Review: Forgive Me Father

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My favorite thing about indie games is just how different they’re allowed to be. Considering the sheer number of games that are released these days, it takes a lot to stand out, so I get excited when something genuinely catches my eye. That was the case with Forgive Me Father, a Lovecraftian FPS that was just released by Byte Barrel.

The art style has a comic book-inspired 2.5D look, and both the art and content of the game draw on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, which is always a lot of fun if you’re into the nihilist gothic horror kind of thing. The game does a fun job of pulling from the source material, and definitely nails the tone it was going for with its environments and sound design — I had to take regular Pokémon breaks in the middle because it was kind of creeping me out.

Forgive Me Father (PC) Developer: Byte Barrel Publisher: 1C Entertainment Released: April 7, 2022 MSRP: $19.99

Let’s talk gameplay, because that’s the star of the show here: the guns feel really good and punchy. For an FPS, this is the most important factor in my opinion, so it’s good that they got that squared away. You get a total of eight different weapons in Forgive Me Father, including your melee weapon, each of which you can upgrade over the course of the game. I found the upgrades really gratifying every time I purchased them, and I could feel a difference in how each weapon behaved afterward.

The base gameplay of running through different environments and, well, just shooting up different enemies felt very reminiscent of the early classics that defined the FPS genre like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. The way the weapons worked, where you have a whole big batch of weapons to choose from, each of which has its own specific feel, reminded me a