The gameplay isn't really anything special, but it does get bonus points for picking a WWI setting. A decent first person shooter with fairly old school mechanics.

GAMEPLAY:

NecroVisioN is a first-person shooter that starts in a World War 1 setting, but adds an increasing number of supernatural elements over time, until you're basically fighting demons in a hellish underworld. Apart from German soldiers, your enemies are zombies, phantoms, other undead, a hidden civilization, some animals, and various forms of demonic beings. Your weaponry consists of regular WW1 pistols, rifles (one of them with a sniper scope), some melee weapons (including a shovel), various grenades, a shotgun, and early machine guns. As the game progresses, the WW1 arms will become inaccessible or obsolete, and you switch to superior fictional weapons. The most important of those is a magical gauntlet that talks to you, feeds on your rage, and allows you to cast a number of powerful spells: devastating fireballs, ice shards, a resurrection spell that turns killed enemies into your slaves, and more. Occasionally you will be able to enter an armored metal suit and become a walking tank.

Certain sequences of actions - like hitting an enemy with the your gun in melee, then shooting him twice - constitute "combos". Performing those increases your adrenalin and may even heal you. Your adrenalin can be used to enter a "bullet time"-like mode (in which the enemies move in slow motion), and it is necessary to charge your magical glove. Combos are crucial to stay alive in the later parts of the game.

The story presents a welcome departure from the simple good-vs-evil paradigm of many other shooters. While you gradually discover the horrible events that have led to the outbreak of undead and demonic creatures, you can never be certain which side is the "good" one. The first enemy in the game is neither a German nor an undead, but an English soldier who was responsible for the death of his entire unit. Some enemies help you by providing vital information. And one important enemy gives you cryptic hints that things may not be what they seem, and that the forces that support you may actually be betraying you. The conversations between you and the magical glove are refreshingly ambiguous as well. These mysteries keep the storyline interesting and engaging.

The game uses cutscenes, as well as drawn pictures with voiceovers, to advance the storyline. You can also find dozens of letters (which are read aloud with the respective author's voice) - these contain interesting background information, as well as hints to some secret areas. These elements capture the mood of the trench war, and the increasing madness of the situation, very well.

The game spans across a dozen levels, most of them fairly large, but all completely linear. Some of the better maps lead you to places where you can overlook other parts of the level, so that the map doesn't feel like an endless tunnel that you're slogging through, but there is never any need to return to previous areas. In many other shooters, such linearity poses an artificial limitation to the player's freedom, and breaks immersion. However, in a shooter that mostly takes place in WW1 trenches, bunkers, ruined buildings, and caves, the confinement feels appropriate. And despite the linearity, the game still encourages you to explore your surroundings. There are many secrets to find - from weapon and ammo caches to strange artefacts which raise your fury level, which in turn makes your combat combos more effective.

The game's AI is pretty poor. Enemies will often run straight into grenades and die, and your minions may run endlessly into the same spot in the wall. The game tries to compensate for this shortcoming by throwing hordes of enemies at you, and sometimes it even lets enemies pop up in cleared areas behind you, but a better AI would have been preferable.

GRAPHICS:

The game's graphics are highly detailed and very well done, especially with maxed details and on high resolution they look very good. While the color palette is a bit drab and dark due to the setting, the game is still interesting to look at. Fires, gas lamps, and other light sources provide variety, and the later levels look interestingly alien. The character and creature animations are fluid and often make aiming appropriately challenging.

The version sold here is uncensored, which means that the graphics are also very visceral, and sometimes outright brutal. Players who can't see blood, or who find exploding zombie heads offensive, may want to look for a different game.

The game installs two shortcuts, one to start it in DirectX 9 mode, and one for DirectX 10. The former appears to be buggy - after loading a game, my surroundings were often completely black. DX10 worked better for me.

SOUND:

The game has realistic weapon sounds, and appropriately scary enemy noises. The background noises hit the mood perfectly in the first part of the game (the trench war), but become obtrusive in the later areas of the game. The background music consists of a short and overly dramatic orchestral piece in an endless loop - it gets annoying quickly, and actually detracts from the atmosphere, so I turned it off after three levels.

