Devil's Hunt

The primary issue with the entire game are the controls. The game was developed with controllers in mind only. A developer mentioned on another forum they hadn't even tried the mouse and keyboard but it "should work". They do.. but not too terribly well. Switching to a controller the controls and movement are still very "stiff" overall. The overall progression of the game is very awkward, you end up walking (sometimes without the option of running) from point a to point b, just walking, unable to do attacks or anything. You then end up at an encounter or boss that you get to fight a bit, and it's back to walking and pressing "e". The main protagonist is unlikable and has very cringe worthy one liners, in addition the voice acting is extremely amateur sounding. It's unfortunate since the trailers make the game look so pretty, like it's an alternative to DmC however I implore you to watch some game play videos before jumping into the purchase. If physical was still king you'd find this at your local Walmart or staples in their tiny jewel case selection for $5.

So i decided to try this game, because reviews are like 50/50. After around 7hrs of gameplay (i played for years mostly MMOs) i must agree with few problems. One is that this game is more "visual novel" than action game, because almost half of time is walking, climbing or interacting with barriers/items. This is not bad, but hungry action player will be sad. On the end also i find that there are few monsters then you have to kill many waves of monsters. I cant rate story, because i didnt read original novel "Equilibrium", so i dont know how far or close is this game. Technical condition is good, not perfect, but without any big problem. In gabriel hotel i found missing "ground", so in version 1.5.0 i fell one floor down, then i got one game crash (but game have many checkpoints, so i didnt lost any significant progress) and on the end, i had problem with character control which was stucked, but that was fixed by entering into game menu. I dont think that i have "so powerful" machine, as i have "obsolete" 6C/12T 5390K and Vega64 LC and on "epic" settings with v-sync on 1920×1080 i havent any problems with framerate. Overall, i dont think that this is as bad as players think, i had worse problems with "AAA" games after many patches, so this is almost without problem. Story is as is, main characted was very weird and annoying from beggining, then later i understand why they made him as he is. If you doesnt seek something deep or pure action, this should be good for you, otherwise, you should try different game. And also, this seems to be first game from Layopi game studio, so i hope that they contiue with another game, maybe more deep one.

I played with a gamepad. The controls are very stiff. My PC exceeds the recommended specs, but I experienced framerate issues. The game crashed during the first boss fight and required me to do a hard reset of my PC.

This is a linear single player game. It is made for a controller/gamepad in mind, but I did finish it on Keyboard + Mouse combination. Technically, yes there are frame-drops here and there, yet, I did manage, to play the game without a single crash. Played on: AMD Ryzen 1600, 16 GB RAM, Radeon RX570 8 GB, Windows 10 Home, SATA SSD. The animation and faces looks sometimes funny, like a mix of serious semi-real faces and than there are some faces/characters, that for whatever reasons reminds me of these anime characters from games like Resident Evil and such. The environment graphics, textures, shadows, flames etc. ) look very good. They did even added some generic people, that walk around, so that you don't have the feel, that the world is very empty. It is using the Unreal Engine. I also like the sound effects. They are really spooky sometimes. The story is nothing special, but ok. I did finish the game in about 8 hours, because I died many times in one segment, where you need to go to a tower and there is a lift with enemies in three segments. Well, the last (top) segment is brutal. After using the green power (that Belial gave as a gift), that has the option, to heel yourself, I finally manage to go further and finish it. The ending was in a cliffhanger, so maybe, we get a second part. At least I hope so.