Dusk (Video Game)

About

Dusk a is retro-styled first-person shooter developed by David Szymanski and published by New Blood Interactive.
The game's development started in 2015 and went in early access on 2018, containing both DuskWorld and the first two episodes of the singleplayer campaign.The soundtrack is composed by Andrew Hulshult.

History

The game's concept goes all the way back to the mid 2000s,David Szymanski biggest inspirations were Doom and Half-Life, with Quake on a visual standpoint with low-poly models and enviroments.
The game's Reveal Trailer first launched in September 2016:

Gameplay

Dusk is heavily influenced from the 90s first person shooters with more emphasis on movement and speed and a wide variety of weapons which range from rifles and grenade launchers to a magic sword.
A unique mechanic of Dusk is the unlocked y-axis, allowing the player an additional degree of rotation whilst in midair, which grants the ability to perform front and back-flips.

Reception

The game gained overwhelmingly positive reviews from the community,considering it a nice comeback to FPS roots.

Fandom

The game has a very dedicated fanbase with the developers themselves actually embracing the memes from the fans.
It also has a page for the mods from the community on Mod.io.
It gained so much popularity that the main character was also included in a Doom mod as well:Quake Champions Doom Edition.

Big John

Big John is one of the game bosses of the game and gained notoriety for his voice lines,which are parodying the austrian actor Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes in his movies.
The character is voiced by the game producer David Oshry and has his face as well with most of his lines taken from another New Blood published game;the 2013 remake of Rise of The Triad and as Little John in Amid Evil.

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