Started playing Dusk again because I'm getting back into boomer shooters. I've been playing soulslikes for years and decided to go back to my first love. I think the way to bridge the gap between the two is to play shooters on higher difficulty settings so I can get that methodical feel where everything feels more on a razor's edge as well.

I've been playing Doom Eternal on Nightmare but it can get a bit exhausting at times and the Gladiator boss fucking sucked. Dusk is more my thing because there is less to manage, it's faster paced, and the level design is more about collecting access cards to explore an area. It's more Doom and Duke Nukem 3D than what I call Painkiller pacing where you're locked in a room facing waves of enemies until you get through them. I don't mind Painkiller paced games like Ultrakill, but the Duke Nukem setup feels more natural.