Expert

Reviewing the game in Famicom Tsūshin, three of the four reviewers found the controls awkward, particularly moving left and right while two reviewers said that the depth of field was too short, leading them to get hit from enemies across a room they didn't see. Two reviewers complimented the scenario and some locations such as the parking lot and hotel floors, while one reviewer said that despite the change of scenery in these levels, the strategy remains the same throughout the game. In Dengeki PlayStation, one reviewer said the difficulty in the game was high and that gunfights appear unassuming at first glance, but have tense moments such as defusing a bomb. A second reviewer said it had a stronger story than Doom and the variety of missions made it an addictive title. They were disappointed in the lack of radar for a map and the inability to pick up some items during gameplay. From magazines that reviewed import titles from Japan, the reviewers in Fun Generation and Game Power critiqued the graphics. The reviewer in Game Power found that even though Expert did not feature elaborate textures or excessive polygons, when the screen had a couple of opponents, the game instantly slowed down the control but not the pace of other characters such as enemies in the game. The reviewer in Super Fun said that if there were an award for worst graphics in a game, Expert would be a strong contender, saying that the game stuttered continuously. Both Fun Generation and Game Power the only PlayStation console games in the style of Doom (1993) that were of any sort of quality on the system so far were Doom (1995) and Alien Trilogy (1996). From a retrospective review, a reviewer in Hardcore Gaming 101 said the game featured flat and sometimes repetitive stage designs while also having a decent amount of cutscenes that play between and sometimes during levels accompanied by well-drawn artwork and fitting music. The reviewer commented that the graphics have well animated enemy sprites, but the flickering room graphics and slow framerate made Expert look worse than it actually is.