Selaco Review - 2000's FPS Games ARE BACK 

I'd like to give a HUGE thanks to the Selaco crew for giving me access to their work over the years, it's been a pleasure to watch this project near completion. Go buy it, seriously it's good. In the mean time, if you want to hang out while I stream, give my twitch a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon

This game NEEDS to be made available in a bundle with Trepang2 and Severed Steel.

The A.I in this game is fantastic, they really keep you on your toes, always checking my flanks and thinking of my next position. Had this one moment where I ran out of bullets and the shotgun guy yelled "they're out!" and ran in. Awesome moment, really cool game.

After Phantom Fury this is welcome!

And just when I thought severed steel and trepang2 hath sated my hunger for wu... Selaco gets finished. Guess I'm eating good again tonight

Psychic AI and interdimensinal being John Carmack smiles at this use of GZ Doom.

Fear action, Half-Life downtime and Doom PDAs sound like my kinda game, I love all those things.

glad you played it again my friend and glad it's in early Access. just bought it

Sometimes I hate watching videos like these. Not because the video is bad, but because it looks cool as hell and 99% of the time make for a better trailer than whatever the devs make. Which should be great, but I also don't want to spoil myself so I have to watch it way after playing.

Trepang2 = F.E.A.R 4 (F.4.A.R) SELACO = F.E.A.R 5 (5.E.A.R)

4:07 I genuinely loved this bit when I first played it. The somber, tragic song plays as Dawn is literally isolated. Not to mention the ACE Security Agents strung across the street. Some died together, others by themselves, some from accidents amidst the chaos.

I've been really looking forward to this game ever since I played the demo, thanks for making a review of it Jarek :D

I already played the first lvl and I’m really enjoying it and watching your review makes me even more hyped up!

11:23 - Sounds like Resident Evil 1 Save Room.

Do you know Doom 3 Phobos episode 3 was released few days ago? I am waiting for your review :) but seriously, there is lot of good and great and not so good fps games, I am sure You have a lot to do.

This game looks really cool! The music and gunplay as well as the aesthetic go hard. Great video man!

Btw, i just want to thank Jarek for working so hard to make this for us. It's hard to even lay in bed when sick let alone play a fast-paced fps, wrote an episode and then make a video for us Thank you Jarek

Oh my god the dual smgs in thumbnail! Hopefully this game gets support. It's the best iteration of Fear's combat that exists.

I remember playing the demo and found the secret room which is an easter egg that referencing H-Doom

I've played through the original FEAR and the DLCs several times now, really hoping this can scratch that itch, cool video

Glad I'm not the only one who saw ODST in there. Honestly, I feel parts of this game oozes with ODST, I had a good time with that game back in the day and this took me right back Also, weirdly enough I feel this game nails how it felt to play FEAR. The movement speed and the sound of moving. The weapons and particle effects. And this leads me to an issue with combat, thus far. If there is one drawback, it really does feel like the advantage you were given of Bullet Time in FEAR is sorely missed. Believe me, this game doesn't need it, but the mechanic wasn't purely for the cool factor. It really helped you leverage gun fights in your favor. In Selaco, however, the result is a character who moves like she's sight-seeing and dies faster, without the tactical advantage.

Wu Shooter is a great name indeed. And those dual SMGs look tight

Good Selaco Review,JarektheGamingDragon🎞️😀🎮👍🏻Enjoyed your video for this new FPS & Yeah,the Devs of Selaco "Must try make an Update/Patch to Make a Variety of Boss Battles..that will make this game..Then great.." I also love FPS games and know the Bosses must be different..Hope they can improve on that and any other mentions/tips you've given in your video here,Bro..Again it could be cool to see the improvements and fixes in a future update for Selaco..for now..Thanks JarektheGamingDragon..😀🎮👍🏻🎞️Enjoyed this video and Keep at it,Bro..Kind Regards Ryan

Guess we had our 1990s shooter “thing”. Onwards to the early 00s!?

This game 100% rocks! I bought it today, and am absolutely loving it! Great feeling, excellent immersion, and just one of the best boomers I’ve played in a long while! It puts most AAA games to shame!

Great review of a great game. Hope you've been able to slidekick that flu into a wall.

I really enjoy how Selaco transitions from scary DOOM moments to hardcore cyberpunk action shooter.

11:28 That's some good "save room" type music right there!

That Save Room music has HEAVY Blood Dragon vibes

You can be indirectly or even unconsciously influenced by things. So it might not be an intentional tribute but the vibes are immaculate either way. Been following this game since seeing some livestream of it. Really glad to see you make a vid on it though because you're imo, one of the best in terms of analysis

Tell me why is it that now that I have a better system and setup to play at, I'm far more interested in easier to run indie games. Maybe it's because these are actually more fun and are more satisfying to play.

Hope you get well soon bro

Even has the F.E.A.R. zoom

Completed the demo verison probably ~10 times. It's great they made it, and to see full release is a big improvement over that build.

