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Last Rites
Developer Ocean Software
Last Rites is a 1997 video game developed and published by Ocean Software for DOS. It is a first-person shooter in which players exterminate a horde of zombies from a city. The game was developed shortly after Ocean Software was acquired by Infogrames, whilst retaining its development team. Upon release, Last Rites received negative reviews, with critics faulting the graphics of the game, which were seen as dated by… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
75 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Sep 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
58
Mixed
26 positive · 19 negative
95% range 43–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 26 | 19 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
28 of 47 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
58% recommend · 26 yes, 19 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 45 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (40 of 69 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere, music, and art direction. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the confusing level design and maze-like maps. [4][5][6] Some players find the controls outdated and difficult to use. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [5]
I love a good retro first person shooter. I'll gladly even play a lot of the less good ones, but this game is just straight up awful. Unimpressive graphics and so-so weapons. Enemies look weird when they animate and they're not that fun to fight. Those are not the biggest problem by any means. This game has the - without exaggeration - absolutely worst level design I've ever seen in an action game. Big confusing …
- [6]
most of the guns are pretty fun to use but the game is ruined by what has got to be some of the most ♥♥♥♥ level design, and without an actual map, it's easy to get lost and have no clue where to go and what to do. it's just not good, at all.
- [1]
A pretty underrated game. For what it's worth, the competition at the time was pretty hard to go up against. But looking back, it is easy to find enjoyment with Last Rites. I'm going to split this into three brief sections: comments, criticisms/complaints, tips. I played this way back when I was still wearing jorts and had frosted tips in my hair, but coming back to it felt great and I hope that you can find some …
- [2]
A little gem hidden in 90's shooter obscurity. The shooting is solid, story decent and the level design is mostly passable, but the real draw of the game is in its art direction and atmosphere, which perfectly imitates the style of Romero's classic zombie flicks. The other highlight of the game is that it often throws a massive amount of enemies onto the screen at once, more so than most of its peers, which gives …
- [4]
Its not horrible. There's entertainment to be had here if you like retro shooters. But the game gets very confusing. Maps feel like a maze.
Summarised from 34 of the 75 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Last Rites sits at 58% positive across 45 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Last Rites received negative reviews, with most critics remarking that the game's design and graphics were lacklustre and dated, with Power Play stating the game "looks like an antique". Describing the game as a "flop", PC Action critiqued the game's "amateurish" and "low-detail" graphics and imprecise controls. PC Joker critiqued the game as "truly the worst" in terms of its "weakly-animated" graphics, "bland" sound effects and "unsuitable" mouse controls. Describing the game as "brimming with boredom", Power Play faulted the game's poor teammate behaviour, uninteresting scenarios and concept, and the lack of a map. Some reviewers praised Last Rites, although in spite of its flaws. In a…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 75 · most liked firstLast Rites (1997) Uzi re-imagining The game has a weapon upgrade system, but the SMG is excluded from it. Maybe it could have looked like this if it had upgrades? I couldn't find a place to write FOAD again after doing the edits
neutral · AI labelView post →You are interested in this title because it looks like Duke Nukem 3D or Shadow Warrior? Sure, it has a lot of similarities but beware: It's ugly, even (or especially) when compared to DN3D which came out a year earlier. The sprites look fine on their own but overwhelming copy-pasting, the constantly dark to very dark lighting and the low resolution turns most of the screen into a grey-brown, pixelated mess. Large open spaces, which I guess were meant to boast about the games performance,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty underrated game. For what it's worth, the competition at the time was pretty hard to go up against. But looking back, it is easy to find enjoyment with Last Rites. I'm going to split this into three brief sections: comments, criticisms/complaints, tips. I played this way back when I was still wearing jorts and had frosted tips in my hair, but coming back to it felt great and I hope that you can find some enjoyment out of it as well. Comments -- What works for Last Rites is the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last Rites is a curious FPS from the late 90s. It's a pseudo 3D game that reminds me a lot of games like Alien Trilogy in terms of aesthetic. It was largely forgotten for the same reason as other games of its ilk like Strife. It released too late. By the time the game came out people had access to technically superior 3D titles such as Quake. However that being said. The Steam version lacks music and runs in Dosbox. And you need to reconfigure Dosbox inorder to aim properly up and down. So...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#SelfPromoSaturday #TTRPG hi folks! I've been working on a "Lived In" fantasy game called Last Rites, a game where you died, but that doesn't seem to be slowing you down. I'm currently up to 25 pages for the Player and Narrator, and I'm pretty dang ol happy with it 🥰