The game includes a considerable amount of voice acting, most of which is executed professionally. The accents of other soldiers (especially the Germans) are extremely thick, and would feel badly overdone in most other settings, but in a WW1 environment they don't sound out of place.

Unfortunately, the player character's utterances are sometimes rather silly. Most of the time the voice actor is pretty good, but when he growls "Death and death and death and DEATH!" after killing an enemy, it's just too cheesy compared to the rest of the game.

INTERFACE:

The interface is efficient as long as you have enough keys at your disposal. Some HUD elements (like the stamina bar) are a bit too small when playing in high resolution. Unfortunately there is no map feature, but a compass shows the direction to your next objective.

I had massive problems with task switching, in both DX9 and DX10 modes. About 50% of the time the game would either not switch to the desktop, or would show a blank black or grey screen when I tried to switch back to it. In both cases, I had to kill the game from the task manager, which I must have done several hundred times by now.

EASE OF USE:

The GamersGate version of this game does not come with the manual. This is unfortunate, since the manual explains some things that are not immediately obvious. There are some tutorial messages when you start playing, but they don't cover all aspects of the game. I found the manual at the following link, but can't tell how long it'll stay up:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/D1ouvrGczkS.pdf

The game has proper saves, and (unless you play on the hardest difficulty) allows you to save everywhere. Very convenient!

OTHER THINGS OF NOTE:

The game has a decent length for a shooter, and there is some limited replayability: Replaying single levels, and discovering artifacts that you missed before, increases your character's abilities, even for the game in progress.

Of the 3 difficulty settings, the middle one is fun, but not particularly challenging. You character regenerates very quickly. As long as there was an escape route, I never ran into serious trouble.

CONCLUSION:

NevroVisioN is a shooter with "oldschool" gameplay, good graphics, and interesting enhancements (combo system, storyline). 4 stars.

Review Date: 2012-Oct-30 -- Program version: 1.2 -- Progress: one playthrough, some levels replayed (30h)

Great old school FPS experience set in WW1. With pretty slick visuals this game still make me think of the great old classics. This is a no brainer for FPS fans. And no, I don't mean you BF/CoD fanboys and girls. I'm talking to all of us who enjoyed old FPS games like Doom and Quake but also more recent hits like Painkiller, F.E.A.R. and TimeShift. Buy this game. End of story.

Mediocre gameplay, but made up for by a fascinating premise. Finding an FPS set in WWI is rare enough, making it a horror game is icing on the cake.

NecroVision should be considered a classic, but it's overshadowed by higher-profile shooters. That's really too bad -- NV has some fantastic attributes, like dozens of weapons, a "rampage" mechanic, outstanding map design, and tons of enemies. The story is well-told, with journal entries giving you a glimpse at the horror being experienced by the same soldiers you later find scattered around the battlefield gibbed to pieces or torn apart by mutant helldogs.

The control setup takes some getting used to, but once you've mastered them it's a blast dual-welding pistols or shredding the bad guys with explosive lanterns. The graphics add quite a bit of atmosphere to the game but are a little underwhelming in this day and age of eye-candy like Crysis 2 and Far Cry 3.

If you love proto-historical WWI plotlines (which there aren't very many of anywhere, granted), you'll love NecroVision. Don't bother with the standalone expansion unless you can get it for cheap; it doesn't add anything of value too the vanilla game's story, and it's a bit subpar compared to the original.

A decent FPS with horrible voice acting (the protagonist sounds like Foghorn Leghorn, and the Germans all have horrible stereotypical accents) and writing. The game is basically a stupid, straightforward shoot-em-up set in WW1, only with zombies and demons and vampires. So it's sort of unusual, which is good.

There's an absurd, amusing combo system in place (JIGGLE BELL is a sniper rifle headshot, BRUTE WILLIS is a pistol headshot, FARMER'S REVENGE is a shotgun blast and a melee hit, etc) which is worth noting.

