A faithful priest of the Orthogonal order, exiled unto death for a crime in defense of another, you live again in a small boat, adrift in a swamp. A stranger ferries you to solid ground and bestows upon you vague instructions, along with a mysterious staff and book. Go forth, pious priest, alle...
A faithful priest of the Orthogonal order, exiled unto death for a crime in defense of another, you live again in a small boat, adrift in a swamp. A stranger ferries you to solid ground and bestows upon you vague instructions, along with a mysterious staff and book. Go forth, pious priest, alleviate suffering, uncover deceptions, and smash the eldritch perversions encroaching upon reality itself.
A marriage between modern development tools and techniques with a stark late 90s aesthetic bring the action first person puzzler GRAVEN to life, featuring character designs by Chuck Jones (Duke Nukem 3d, Half-Life) and the voice talent of Stephan Weyte (Blood, Fire Emblem, Dusk) in a dark yet distinct medieval fantasy experience.
Solve puzzles and scour lore to uncover the motives of the foul heretical sects behind the plagues and seasons undermining the land.
Alter your environment with all that surrounds you, wielding spells and crystals to adjust as you see fit in your pursuit.
Discover new weapons and upgrade them at blacksmiths and alchemists to customize your capability.
Expand your horizons by returning to old stomping grounds with new abilities and seeing how far down the chasms go.
Slay over thirty distinct enemies in an ever broadening world across numerous biomes.
Walk the parallel path, lest you stumble into the recesses of the world, where the fog knows no light, and creatures beyond time roam free.
gameplay is solid characters are solid everything else is just fine as well. If you want a simple experience give without alot of messing around give it a try.
It's alright as long as you dun expect it to be Hexen or Heretic. On it's own it's alright... there are some bugs, but if you encounter anything gamebraking, try going through it in multiplayer, than go back to singleplayer... worked for me. It's not great but.... it's fine...
This is a great boomer-shooter, reminiscent of Hexen 2 in particular. It masterfully blends fantasy shooter and RPG elements. I just wish some of the puzzles were easier to figure out...
THE GOOD
+ moody atmosphere
+ sword and sorcery
+ dark fantasy setting
THE BAD
- no free saving
- puzzles are mind-numblingly boring
- enemy design
- world design
- weapons (so far in early access) are underwhelming
- yet another sewer level (yaawn!)
BOTTOM LINE
GRAVEN can't compete with HEXEN, HERETIC and WITCHAVEN in the slightest. I did not get hooked like I did in those three games at all. Exploration was rather dull, enemy design was poor and the world feels bland.
With the original HEXEN plus its add-on available for cheap, and WITCHAVEN I & II recently added I suggest picking those up instead.
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