positive · AI labelView post →This one I actually enjoyed compared to the other older games I had played recently. Don't get me wrong, This is still outdated but the running and gunning is fun enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jumping into this game late, I found myself disappointed. While the zombie apocalypse setting intrigued me, the outdated gameplay and lackluster story failed to captivate. It feels like a relic of its time, struggling to impress in the present. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3253762537 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3251402713
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last Rites by Ocean Software (1997 - MS-DOS) is a first person shooter game; undead people are now all over the place. As a elite commando we must find a way to push them back by burning cities and killing them, while activating an automated defense system! #gaming #retrogaming youtu.be/FI1OX8XUa4g
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Rites is, by all accounts, an old first-person shooter game from the DOS days way back in the 90's as it's gameplay mechanics are quite dated but, although this did get in the way somewhat of my overall enjoyment alongside some levels' maps being quite poorly-designed, I did still have enough fun with the time spent on this game that I would recommend it, albeit somewhat hesitantly. For details, let's start off with the overall premise of Last Rites, as it takes place in a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Brewing on the League] Top8 finals - There go your hopes and dreams (feat. Baleful Strix). Heya. I am playing my brews on the league - playing competitive weird decks is my jam. Now I got into the finals, scoring 6th place on the league points, allowing me to enter Top8. The deck [was already featured before](https://piefed.ca/c/[email protected]/p/932275/brewing-on-the-league-part-2-there-go-your-hopes-and-dreams), but it got upgraded with the Baleful Strixes as they became legal. 3…
neutral · AI labelView post →I love a good retro first person shooter. I'll gladly even play a lot of the less good ones, but this game is just straight up awful. Unimpressive graphics and so-so weapons. Enemies look weird when they animate and they're not that fun to fight. Those are not the biggest problem by any means. This game has the - without exaggeration - absolutely worst level design I've ever seen in an action game. Big confusing mazes. Make that HUMONGOUS confusing mazes. Switches that you press and have no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It took 6 hours and only contained 10 levels with a boss level. It's nothing amazing and based on games that came before it, but it is a good 4-6 hour old school fps that I'm near positive you've never played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speaking of underappreciated gems. I have no idea where this game was all my life. It's the closest I've gotten to a proper ''spiritual sequel'' to Alien Trilogy. Now, that being said, it carries with itself a bunch of ''features'' that come with the game-type: -Instructions are a short bit of text at the start of a level, which you have no way to read again (that I'm aware of); and, while in mission, some levels have little to no indication of direction or where to find your objectives.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →most of the guns are pretty fun to use but the game is ruined by what has got to be some of the most ♥♥♥♥ level design, and without an actual map, it's easy to get lost and have no clue where to go and what to do. it's just not good, at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/Ow3x6C6exbs This game was pretty much forgotten by gaming history - and for a good reason. Bad map design, boring weapons, average shooting mechanics and poor AI sum up the experience. The graphics are basic and quite ugly, and obviously they look even worse in modern resolutions. Becuase of its obscurity there is no source port to remedy these many short comings. Even the animations and sound design are basic at best. There are plenty of old skool shooters that have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very underwhelming game in all aspects. Well, maybe graphics are decent enough, but the gameplay - including map design, is just bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →god the first 3 songs on Skinny Puppy's Last Rites are so damn good. Ogre's emotive singing on them is phenomenal too, particularly on Killing Game