When I played this game, I found that everything was covered by a dense blur that made it impossible to see more than maybe ten feet away. Apparently this is only meant to be applied to the screen when you take damage, but for me it was literally constant, and i had no way of knowing it was unintentional, so my enjoyment of the game was significantly hindered.

I dunno what else to say- this is a pretty decent but not exceptional budget FPS, worth playing, but with enough flaws that I can't quite give it four stars.

If you'll excuse the bad dialogues and the first few hours, you'll find a surprising FPS.

It's pretty standard as far as shooters go, but it does have a great setting and an element of horror (I'm not a fan of that genre but I did find it manageable... it's more on the eerie side than anything).

You will often be running through corridors, but considering you're in WW1 trenches at the beginning that's not surprising. When I found myself in buildings... I honestly didn't notice I never had to stop and check where I was going. There's always something going on, and I think having us check the map for directions would have made the game worse.

Now, there is one problem: the first part of the game is set in the trenches, and enemies often appear behind you. However, this only lasts for one hours / one hour and a half, and it's a small part of the game. After you beat the first boss, this irritating glitch stops (or at least it's not noticeable anymore).

I do have to point out again that dialogues, voice acting and translation is far from correct, but unlike King's Bounty (another great game from 1C suffering from bad translation), we're not here for the dialogues.

Not much to say that hasn't been said, a great shooter in the same vein as Painkiller or the shooters of yesteryear like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, etc. A great setting and atmosphere with solid graphics to support it; WWI with the undead!

Rewards you with adrenaline (slows down time and allows you to rack-up kill combos) for killing in various ways and kill you will as you are bombarded with loads of enemies. The main character doles out one-liners in a Duke Nukem fashion showing that this game bears no pretensions and simply wants to be enjoyed.

This game is so terrible that it actually loops all the way round and becomes awesome. 420, kick vampires in the face every day.

I didn't have a clue what I should be doing and since the controls/interface were horrific I stopped playing very soon. Not worth your money

A good old-school horror shooter. No pretensions to greatness, low budget...a bit like a more story driven Painkiller with proper maps rather a series of connecting rooms where beasts spawn in. It can be challenging and eschews the health regen found in modern games in favour of more traditional methods which is a nice change. GRaphically it's nice and combat is fast and furious. Good game.

Its not your average WWI fps game as your fighting monsters. The graphics are good but i did not quite get the story. It is a good game for people who collect fps games or like horror fps games.

from now on im just giving game +1 star for NOT being war based fps's. while this is a fps and as such there hAS to be conflict the developers have done us a favor in diverging from the norm. using spells and having boss battles definitely add to this game and make it its own thing, and i respect that ALOT. while it isnt a perfect game and there is room for improvement i was sincerely impressed by the amount of effort they put into NOT being just another FPS. no FPS should ever just be another fps as far as im concerned. i would totally buy it again.

A great old-school styled shooter. Gameplay is challenging even if enemies could be more varied. You fight alone against hordes of soldiers, zombies and demons in a bleak world war 1 setting, that really sells the "hell-on-earth" feel. A great point of this game is that right as you think are about to reach the end, you realize you are only half-way there and if you are like me, are glad you get to keep going.

Brilliant Painkiller like game with plenty of levels, bonus levels and the like. It starts off as a ordinary WW2 shooter, then gets interesting at around the third or fourth level, then really takes off by the sixth when you get supernatural powers to mess around with. An excellent, fun mindless romp into Hell.

Call Of Duty (1 or 2) meets Painkiller on WWI. First levels of game make You think that this is how COD would look like if it would be WWI game, but later one it changes in to hectic shooter with hordes of undead.

Its not as good as COD nor Painkiller. But it has its strenghts, like having two different weapons in hands (pistol and shovel for example).

Graphics are quite nice.

At the beginig u can use wepons from WWI, later on (it could be much earlier) You'll be able to use vampire weapons.

Its old school corridor shooter wit secrets to find, and big bosses on end of level.