I found you literally a week ago and I really like your content I can't wait to see more I just subscribed and what is your favorite mod for Half-Life and doom and also Halo im a little nosy lol

This game is tied with Songs of Conquest for my choice of GOTY. I got the first couple reduced spread/recoil upgrades for the assault rifle, and the upgrade that makes enemies killed by assault rifle BULLETS drop more. I need that last one to help feed it and the meth pigs (my name for the SMGs).

Thanks man great review 🙂🙂 So I love fps, atmosphere, gzdoom, puzzles, great level design, immersion, upgrading Selaco is $29.25 Canadian for on Steam. Worth full price?

This game looks amazing

I'm getting this game, exactly my type of shooter.

Selaco is like if DOOM, Deus Ex, and Half Life had a baby

Best shooter I've played since Doom eternal.

Is that save music theme a remix of the resident evil save music theme 🤔

Hey Jarek, have you played Retchid? I'm not sure if you did a video on it. It's pretty cool. And I do agree, Selaco plays more like Doom 3 with a bit of Half Life mixed in. Retchid is directly inspired by Doom 3.

between dr. robotnik's ring racers, a recently released sonic kart racer running entirely on doom legacy, and THIS, a game so technically impressive that i often forget it's running on *gzdoom* just looking at it, i think it's safe to say that the original doom engine might be one of the single most versatile video game engines ever created

Did they add in the red blood setting?

Probably my favorite modern boomer shooter since Ion Fury. Love how you build momentum via weapon upgrades and slides. The soundtrack is a bop too, especially the saferoom tunes. Gore is obviously on point. The demo showed a bit of the atmosphere but I'm actually surprised at how lonely and creepy the vibes can get. The sound design and soundtrack really propels it. We need more shooters like this imho

We need a game with that slightly greyed out look of the early 2010 shooters

Sounds like this is what Phantom Fury should have been.

First playthrough 41hrs lol. Saving before battle, reloading after, playing to perfection so I don't lose any health, setting up mines and traps and making it a sandbox. Also secrets in later levels are a pain to find.

Thoughts on xDefiant?

I wish someone would make a game like Oni.

After we got Phantom Fury, we needed this

I hope it will be released for switch too

12:54 _Oh GOD please no, not again!_

doeas it play well on steam deck?

You ever thought about doing a video on Return to Castle Wolfenstein?

this one is satisfying awesome and has a cool atmosphere. I love it more than other boomer shooters. It almost doesnt look like a gzdoom based game.

There is one more cool reference, those weapon icons when you switch weapons are obviously inspired by Quake 3 Arena.

After playing through the first chapter, my biggest gripes are that Dawn's movement speed is too slow (Gman described it as "feeling like the movement speed in a 90s fps if you turn autorun off", which I totally agree with), and that the slide/dash move's cooldown is too long. Other than that, the game is a blast so far! Enemy AI isn't too bothersome on higher difficulties so long as you play tactically and know your environment.

Thank you for posting. Why is the blood effect pinkish? LOL

4:59 ODST's is honestly the absolute PEAK of the Bungie Era mainline games, Halo Wars 1 and 2 meanwhile have the peak Spinoff soundtracks.

4:43 I was about to say this is giving HEAVY ODST vibes... I want more ODST vibes.

My favorite FPS released in the last 20 years.

At 6:21 You seem to be ADSing with assault rifle. How do you do this in game? Mine zooms but maintains a crosshair. Is this perhaps older footage from a beta or something?

It is possible to have red blood in it?

i'm getting portal and doom vibs

Phantom Fury is smoker's Selaco. Do not smoke.

I’m 5.5 hours in. I am without words.

I need a release date!!!!!!!!

Why is all of the blood purple?

I hope this comes to console soon...

I thought this was someone else narrating the video 😂

Is this on switch?

This feels like it has been made by the people who made prodeus

"Influenza wasn't enough to keep me from this game." Yet another "I dare you to put this on the store page" moment.

This is GZDoom? Everything looks 3D, like Quake, including enemies. Is this really a 3D shooter?

phantom failure = 0/10 Selaco = 10/10

So, is the game finished? I saw it's in EA and I don't want to buy another incomplete boomer shooter that it's gonna be fully release who knows when.

Just waiting on the console release can't wait to play it on my Xbox series X💪😉💯💚

I don't like the HUD. It reminds me of Fear 2.

My problem with all these "fear inspired" games is that they never actually play anything like fear.

I dont like the trend about boomer shoooters but this the exception..and trepang

Great game but its been infuriating so far, the lack of a sprint or just faster movement in general makes combat feel so clunky. The side dash hardly gets you in cover and the slide is okay but most of the time I just get stuck on objects. Not to say I wouldn't recommend it, I expected the game to be hard, but sometimes it's just unforgiving. Feels like I spend half a mission at 35hp.

Would've loved to buy it but its over-priced a lot.

Boomershooter. Stop making new monikers for each genre

I need a release date!!!!!!!!