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While still being an early access -title, Reflex already manages to deliver an extremely solid experience that underlines how seriously the developers take their game. Features that are not polished are left off until they are up to the level of quality that the game stands for. This ensures that while there is less content available for now, the available content is rock-solid. With only two available game types, Duel and Free for all, the game in its current state caters best to the lovers of old school games who find excitement in the simplicity and in competition against other players.

While the game and the developeres continously underline that the audiovisual content of the game is 99% placeholder material, the game already looks great, and especially the the lighting and particle effects look beautiful. To put this into perspective, the game currently comes with only one high quality weapon model with the rest of the weapons being displayed as differently colored versions of the same basic model. From the point of gameplay, however, this is not a hindrance of any kind, as the distinction between colours is clear enough after a few minutes with the game.

A minor gripe comes from the demanding specs of the game at the time of writing, but a fairly recent PC seems to handle the game without any issues, and the performance of the game is going to be enhanced as the game matures.

Reflex brings an interesting concept to the table with in-game level editing. While it still lacks a lot of the required UI elements to actually make it accessible to players old and new, the idea of allowing anyone to create and edit maps within the comfort of the game itself is very promising. This feature will definitely lower the gap to picking up mapmaking, as no further software or technical knowhow is required.

In short, Reflex is a really promising game that will without a doubt entice those who loved their time playing the likes of Quake and the likes that game after it.