This is a fun shooter. The graphics are dark, grim, and the action is violent.

The powers you get later are a fun, especially when you unleash tentacle-like razor/chains against an enemy like you are Pinhead from Hellraiser or something. The action is hair-raising and blowing away enemies is bloody and rewarding in that respect. The bonus levels are a fun challenge and unlockables you come across are a surprise features to this shooter.

I enjoy the main character spouting lines as you negotiate your way through the game and blast enemies. I've heard some criticize the voice-acting as bad but I thought it was great. The guy sounds like a Texas cowboy or some young GW Bush slinging out one-liners as he blasts the undead or makes a remark about some strange supernatural happenings going on. Pretty funny and light.

The frustrating parts of the game is the lack of direction at times. I was stuck on one level and surmise the game bugged. I double-backed and went through everything again, all nooks/crannies, and still couldn't find a way to move forward. What gives?

Another frustration is the constantly spawning enemies in some parts and constantly running out of ammo and having to pick-up weapons. The weapons menu/selection is POOR, I don't know why the developers couldn't have kept it simple. They tried to do something different with the odd combos and poor key choices to select and arm up and totally FAILS. It is cumbersome and annoying when you have to switch to a frackin weapon that has ammo and works for the right combat situation.

Some missions go into sequences requiring specific actions to advance and are frustrating.

All and all, its definitely a step above the other FPS games out there with a good production quality.

A game set during WWI? Yes sire!

Necrovision has you shooting monsters using WWI weapons, WWI era is most welcome. We already have a million WWII era games and not enough WWI games.

Reminiscent of Painkiller, you will have to run and gun and blast your way through various baddies using weapons and magic. Lovecraftian atmosphere is also most welcome.

You don't play these shooters for the story, stories are silly; beating demons on the head with a shovel is much more interesting!

Great game if you love Painkiller or similar games. Lots of undead to blast away (though I'd love some more), interesting story and enough dynamic gameplay to keep you interested all the way through. Though it needs to be harder (on a higher difficulty), more monsters and co-op mode.

This game is an excellent World War 1 First-Person-Shooter. It has an interesting plot with some intense action. This game has many weapons available for use and has a variety of enemies you will encounter throughout the story. Recommended to those wanting a shooter plotted in WW1. But also this game is not for the faint of heart.

A flawed but very enjoyable FPS, this game swings wildly between gritty WWI trench combat and destroying vampire mole-people with magic fireballs. It's as much fun as it sounds! The technical aspects aren't up to much, but it's fast and furious action for most of the game - your enemies will fear your mighty boot!

All along my playthrough, this reminded me of the great game called Painkiller. If you have played it, there's no reason that you will not enjoy Necrovision.

The game, as you can tell with a glimpse, is about killing everything that attacks you and the greatest thing about Necrovision: There are so many ways of doing this! You can kick, use knives and axes, along with some brutal machineguns and shotguns.

The BEST part: Just when you start to think that the game is becoming repetitive, you are granted with some supernatural powers, making the killing even more fun.

The only reason I'm taking a star out of the rating, is that the game becomes very hard at times (even at low difficulty) and some enemies may become ridiculously hard to kill. I've played this one some time ago, and I don't remember much about the story either, means it is forgettable.

Still, a very good game, especially if you get it on discount!

This game was easy in parts and hard in others making for weird balance issues. A very dark (as in hard to see) FPS which is frustrating at times (since changing the contrast too much washes things out). Still very enjoyable with solid level design and challenging without just having enemies spammed at you. I liked it so much that I bough the second in the series which is an ugly mess of a fail :(

The game is fun. If you ever played the old 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein' this game will give you a little nostalgia. The graphics are not the bad either, not spectacular, but great. The zombies and weapons are fun to use and the array of different weapons are great too! Also the physics and fun to play with as well and the voice acting isn't that bad minus the main characters. But, this game is not without its flaws. You will find yourself killing that same re spawn soldier in that window over and over and over again. Also you will tire of hearing the Germans shout "I am defending!" since that's usually all they say. This game also makes aiming for the head very critical on harder difficulties since it will take 5+ rifle rounds to down 1 enemy with 15 more enemies to go. But, the one this that will irritate you is your character cheesy one liners after every kill and every event and every cut scene... and after the 100th time of him saying "What the H-ell is going on here?!" and "Remember my naaaame!" you will want to strangle a small child.

