CARNAL
CARNAL is a fast and challenging old-school shooter taking loving inspiration from the 90’s greats made on the Quake and Build Engine.
Enter a strange world filled with mysteries, conspiracies, and paranormal activity.
Mixing classic FPS action with an unsettling horror atmosphere, every episode and unique level will keep you on the edge.
As a chad member of the Realm Defense Force, take on the terror organization known as the Sons of Anak, who have opened portals to the “other side” throughout the city of Seed Valley. Once there they plan to extract Dark Matter in order to build weapons of mass destruction.
Destroy their soldiers and operations, as well as any “other” hostile entities that plan on stopping you.
Be warned: the world looks a lot different on the “other side”, and it also probably smells bad.
FEATURES:
- 3 Episodes with 17 total missions
- Diverse human and monster enemies that will murder you
- Various guns that are harmful to your health
- Keycards, swimming, secrets, and pick-ups
- Several unique boss enemies to ruin your pace
- Unique retro art style
- An archaic Extra Lives system that keeps you going
- Two difficulty modes for those who like to measure things
- Terrible/offensive humor and game design
- An atmosphere and feel unearthed from 1996
Game Discussion
Steam User 5
Solid boomer shooter. Gameplaywise this leans more towards doom (collect 3 keycards), looks like quake and has solid beats as soundtrack. Some levels are easier some require more searching, its a good mix.
had a blast
Steam User 4
The BEST shooter of this type on steam considering the price (1 dollar). You get many levels with great guns and combat, dev really understands what makes games like this tick.
There are games on this platform that cost much more but are much worse due to the devs not understanding the genre.
The first level is a bit longer than the others and has more of a "horror" vibe than the rest of the game, imo.
Don't base your expectations of the game on it. This, along with some enemies being hard to see in some levels from a distance, are the only flaws in the game.
I think my favourite thing about the game is the enemy variety. There is much more here than you'd expect, and they don't feel tacked on or like a one off gimmick.
Steam User 2
Probably the best single dollar I ever spent.
Great gameplay with great design!
+ Great classic FPS gameplay
+ Relatable, real world themed locations like Duke Nukem 3D
+ "Short" game but HUGE open levels. Insane replay value from that alone.
+ Cool enemy variety throwing PLENTY of curveballs with very unique and often exclusive enemies in several different levels. Kinda reminds me of Painkiller for the enemy creativity on certain levels.
+ Classic, Quake style graphics. Looks good in 4k!
+ Enemy bullets are NOT hitscan for once. It is proper ballistic projectiles. This makes circle strafing actually viable. First sign of good design IMO
+ You have lives so you rarely have to restart if you are moderately skilled in classic FPS.
+ Solid level select where you start off with just the right weapons and ammo each level like it was someone else's save
- Lack of level checkpoints or quicksaves. This is at least countered by your extra lives and the fun factor of the levels.
? Co-op mode would be sick! Similar to how it would benefit Brutal John.
I have JUST finished the 1st episode because of the fun I had with the giant open levels and comprehensive exploration. HUGE value for the 1 dollar price!
Steam User 0
I all around agree with the handful of other reviews that point out that if this were a one episode and done sort of thing it would actually be better. Ep 1 is varied enough and at around 90 minutes at a dollar it would be pretty much perfect. The sight gags are funny, the enemy roster is varied, there's some actual interesting level design the further into Ep 1 you go etc.
The issue is Ep 2 and 3 feel so tacked on and frankly lame that it kind of drags the experience down in retrospect. I respect this dev a lot and still recommend the game but in all honesty, play Ep 1 and pretend the game is over in my honest opinion. Recommended.
Steam User 0
Unity engine is very good for making retro fps ( cultic, wizordum, ultracop etc) . For just 99 centes it's a very good one. The levels are very huge and the gunplay solid. You won't regret buying it
Steam User 0
really nice game, pure FPS no bells and whistles. really liked bad SFX mixing and the art style, also liked that every level has a boss of sorts.
only thing i dont like is movemnt its too basic and boring shouldve been like quake movement with some juice like view roll and stuff, not allowing to bhop in a game like this is criminal
Steam User 0
Yep, it's old school runs smooth, like gliding along. But to me here @ CIGAR GOD GAMING, the voices are most enjoyable. I always come back to replay again & <( ampersand ) again. oh, the dot om the small i is called a title. enjoy the game.