Cathedral 3-D

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"Cathedral 3-D" is a shooter game where you protect a heart-containing box and master a fluid movement system with various attacks. By staying alive, you unlock new abilities and can compete on a leaderboard. The game features a custom engine for a retro 90's experience.

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Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

58%

Audience ScoreBased on 66 reviews

gameplay8 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

The game features a unique gameplay mechanic where players must protect a chest that contains their heart, adding a strategic layer to the fast-paced action.
Visually, Cathedral 3-D has a charming retro art style that appeals to fans of classic FPS games.
The game is free to play, making it accessible to a wide audience and allowing players to experience its quirky mechanics without any financial commitment.

The game suffers from significant bugs and performance issues, including crashes and poor optimization, which detract from the overall experience.
Many players find the difficulty curve to be excessively steep, with frustrating mechanics that can lead to quick deaths and a lack of clear guidance on gameplay.
The lack of content, such as additional maps and game modes, limits replayability and can make the experience feel repetitive and shallow.

gameplay
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
36%
50%
14%
Gameplay in the reviewed game is a mixed bag, featuring unique mechanics like a chest-carrying system that adds strategic depth but also limits player protection, leading to frustration. While the movement and overall mechanics are praised for their smoothness and fast-paced action reminiscent of classic arena shooters, many players feel that certain elements require significant tweaking to enhance enjoyment. Overall, the game offers a fun experience, especially after recent improvements, but still struggles with balancing its more controversial gameplay features.
- “Cathedral 3D's movement, speed, style, and mechanics combine for an awesome time.”
- “Gameplay: inspired by the early 90’s arena FPS, the game brings in the familiar flavor of fast-paced, wave-based arcade shooters.”
- “The core gameplay itself is a lot of fun and the mechanic with the chest makes matches very interesting!”
- “This gameplay component is rather controversial, since for protection we can carry the chest around the map (and even kill opponents by throwing it into the crowd), but while the chest is in our hands, we can’t really protect ourselves.”
- “But the gameplay concept needs heavy tweaking to be enjoyable.”
- “It's a unique idea, but it's unique because it's so terrible that no one else would make it a gameplay feature.”
graphics
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
65%
17%
18%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many praising the unique art style and visually pleasing aesthetics, particularly the hand-drawn bitmap graphics and retro 90s vibe. However, some players find the overall quality mediocre or dated, with issues like pixelation making it difficult to see enemies and occasional glitches detracting from the experience. Overall, while the visuals are a highlight for some, they are not enough to compensate for other shortcomings in the game.
- “Really great art style and visuals.”
- “The graphics are also really amazing to me and I could just look at them for hours.”
- “Visuals: visually pleasing and very well designed.”
- “Visually, this has some fairly mediocre and dated-looking graphics that will understandably be a turn-off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract players despite having no up-front cost.”
- “Pixelated graphics make seeing enemies difficult.”
- “The premise of this game is appealing: a tower defense game with a movable tower in a 90's art style.”
humor
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is characterized by a mix of dark comedy and absurdity, with characters frequently laughing at the outrageous situations they find themselves in, particularly regarding the villain's exaggerated deaths. Players express a blend of amusement and nervousness, highlighting the game's ability to deliver unexpected comedic moments even in dire circumstances. Overall, the humor adds a unique layer to the gameplay experience, making it memorable despite its intensity.
- “Bruford: (laughing) well, I didn’t think I could be impressed by a villain’s death, but here we are.”
- “Speedwagon: (laughing uncontrollably) oh my god, he’s got a death for every occasion!”
- “Speedwagon: (laughing) at this point, Diavolo’s the true hero of this game—he’s taking all the hits so we don’t have to!”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with users reporting significant performance issues, including frequent frame rate drops and poor performance even on high-end systems. Despite its appealing concept, the lack of effective optimization detracts from the overall experience, leading to a frustrating gameplay environment.
- “Runs smoothly and didn't crash.”
- “The game is also badly optimized; even my slim Asus Zenbook should run this without a problem, but no, the FPS often falls to 30 or below.”
- “However, poor optimization kills this game.”
- “While this game may look low resolution, it has no optimization and as such didn't run well at 4K on my extremely high-end 5700 XT, 3700X overclocked with high-speed RAM and a platinum power supply.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
80%
The stability of the game is polarizing; while some users report smooth performance and quick startup without bugs, others experience frequent serious glitches and bugs that significantly hinder gameplay. Overall, the game exhibits a mix of pleasant graphics and frustrating technical issues.
- “It runs great (even via Proton), I haven't encountered any bugs so far, and it starts up quickly and gets straight to the point.”
- “The game is incredibly stable; I've had no crashes or performance issues during my playtime.”
- “I appreciate how smooth the gameplay is; it never lags or stutters, making for a seamless experience.”
- “The game is so buggy that literally every run I encountered a serious bug.”
- “A badly designed piece of buggy garbage.”
- “From my experience, it seemed more of a hindrance than a feature, as once you're out of firepower, you're stuck until the chest unfreezes.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
100%
The story is perceived as having a dark, cursed quality, with characters feeling trapped in roles that evoke villainy and frustration.
- “Erina: Honestly, I’m starting to feel like I’m the villain in a cursed story.”
- “Erina: (fuming) Honestly, I’m starting to feel like I’m the villain in a cursed story.”

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