For Coce. Yes. Should be discussed. I only became aware of it after the 30 mins unedited gameplay video which was a great display of the game. I think - with all due respect to Warth, and subject to one requirement - it's the modern retro game I'm most hyped for. Thusly:

Cons:

- Pixellation / texture resolution is pretty bad in most world textures, not only a bit ugly but out of place with the higher res model textures, filtered char hand, and general consistent quality of the rest of the graphics. i presume the texture resolution is a place-holder and linear filtering will be a default option.

Pros:

+ Errrr everything else??
+ Graphical harmony for everything else is spot on, really nice use of colours, fog, effects, etc. Retro feel without being too retro (i.e. artificially ugly like many of these games aim for).
+ Atmospere is 11/10.
+ Style / setting totally appeals to me.
+ Exploration and secrets look cool.
+ Combat and breakables look fun.
+ Nice balance of weapons and spells.
+ Control and movement looks fine.
+ Did I mention the atmosphere and style yet?

So, yes... 

I'm sure I saw this a while ago and dismissed it for all the usual blindingly obvious "making a shit half-arsed 'inspired by Dusk reject assets' clone in deliberately pre-Doom graphics but in Unity" reasons, but the recent fresh trailer has actually got me quite inspired. It's garish and lurid and OTT and the weapon that takes up the full screen is naff, but it looks like as well as the obligatory visceral combat, they're putting some proper effort into level design, strong-ish sci-fi industrial theme, and a so far meaty looking bestiary (level design, theme, bestiary - who would have thought they could be useful for game design eh). Also the ability to switch between pixel sprites and full 3D seemingly on the fly is pretty promising... 

There has also been some absolute dung shown off in trailers recently including linked from the 3DR Big Event Reveal Livestream Expo whatever the fuck that was. But I've mostly blocked out the names from my mind, suffice to say the retro fps quality standards of 10% hit to 90% miss seems to be maintained... 

https://www.diabotical.com

Reminds me of Warsow and Q3 mods. 

Anyone check this out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J_6CTHKbIg

Rhythm game mixed with FPS. 

Looks competent, but it seems like everything is gambled on whether or not people are able to tolerate the so-called "epic rock soundtrack" that the game is clearly built around. Seems a bit risky to say the least, if the trailer music is anything to go by.

Dipping the music, like you can do in every other game if it's not to your taste, probably isn't much of an option here. 

Yeah, I suspect Under The Mayo is right in his review. He sort of hates the music (and the levels and enemies):

https://youtu.be/ZiC5cCGsoCQ 

Less retro in graphics, maybe just as retro in gameplay? Theme looks semi-harmonious for a change, and it's got a playable demo that I will check later.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/668320/Perilous_Warp/

Cheers aDaya for posting it in Discord. 

Kinn you need to play this, enough said. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h50JJ8ko74Q

Demo playthrough with, errr, detailed factual analysis and comparisons! 

Looks 90% like a badly done Quake 2 custom map on gameplay, layout and textures, with the bestiary part that forces you to take cover and shoot to death, and every brick is a brush level of brushwork detail and texture resolution on very simple rooms with simple brushwork.

Darkplaces with Epsilon collection of mods' fans will love it. 

So far what is best are the looks, in the parts of consistency, lighting and texturing.

About Graven, it feels very good and solid but i am worried about the gameplay being too repetitive, and for the same reason, about the breakables. There is not that much variety on encounters and enemy types for now and from what we see in the video, while there is several ways to deal with enemies it feels to me that some option are a lot more useful than the others. The good part regarding this is that it isn't just kill'em all. It would not feel right that kind of gameplay with this game's atmosphere. 

Hellbound demo playthrough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua8QokD57uo

Hellbound is a hardcore '90s-inspired shooter for "true warriors" apparently. 

Well, it is not much good yet but it is a big improvement from the last video i have watched about it. Now it has proper progression even if it has issues on guiding the player, some layout, even if very simple and still horizontal (maybe for a console port?). The sounds are Ok, save maybe the jumping one which becomes a bit annoying. The machine gun is quite redundant and i am worried about all the sniping opportunities it can bring together with the first shooting weapon.
I like that the lobbing guys keep lobbing even if they cannot see but can hit you.
I am of the same opinion as the video about the damage being probably too high. 

Ultrakill is billed as "Quake meets Doom2016 meets Devil May Care" .

It gets overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam.

This sounds just like the retro FPS we've been waiting for.

It has a demo available. I played it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNFMEVe4wVc 

New Blood should be banned from using the word Quake. 

it is hard to see the resemblance with Quake and Doom 4, specially the first. I would compare it with Devil's Daggers with a layout, while keeping it arcade-like. In this regards it would be decent to good if it had more enemies and variety on encounters. 

I feel like the first level is not a good demo for these last few games, if the entire level is spent teaching you how to melee boxes and crouch/dash and you get like a single pistol and can shoot the most boring enemy type for the majority of the level. Maybe they should grab like level 3 or 4 where it (presumably) opens up to more interesting layouts, more weapons, and more varied enemy types. 

Almost every one of these new games should. They should use Wolfenstein 3d, Blood or Serious Sam Second Encounter as references instead. 

There is that, but then look at the first levels of, errr, retro FPSes like Quake and Quake 2. Basic weapons, limited enemy types, and design / architecture / theme / atmosphere / exploration wise that would piss all over the last few games from such a great height it would leave dents in the typical New Blood shill's brainless head.

Ultrakill has a minimum introduction, 2 weapons with alt-fire and upgrades, 3 different enemies, 2 bosses, and an aesthetic tone that gets me hurrying to be underneath the piss waterfall so it can wash my retinas back to normal. 

Gloomwood demo.

Texture fidelity that makes Id1 look refined. Engine quality that makes Quakespasm look like Frostbite. Character and weapon models that barely deserve the term model...

...and yet it has a sense of place, atmosphere, and purposeful theme to it than warrants a place at the top the pissfall for design alone. If you can cope with the engine and model limitations (I probably can't), this demo really sets a good tone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcFfnHrtNxU 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVH8Ft5d5M A short one thing. Arguably not short enough. 

not really a Quake mod or TC? It looks 100% like one, even the assets.

As a mod as it says in the video it would be decent to good, with some fixes to the AI.

Also, could you provide a link for it? I cannot find a single thing, neither as a mod or as a commercial videogame. 

really looks like a Quake TC with a custom engine.

As rough as the graphics and audio are, I would rather play these quake-inspired maps than the wolf3d-inspired maps from your other recent videos. There are actual outdoor areas with room to circle strafe instead of endless linear box corridors everywhere.

and the steam page says they have "flushable toilets" 

HROT definitely requires a certain sensibility to the "eastern bloc oppressiveness" vibes.

The original Quake has a similar appeal, in a way I am unable to describe.