Necrovision is an EXCELLENT shooter. It goes back to the 90's style again like Doom, Painkiller, Half-Life, Serious Sam etc. It doesn't take the storyline too seriously, it is all about the shooting.

You should get it if you like aforementioned games. The games levels are huge and fun to play and very varried.

A recommended purchase for those of you who jsut misses the 90's.

Bought it on offer, and I have not regretted it. An addictive game play, beautiful to look for good graphics but also a bit monotonous, perhaps because of the similarity of the monsters or the environment that, however, always makes her beautiful effect. So, given the low price, I recommend the purchase. It will keep you busy for a while ;)

Played for two hours, a frustrating game with a silly storyline. Too many zombie soldiers coming at you all at once, head shots only will keep them down but the mouse control is poor, becomes frustrating. At one point I had a whole area full of zombies, a giant beastie with a axe and a flying ghost god like thing shooting fireballs at me all while looking for a explosive to blow up a doorway. I hit the exit button as it was becoming annoying. Lucky it was only a couple of dollars but in my opinion a couple of dollars wasted.

This is a great game, especially considering the $5 price tag. Like classic shooters (read Doom), Necrovision features nicely themed levels and straight forward run and gun combat. It mixes it up a bit with what the game calls combos, though they play more like finishing moves.

The combos are set off with melee attacks, seeming to be less about button combinations and more about how you hit something (and where). Combos are gruesomely rewarding enough that you will find yourself beating enemies to death with a fully loaded shotgun instead of just pulling the trigger.

The also has unlockable challenge modes and repeatable levels that add some extra hours of game play and reward you with more then achievements. For example, beating the first challenge, Grave Digger, will permanently add the shovel to your inventory in the game.

Bottom line, NecroVison is uncomplicated, bloody fun and I'm surprised to find it at bargain bin prices.

This game is so cool. Yes, the story is a bit silly, but if that's what it takes to justify my piloting a giant robot through legions of zombies in a WWI setting, then by golly that's fine by me. Seriously, everything that happens in this game is awesome. The shooting is good, the glove powers are cool, and the game actually looks pretty nice, though the voice acting is kind of dismal. I also ran into a few glitches and bugs, including one which prevented my progress and forced me to reload a rather old save, costing me maybe a half hour of game play. All in all, however, I liked this game, and if you're a fan of shooters that just want to have fun and don't take themselves too seriously, you will too.

A great, darker-themed fps that is very satisfying. I love the look of the game in many respects, even being an older game. I can appreciate the attention to detail that many may miss on their playthrough. Pick this game up if you love darker fps games, or if you like fps games in general, pick it up. You'll have fun either way, trust me.

A fun little shooter that tries its hand with a demon infested World War One setting and dose it quite well the environments are creepy and pretty, the enemies are ghastly and bloody and the combat is fun once you understand the combo system.

i remember when PC gamer reviewed this game a while back and how they really didnt think much of it. they had something like "duel wielding chain guns does not redeem it" in big bold print. I went into it thinking it would be an awesomely bad game but was surprised with what i found.

the game is a little similar to games like pain killer or will rock but with tighter corridors and more reliance on aiming precision (right clicking looks down the sight in most weapons). head shots are insta-kills on most zombie men. the game also has a bulletstorm like combo system. by kicking some one in the face and shot-gunning their vulnerable body you get energy to fuel your bullet time mode. kinda neat mechanic considering it came out before bulletstorm

the voice acting of the main character isnt terrible and the plot is interesting enough. all in all i had fun. i give it some stars.

