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Slain: Back From Hell

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3.5/5

( 81 Reviews )

3.5

81 Reviews

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Slain: Back From Hell
Description
You control the fate of Bathoryn, a doomed hero in a Gothic world, who seeks to liberate six cursed realms from six deadly overlords. He must battle his way through this blighted land, packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending (or sometimes descending) into a stronghold, all the while de...
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33 %
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3.5/5

( 81 Reviews )

3.5

81 Reviews

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Product details
2016, Andrew Gilmour, ...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8, 1.5 Ghz or faster, 1 GB RAM, 500 MB available space...
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Time to beat
6 hMain
8 h Main + Sides
11 h Completionist
7 h All Styles
Description
You control the fate of Bathoryn, a doomed hero in a Gothic world, who seeks to liberate six cursed realms from six deadly overlords.

He must battle his way through this blighted land, packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending (or sometimes descending) into a stronghold, all the while defeating fiendish traps and vile monsters alike.

At the heart of every domain Bathoryn will confront a mighty foe - defeat it and his quest continues to its ultimate destiny. Fail, and you’ll die gruesomely – mauled by werewolves, disintegrated by floating monstrosities, squashed by great weights or torn apart by hidden blades. And you will fail…

There are 3 key areas to be mastered in order to vanquish Slain: Back from Hell.

- Learn to wield 3 deadly elemental weapons, each one exploiting weaknesses in different enemy types. Each has a different combo, timing and use. Mastering quick switching between weapons is the path to victory!
- Glean the placement and timings of enemies and booby traps.
- Generate, conserve and unleash your Mana wisely.

Accompanied by the heavy metal visuals is an even heavier metal soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant (formally of Celtic Frost).
  • Challenging ‘elemental’- based melee and magical combat
  • 6 hours of bone-crushing, metal-fueled mayhem & gore
  • Choose from 3 unique weapons in your fight against the demon hordes.
  • Full soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant formally of Celtic Frost. \m/
  • Cunningly concealed secrets (shhh).
  • Boss fights, mini-boss fights, sub-mini- boss fights & macro-sub- mini-boss fights.
  • No laborious levelling, no tedious grinding, no wimpy crafting!
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Goodies
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System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
6 hMain
8 h Main + Sides
11 h Completionist
7 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04)
Release date:
{{'2016-03-24T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
274 MB

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English
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text
Critics reviews
63
Top Critic Average
33 %
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Posted on: November 13, 2021

Upgrade the Mac version, please

After all this time, I'm really annoyed by the lack of support for the newer Mac architectures (Intel 64 bits and Apple Silicium). While I understand that Apple keeps on changing its environments constantly, I'm buying on GOG because I once believed that the games would be updated as the OSes and computers evolved. It used to be the case, but not any more as it seems.


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Posted on: April 3, 2016

Art.667

Verified owner

Games: 539 Reviews: 2

Gorgeous but hardly playable.

Simply unfinished. Gorgeous visuals and soundtrack, but the gameplay is horrid. The enemies are unbalanced and take a ton of hits, the movement feels laggy and sluggish. It is just not that fun to play. Seems that it could use some imprvoement in the controls section. Unfortunately I cannot recommend it in current state. There's a ton of better platformers out there.


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Posted on: April 1, 2016

bananzer

Verified owner

Games: 259 Reviews: 2

I swear I pushed it!!

One of the worst optimized games I've ever seen. The main difficult of this game comes from the input lags. If you want to burn down the chair that you are sitting on, this game is just perfect.


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Posted on: March 24, 2016

Awesome!

Wow what a game, the graphics are beautifull and really give a old retro game feeling. The music is not the metal I hoped for, but the guitar riffs fits very well. I found two bugs, the Credits button on the main screen is not working and there is no "Quit"-button on the main screen (to go back to the desktop). You can use ALT + F4. Hopefully a patch will be released soon!


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Posted on: August 12, 2016

hellstorm102

Verified owner

Games: 231 Reviews: 4

where is the update ?

Where is the Back from hell update?


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