It’s all about the steam. The way it billows out from mechanized doors and air vents in the first few corridors of Prodeus, unashamed 2D sprites in an otherwise 3D polygonal environment with complex lighting and shadows. It’s as though id Software never migrated from the original Doom engine, and released Eternal on a heavily modified version of 1993’s most cutting-edge programming.
The melding of old and new Doom is exactly what Prodeus is going for, of course. In early access since 2020, it’s now had a full 1.0 release on Steam and the complete creative vision from Bounding Box Software Inc is available to drench yourself in. And you should. You should absolutely drench yourself in it.