This game may not be without its flaws. Horrible voice acting cheesy story and bipolar difficulty can be a bummer at times but at the end of the day this game is still fun. The setting is similar to Wolfenstein just in WW1. It's pretty cool to tear up zombies with trench guns and bolt action rifles. If you don't take it too seriously you can actually kind of enjoy the tongue in cheek tone. Great way to kill some time.

Okay right off the bat, yes the story is a little cheesy, the game is no Halo but in my opinion comes in close to Doom 3 (not just story wise but otherwise as well). The graphics are great in this game but be warned they are not for the faint of heart, you will be getting up close and personal in some cases with some completely gruesome soldier zombies, kinda reminded me of the covers of some old comics I used to see with undead soldiers on the covers (I can't remember what they were called). The gore is a little over the top at times with head shots with a pistol actually beheading targets sometimes, and when these moments occur the game shifts to a slo-mo bullet time so you can see all of the details. There is a survival mode within the game where you can just fight hoards of soldier zombies within various settings and if you hit a certain number of kills before you are killed it unlocks certain weapons and the like, I spent hours just shooting zombies in the survival mode. At any rate this is a good solid shooter that is a lot of fun as long as the gore doesn't put you off it is well worth the price of admission especially if you catch it on sale.

It's not quite Painkiller, but it is an enjoyable mindless romp through World War 1 and beyond. There's quite a bit of content to chew through, as levels can be quite massive. The combo system can be a pain to get used to, though it serves the purpose of stalling the monotony of the game play.

At times the game is pure eye candy. Boss battles are tense and claustrophobic encounters that pace the game very well. While the story is incredibly goofy it is endearing in its own campy way.

All told if you can tolerate pockets of monotony for a fast-paced action-packed experience and don't expect an engaging story, then NecroVision is a good option.

Well...It's definatly a good game.

Then there's the question of how good...It is very enjoyable, and I kept coming back to it, but the fights never seemed to vary all that much, and the difficulty curve was more of a difficulty wave, becoming easy then hard from the start to the finish.

The graphics are gorgeous, very impressive indeed!

Honestly, I can reccomend this game, but with fair warning of what I've mentioned.

The story of the game is like something straight out of a bad horror movie.You are soldier Simon as a part of the British army during World War 1.Suddenly, you become part of the supernatural with demons,vampires and lots of undead.

The story feels slow and lengthy so that you get tired of the document entitled rapidly.

It was bothering me during the game was that same enemy pops up again and again resulting in the first meeting of such one-eyed gigant goes to nothing.

But the game is growning slowly but surely,the longer you play,with lots of diffrent weapons to play with,do you still want to experience the game`s final.

The graphics are alright but at some places in the game,"stuck"Simon between a wall and a object that is deployed in the enviroment which causes frustration.

A typical medium-moderate Fps-game that offer some moments of joy.

If you ever played Return to Castle Wolfenstein and/or Quake you'll immediately notice the similarities: this game is some sort of mixture of them both, only that instead of pitting us against Hitler's dreaded army, it is the Kaiser's finest, as well as the later Kaiser's finest: for in NecroVision you not only fight the living, but may also have to vanquish the dead in your quest to save you and the world from impending doom.

Graphics are alright: most certainly there are better ones out there, but they manage to convey the overall feeling of the game.

Gameplay is good: good ol' kick a*s gameplay... kick, shoot, shovel hit and kick that zombie out of your way - experiment many different combos as you unlock new weapons and stuff.

Sound: serviceable - somewhat lackin' in this department, but at least it's alright.

Overall: 7/10, not a must buy for everyone, but worth checking out if you like Horror Arcade shooters.

A ok game

positives

Original

Good Graphics

Quite a few weapons

Fun boss style combat parts

Mixed

Sound effects could have been better but there good for a budget game.

Negatives

Awful silly story

Bad voice Acting

Repetitive combat.