positive · AI labelView post →It is a good game for its era, it holds up pretty well, but it runs on dosbox it isn´t a bad thing but I need to chage some options in the config file, like controls and resolution, the arrows controls are hard to master in these days, it would be nice if it came pre configured with WASD controls and the mouse support needs optimization.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the graphics for a DOS game but the controls are hard to use D-pad, it should be ASWD and Mouse.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ghost Recon 25th Anniversary Stream! Last Rites continues early today at 11:30 AM AEST! Huge thanks to Ubisoft & GhostRecon with drops & game content. twitch.tv/kratzy76au Code KRATZY at checkout #GhostRecon25 #UbisoftPartner #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →A little gem hidden in 90's shooter obscurity. The shooting is solid, story decent and the level design is mostly passable, but the real draw of the game is in its art direction and atmosphere, which perfectly imitates the style of Romero's classic zombie flicks. The other highlight of the game is that it often throws a massive amount of enemies onto the screen at once, more so than most of its peers, which gives you the feeling of mowing down a zombie horde. Last RItes experiments with two…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last Rites 1997 DOS BOX Old school FPS done the right way - loved the dark theme/atmosphere , amazing music , huge levels - never heard of this game before - highly recommended zombie ( in large masses ) experience !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Doom/ Quake like game with a squad system with a bit of a cyber punk feel to it, but if you want more of either of those games this would be a good title to give you a little more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like running around aimlessly in super confusing maze like levels without a clue where to go than this is the game for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pretty sure this was a brit game because i sure as hell never heard of it until the steam release but it's honestly not a bad doom clone tbch (if you want to call it that, doesn't look like a doom engine/build engine based game at all but hey i call every 90s fps that) just disable overlay and i suggest turn up your brightness a tad, especially since on stage 2 everything is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and you can't see i'd buy a physical copy/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. It's been over 6 years since I've touched this game but a new DLC just came out so time to co-op it with the boys and try LAST RITES!!!! twitch.tv/OmegaG518 #TomClancy #GhostRecon #Wildlands #LastRites #twitch #Livestream
neutral · AI labelView post →On top of that, it IS thematically important. Every case in Spirit of Justice, without fail, has a theme of “passing on the torch” from mentor to disciple, or even more broadly, “passing on” as with the spirits themselves, hence Nahyuta being the “Last Rites prosecutor”. The game never fails to
neutral · AI labelView post →F Tier (1/2) Until Dawn: How come this got nominated? Doesn't adapt from the game, plus their worst enemy is WATER ONG. The Conjuring Last Rites: Legit was falling asleep, also that one scene straight up outta a cartoon.
negative · AI labelView post →As problematic The Warrens were James Wan, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson makes what some people called “Con people” into some of the most compelling main characters in modern horror. Heck Michael Chaves really stepped his game and did an really great job directing Last Rites
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh hi! Showing off some work I'm proud of 😁 I'm working on a dark fantasy game called Last Rites over on Itch. The hook is "You're dead... But that doesn't seem to be slowing you down." The game hits a more Guillermo del Toro vibe, and is in playtest edition right meow!
positive · AI labelView post →#selfpromosaturday 40 days of hyper-focusing on "What if everyone had undead fortitude?" Later, I'm about to post up the Playtest Edition of Last Rites. This is definitely the longest I've ever focused on a project, and there's STILL room to add more:
positive · AI labelView post →#WIPWednesday #TTRPG idea: "What if Undead Fortitude was a main mechanic in the game?" Got my brain wandering into Last Rites.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna have to say, this is a certified boomer-shooter classic. The art direction is AMAZING! The music really sets the tone for a very spooky, Lucio Fulci-esqe story as well as giving us a dose of action. I wish more folks knew about it so there would be a modding community because I'd love more guns, enemies and levels. Only complaint is that some areas need a flashlight, not that you can't see but it would really jazz things up. All in all, great game and I hope Civvie11 does a review!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Very classic like doom.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You really only need to play this if you're planning on writing an exhaustive book of all the 90s fps games. It's clunky, it's ugly, and the level design is appalling.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm starting a new walkthrough today. My full playthrough of Ghost Recon Wildlands Last Rites story dlc is now live! #GhostReconWildlands #GhostRecon #YouTube #YouTubeGaming #Xbox www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aV...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today @ubisoft.com announced the release of the free Last Rites expansion, along with a massive update for the game bring it to PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X/S
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨 Ghost Recon Wildlands is back with a bang... and it's all free! @Ubisoft has announced the release of the free Last Rites expansion, along with a massive update that breathes new life into the game and delivers a host of improvements. 🔹 New free Last Rites mission 🔹 4K and 60FPS support
neutral · AI labelView post →New Story Pack: The Last Rites will be available for FREE. Along with various other quality of life improvements & more. The game will also be Free-to-Play from August 6 to 10. Releasing tomorrow, after the Ghost Recon 25th Anniversary Showcase.
