligent than the AI for Ready or Not. And by that, I mean you will be, attacked from all angles before you even know what's happening, be shot by things from halfway across the map that you can't even SEE, and you will think they're dead but they'll stand up and stab you in the chest 34 times and overkill you.

If you've never heard of New Blood or you're new to gaming in general, try out something like Dusk before you go into AMID EVIL (If you choose to pick this one up at all). You'll actually get to see how good of a game these guys can make, and this one will just leave a sour first impression.

Edit:

It's honestly so bad that I really wish I could refund it. Do with that what you will.

Good movement
Most of the arsenal's fun

♥♥♥♥♥ good