Hellpoint

Everything that is unlikeable about so-called Souls-like genre is here. Quality of life? You won't find it here; maybe authors feared people will think it's a game for casual gamers if they include things like pause, map or in-game manual. You don't even get a flashlight until you spend 10 minutes in the darkest and the most boring maze I've seen in video games. Visuals? Irrational - that's the 1st word that comes to my mind. We are shown beautiful open areas and then we are forced into dark, ugly tunnels and - to add injury to the insult - it downright hurts the gameplay: neither combat system (both character's moveset and enemy's AI) nor camerawork handle narrow spaces very well. Storyline? I don't know. I played for hours and I DON'T KNOW THE STORY and that is a problem. The writing isn't 'minimalistic' or 'mysterious', it simply don't give (at least for hours or possibly ever) answers to some really basic questions like 'who am I?' 'what am I supposed to do?' and the worst and the most important of all: 'why should I even care?'. Combat? It's barebones. Meet new enemy, memorise its attacks through trial and error (and by 'memorise' I mean learn which ones you avoid by dodging to the side and which ones - by jumping back), find out which one of your 8 melee attacks (standard, post-dodge, mid-air and mid-sprint - all in 'light' or 'heavy' variant, so 8 in total) works best and spam it while dodging enemy's blows, repeat. I didn't go very far in this game; mayby it gets much, much better down the line. But. What if it doesn't or what if YOU are not willing to push through hours (I'm using word 'hours' a lot, don't I?) of mediocre gameplay? I know I'm not. What I am trying to convey: This isn't the worst or even a bad game. But. If you are not a fan of Souls-look-alikes, this game won't even try to change your mind and If you are - there is not guarantees you find any enjoyment here.

This feels like a really good mixture of parts of all the dark souls games. Combat (mainly weapon usage) feels a bit like Dark Souls 2, but quicker, with sidesteps replacing the rolling. Jumping mechanics gives it a bit more verticality and some additional puzzle solving that goes with it. The setting and area layouts are great, it makes me want to explore all the nooks an crannies and with the usually challenging mobs and bosses it's a really fun adventure going through the non linear levels.

Ubuntu Mate 18.04 User. The game was excellent. Great music. Great combat. The bread crumb story line that leads to some great moments later on in the game. The game ran excellently to boot. I look forward to more games from Cradle.

It was one of the first "soulslike" for me, and i enjoyed it! Dark, almost horror like but good Sci-Fi (with occultism) atmosphere, story and art-design. Coz of low (regarding AAA projects) budget yoou will not find face animataion, or movie like cinematics every 2 seconds, but gameplay is in place. Optimization is good, ive got 60+ fps even on my old PC, especially with my 13 years old CPU from 2010. COOP in this game is awesome, especially if you like to roleplay your char. Conquer other players worlds or help them to achieve their goals. New Game + after one of the possible endings is VERY WELL integrated in game story and not just game mode with all your equipment, all this is explained. So i give this game five stars out of five. Thanks Cradle Games / tinyBuild for a nice time and GOG for DRM-free version of awesome game for my collection.

Played the first two bosses so far and I am getting this huge Dark Souls 1 vibes from this one. Remember the clunky controls from DS1? You got it. Gotta get good to progress. The setting feels huge compared to DS titles - a lot of secrets everywhere. So if you don't mind the DS1 like control scheme (+similar graphics), as compared to the incredibly fluid ones as in DS3, this one feels like a keeper.