Total Chaos
Last updated: 2025-11-22
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- Highly recommended horror experience.
- Stable technical performance for most players.
- Unparalleled horror atmosphere and superb audio.
- Excellent mod remake featuring tense combat.
- Some players report significant technical problems.
- Visuals and level design appear unpolished.
Emotions
Satisfaction21%Excitement10%Disappointment10%Frustration7%Appreciation4%
- Reviews
(sample size) - 91
- Helpful reviews
- 59%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 41%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 76%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 24%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 161
- Negative points
- 57
- Gameplay points
- 63
- Perf. points
- 6
- Rec. points
- 36
- Misc points
- 12
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 99.3% Avg playtime 0.7h | 4142.3% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 66.2% Avg playtime 4.4h | 4142.3% Avg playtime 4.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 108.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.9 days |
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Highly Recommended Horror Experience
| Players universally praise the game as a fantastic, tense, and terrifying horror experience that offers immense value for its price. It has exceeded expectations as a remake, with many calling it a potential Game of the Year. | 89% |
Stable Technical Performance
| Players generally report a well-optimized game with excellent technical performance. Many reviewers noted a lack of significant bugs during their playthroughs, contributing to an immersive experience. | 88% |
Unparalleled Horror Atmosphere
| The game excels at creating an immersive and terrifying horror experience, featuring grotesque creatures, eerie environments, and a dark, gritty atmosphere. It delivers primeval hopelessness and psychological tension, making it a standout survival horror title. | 49% |
Excellent Mod-to-Game Remake
| The game is lauded as an exceptional full-blown remake of the original Doom 2 mod, significantly improving on its janky aspects while retaining its core appeal. Reviewers appreciate the solid improvements, better tuning, and fantastic adaptation of the original vision. | 44% |
Tense, Weighty Combat Mechanics
| Players highlight the combat as a strong point, describing it as lively, heavy, and extremely tense. The intelligent enemy AI makes every encounter feel desperate and thrilling, drawing comparisons to modern Resident Evil titles for its effectiveness. | 31% |
Superb Audio & Music Design
| The game features an outstanding audio design, described as unparalleled, atmospheric, clear, and loud, significantly enhancing the horror experience. The original soundtrack, including contributions from legendary composer Akira Yamaoka, is consistently praised as superb and spooky. | 27% |
Streamlined Crafting System
| The game's crafting and inventory management systems are well-received, noted for being convenient, clear, and easy to understand. Players appreciate the constant need to craft and find new weapons, with specific items like the 'nail rock' being highlighted. | 22% |
Gripping Story & Level Design
| Reviewers were particularly drawn to the game's twisting plotline and well-conceived level designs. The added story elements were highly addictive, with the world-building and psychological horror drawing effective inspiration from Silent Hill. | 17% |
Strong, Anxiety-Inducing Start
| The game immediately creates anxiety for players by forcing tough decisions about critical paths versus exploration for supplies. It cleverly avoids repetition for those who played the demo, offering a fresh experience from the outset. | 7% |