GRAVEN

Watch the JarekTheGamingDragon review to understand what Im talking about, I agree with everything he said and I think he was even a little more lenient than I would have been.

Levels are very similar. Journal doesn't give good info on what to do.

After 15 hours of play, I fell into the water during Act 2. I couldn't get back up and I died. When I respawned, I continued to take damage and died again. I tried twice more and died. I had to quit my game, I started again and lost most of my money (3000+), and I had to redo the entire path I had spent 2 hours on to avoid doing it in several times and prevent the enemies from coming back. It was the last straw and I uninstalled the game.

I've played mostly on Steam Deck. It's fun, but has a slow start. Takes a while before you get abilities and equipment that are rewarding and fun. Exploration is frustrating without a map and the environment isn't easy to learn/that memorable. When you resume after "Save and Quit" it resets you to the hub - this would be a lot more annoying without the pause/resume of the Steam Deck. It also means you can cheese out of a tough situation, so I'd agree it's badly implemented. What Graven does get right is the atmosphere, sound and intimidation of tough opponents. I haven't played a game as difficult as this in a while, so at times it's frustrating but others it's rewarding when you finally do clear an area. I haven't yet finished the first act and have ~20 hours of actual (not sleep/resume) playtime. Also haven't tried co-op but imagine would be fun if it worked.

This is Quake C at its freaking best... awesome work from these devs!!!