neutral · AI labelView post →Read Rupert Everett's "The American No". The longer 'Cuddles and Associates', and 'Ten-Pound Pom' were great, but 'The Last Rites gripped me because I'm a fan of "Flashman in the Great Game". The Proust script was (surprisingly?) well done, although as a purist, the sex rats anecdote was 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Rites, originally developed by Ocean Software and later republished on Steam by Ziggurat Interactive, stands as a late-1990s first-person shooter that embodies both the ambition and rough edges of its era. Released during a time when the FPS genre was rapidly evolving beyond the foundations laid by Doom and Duke Nukem 3D, Last Rites attempted to blend sprite-based enemies, 3D environments, squad mechanics, and a grim zombie-apocalypse narrative into one cohesive package. The result is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great stream tonight (despite my net). Last Rites would be an awesome game if it weren't for the confusing maps! Thank you all for stopping by! I hope to see y'all Tuesday for another DOS game and early DOSember!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I like the graphics style and feel of the game but the controls are nasty and I really couldn't understand the map very well. On top of that, something went wrong with the loading process and it was a really small window.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the zombies legs keep walking without torso funny maggots why is this recption mixed this game cool
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh hi! I'd like to show off some stuff! Specifically 3 stuffs that I'm rotating through cause 'Tism. Last Rites is an RPG setting where you're dead, but that's not stopping you, Keepsake is a "Post-human" setting where everyone plays Wall-E, and Sol is my new "Treasure planet, Rocketeer" vibes game.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a screenshot of the players section for "Last Rites", a fantasy game built around the premise of "What if all the players were zombies?" Started with the idea of "Character Creation begins with your obituary" and got to here 🥰
positive · AI labelView post →I set-up the basic farming build for Cassette Beasts which has you automatically attacking major repeatable bosses and killing them turn zero but I found one snag. EVERYTIME YOU USE "LAST RITES" (WHICH IS LIKE AT LEAST 7 TIMES A MINUTE), THE GAME FUCKING FLASHES BRIGHT WHITE
negative · AI labelView post →Its not horrible. There's entertainment to be had here if you like retro shooters. But the game gets very confusing. Maps feel like a maze.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/DVHgh0py1mc Decades of progress have left this 1997 first person shooter behind in many facets from level design to combat mechanics. Even a dedicated fan of the original release will struggle to find long appeal.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring zombie shooter in dire need of a map function so the player can at least navigate its tedious mazes. The only cool thing is the zombie legs walking around by themselves.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game. It's almost a good game, but just almost. Let's start off with the good: The music is really good. That type of electronica that was pretty popular in sci-fi games in the late 90s, and there are a lot of songs in the soundtrack too. The graphics are are all well drawn pixelart. The movement is quick just how I like my FPS games, hell, it's even a bit too quick so I didn't use "Always run" like I usually do. The weapons are a bit hit and miss, but it has a few that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In need of an overhaul for pc also graphics are pretty different in game and im sure after a bit of playtime youll have a headache easy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Must play for any fan of DOOM, Alien Trilogy, Disruptored and/or Strife
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back on Ghost Recon Wildlands tonight and gonna work on the "Last Rites" story they added when the game got the Next-Gen update. www.twitch.tv/delta_husky
neutral · AI labelView post →After 700+ hours in Ghost Recon Wildlands, I returned to Bolivia for Last Rites. The verdict? This game is still way too good. 9/10. #GhostRecon #Wildlands #LastRites #Ubisoft #Gaming https://www.fixgamingchannel.com/ghost-recon-wildlands-last-rites-review/
positive · AI labelView post →Ghost Recon Wildlands 95% Off Sale Runs With Last Rites Update Ghost Recon Wildlands is 95% off at 330 yen, but the new Last Rites update still leaves the game stuck on loading screens for some Intel 12th-gen CPU users. Disabling Hyper-Threading works, but that's a poor fix for a 2017 game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Last Rites Free Update out now for Ghost Recon Wildlands, adds 4K and 60 FPS upgrades & expanded customization options to the game. Watch this video for more details. #GhostRecon #GhostReconWildlands
neutral · AI labelView post →🎮 **Ghost Recon Wildlands gets free update adding Last Rites mission, 4K60 support and Predator content removed in 2020** Hundreds of in-game items are also now available for free for the first time 📰 Source: VGC 🔗 Link […]
neutral · AI labelView post →The only passable thing about this are the nice looking sprites and decent music, yet the graphics are subpar for 1997. There's not much to be giddy about, because the levels are ass and so is the gameplay. The mall and that giant warehouse are the most outstandingly harrowing maps of the set. There's no automap so it's certain you'll be lost hunting for switches without knowing what they do. The flashlight has a limited battery so you can enjoy the gray corridors in total darkness. Play this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First time I tried it, I loved it it was cool. Second time, it froze every 2 seconds, the audio was all glitchy and it was totally unplayable.
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