Over all is not a great game and not a bad game, but it has a good price so go for it :)

This game is very original and fun. The weapons are great and the graphics are ok too. The Heros voice acting could use some work, half the time he's from the south and then New York city. The game is very playable and FPS gamers will love this game, but story driven gamers might want to look else where

This game was quite a surprise. Its like playing an old school FPS where you mow down anything in your path. The controls are responsive and the weapons are pretty cool. You can even dual wield different combinations of weapons and do some combos with gory finishers. The story and setting are also interesting. This is also a game you can pick up and play for short or long sit downs. If you are looking for good action, graphics, gore and cool weapons this is your pick.

Liked:

+ The graphics, especially the possibility to run the game not only in Direct X9 but also in direct X10, though you probably won't be able to see big difference. The animations are ok, and so are special effects.

+ Great arsenal of weapons, plenty to choose from; most of the weapons are fun to use.

+ Fun title for instant fun :)

Hated:

- The story. Not very convincing. Those few good story elements are drowned in (wait for it) a sea of cliches. :)

- The controls. They seem tricky at first, especially when zooming with weapons. Takes a while to get used to it.

- The environments. Not very imaginative. Also, from time to time you may find yourself going in circles.

Summation:

Make sure you check this title especially if you are a fan of the games Serious Sam and/ or Painkiller. NecroVision has a set of merits and flaws, but even as such it can prove to be an valuable boredom killer.

Massively underrated and ignored - Necrovision is one of the best pure shooters I've played in ages. Although it's a little rough around the edges, fans of Doom or Painkiller will find a lot to like here. The action is relentless, and there's quite a bit of content - most of the game's twelve levels will take around 45 minutes to complete, so you won't finish in an afternoon.

Necrovision differs from most shooters in that it emphasizes both ranged and melee combat, especially in the second half of the game. You'll often be wielding two different weapons at once (left click / right click, plus the ability to kick and bludgeon with your gun), and it's fun to combine these attacks in lethal ways - one of my favorites early on was to stab with a bayonet and then kick my foe in the gut. These "combos" all have unique names, and most will reward you with an instant kill.

Although the first few levels are great fun, it's not until level five or six that you really start to see what it's all about. Starting with level six, you'll equip yourself with a new arsenal that changes the way the game is played (for the better).

There was one point in the game where I moved through a level in a way that the game wasn't expecting, which confused the scripting and got me stuck - I had to reload from an earlier save (thankfully, the game autosaves quite liberally). Other than that, I encountered few bugs, though the engine does tend to slow down when rendering particle effects.

Necrovision has a somewhat rough reputation, but don't let that fool you - it's great fun for shooter fans.

Action game from 1C similar in style to a Serious Sam or Painkiller. It's not a tactical shooter, but its fast-paced, frenzied action.

It's not the best game out there, but can be a good change of pace for people who go play through many FPS. And at it's low price it is good value.

Necrovision is a game that keeps getting better the further you get into it. What starts out as a fairly conventional WW1 FPS with obvious Painkiller influences expands and grows into a game that actually has something of a plot line to it. Not to mention a large array of weapons and attack combos. Oh and the ability to raise those you've slain to fight by your side. That too. The game takes place across 12 large, well designed maps that can take anywhere between 30 – 50 minutes each to complete. Most lean towards the latter. So you definitely get your money's worth. That's further bolstered by the number of secrets and challenge rooms throughout the game. On the negative side: there are near constant character voice overs. Far from being a silent protagonist, the dude doesn't shut up. Which wouldn't be so bad if the voice acting was a bit better. It's not terrible at least. Also, this game is a slow starter. This doesn't really start showing its true potential until you're more than halfway through. All in all: worth the time and money, but don't expect a masterpiece.

a WW1-themed FPS from creators of Painkiller, using PAIN engine that was used in PK. It's filled with surprises with story, weapons and gameplay itself. as for gameplay, you may want to kill things in stylish ways(throwing shovels, rifle butt stab to death, direct hit with fireball, etc) to earn combo, making your Fury level increase and give you some bonus. Graphic is awesome besides wearing gas mask obscures the vision too much. Overall, a must buy for people who likes FPS that has either of : Horror, Melee, Complex and cool moves, WW1 and Actions.

