From Polish indie team Byte Barrel, here’s the FPS title Forgive Me Father 2 (2024). The first entry in the series launched in 2021, this sequel ramps up the madness in classic Doom/Quake fashion.
With its atmospheric style and unique graphics, it stands out in the crowded FPS (first-person shooter) market. Intrigued? It’s available on all consoles and PC, you crazy SOB!
Slaughter All Before Thee in Forgive Me Father 2
Many indie games are using Lovecraftian lore as an inspiration. This is another outing into that nightmarish world, with the plot involving a journey into a trek to salvation. You take control of a priest and go on an insane, demonic, monster killing frenzy. Huzzah!
The plot is any old excuse to get out there, load up on guns, and go nuts.
Unlike the FPS Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (2025) we played recently, Forgive Me Father 2 is in the more fast-paced realm of monster blasters. You load up on guns and obliterate anything that moves. It’s basically a Doomathon, but with that distinct graphical style and modern game mechanic sensibilities.
The core gameplay is this. Get increasingly crazed guns, shoot stuff, explore the dank world, revel at the many monsters you discovers.
Some of the weapons are very satisfying. Not least in how they reload, shoot, and annihilate. Attention to detail is more than there form the devs with making it all fun to be chaotic.
It’s all very satisfying and a lot of fun. Just not very deep. By which we mean there’s no hidden depths here, you just blast stuff, whereas the Metroid Prime 4 title we highlighted has a lot of layers to it.
This makes Forgive Me Father 2 more of an escapist thrill than a deep thinking exercise. If that’s what you’re after then the game piles it on in spades. Just don’t expect any fancy flourishes.
That includes game length, as you get about four hours of shooting time here.
It’s an indie game, so that’s to be expected. They are always shorter, but if you’re after a mammoth experience with 20+ hours then you’re better off with something epic like DOOM: Eternal (2020). But for what it is, Forgive Me Father 2 is a mighty fine FPS that delivers plenty to gawp at.
