A retro-FPS in the Quake/DOOM vein organized into five acts with Roman numeral chapter breaks. Act I establishes with "Flesh Against Steel" and "Bloodstained Hollows" — pure boomer shooter aggression. "Sacrificial Horde" and "Blood Will Run" promise exactly the violence the genre demands.
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"Dead Man's Jig" and "Danse Templiêre" bring unexpected dance-of-death elegance to the carnage. "The Waltz of Anubis" adds Egyptian mythology to the mix — the Templar Knight's crusade apparently reaches the underworld. "At the Ends of Silvery Strings" is poetic for a game about shooting demons in first person.
The five-act structure gives this more narrative ambition than most retro shooters attempt. "Where Angels Fall" and "Unholy Warmachine" deliver Act II's escalation. "A Dark Past Lit by Memories Aflame" in Act V has genuine literary quality.
Dread Templar combines DOOM's speed with a Templar Knight aesthetic, and the soundtrack balances metal aggression with medieval gravity.