similar to painkiller a lot better then painkiller the story took place in world war 1 during armageddon thier is a war between vampires and demons you fight zombie german soliders and ninja vampires in hp lovecraft settings what is not to like

NecroVision is a horror genre first person shooter. It's linage can be traced back to the Painkiller series and there are some similarities. Unlike Painkiller, NecroVision has more of a story that is loosely tied in with the First World War. Things quickly go awry however as the Germans have been experimenting with reanimating the dead and other such affronts to humanity. The game spirals into a macabre fantasy world as your character tries to come to grips with this breach from reality. Speaking of your character, it may take awhile to get used to his innocent country bumpkin/farm boy personality. He says some of the corniest things which is a bit at odds with the overall evil atmosphere. At first it bugged me but I got used to it and then amused by it. In the end I wouldn't have it any other way.

The story unfolds in chapters and much of the gist is delivered by NPC's. Overall the voice acting isn't bad, and there is a lot of it as some characters have a lot to say. After completing a chapter you are given the opportunity to play a separate challenge level. Successfully completing the challenge adds a piece of equipment to your permanent inventory. Most of what you get can also be scrounged from the battlefield, but beating the challenge makes them available at the start of each level. It was my experience that these challenges where quite difficult, usually involving killing many enemies in a very short time with limited means. I ended up ignoring them but I can see how some would be determined to beat them all.

The developers have done a good job creating a unique atmosphere, caught somewhere between actual history and the twilight zone. The game has a dreamy, surreal quality and at times it is quite humorous. The levels are fairly linear, but there is some room to roam about the brooding, doomsday tinged maps. Each level is peppered with assorted enemies that do a fair job of making your life difficult. They also tend to come to grips at close quarters, so being able to kick them in the chest and then drive a bayonet home comes in pretty handy. In fact, this sort of thing is one of the signature aspects of the game. NecroVision is one of the few FPS games that lay emphasis on melee combat. By executing combo attacks like the one above you build up your fury level which can then be unleashed with devastating effect. There are many combo possibilities but most are geared toward close combat so there is incentive to mix it up face to face. The concept is done well and makes for some interesting game play.

The fury itself isn't really anything new, time slows down while you move faster and you deliver amplified damage to enemies who are temporarily handicapped by the time vacuum. It's effects are fleeting but no less satisfying. You can also increase your fury level as the game progresses, both through your actions and by finding artifacts. Increased fury levels give you even greater damage potential and a bit more e

Old school FPS action in a under used, WW1 meets Lovecraft setting. Thoroughly recommended for shooter fans. It is somewhat formulaic in terms of level design, right down to the end of level bosses. The combat however is certainly interesting enough to make up for it, with WW1 era weapons and useful melee abilities (the ability to decapitate your foes with a trench shovel is probably enough to sell the game to some). The AI is fairly competent, with human opponents making good use of cover and flanking to try to take you down.

Despite ostensibly being a horror game it doesn't take itself too seriously; while you are fighting the living dead and worse at the same time you're constantly encouraged towards combo kills and presented with some tongue in cheek finishing moves. At every stage the game encourages you to have fun, unlike some of the more pretentious shooters of recent years.

Underappreciated. It has its rough edges (bugs, varying performance, nonsense story), but none of them get in the way of this being an amazingly fun shooter that's unlike anything else out there.

The shortest way to explain the game is to say that it's pretty much every single FPS from the past ten years crammed into one game. This is probably the reason it hasn't found an audience, since oldschool FPS gamers are likely to find it too complex (I did), and modern gamers are likely to find it too oldschool. It's definitely stuck in the middle.

Which is a shame, because for those willing to persevere with its quirks, the rewards are great. The basic shooting action is very fun, and the game constantly surprises the player with new ideas and gameplay styles and great level design.

For those wanting to learn more about the game, a fellow named BloodBuster has put together a very informative website (google it). While parts of it read as overly defensive, it's hard to blame the guy when you see the unfairly negative buzz that's surrounded this game.