Slain: Back From Hell

When I first read the reviews about Slain I was not impressed. In comparrison to Valfaris is seemed a bit less, but after trying it...boy I was wrong, I like Valfaris a lot but Slain? I like better. Gothic Heavy metal Gore and violence Nice kinda cryptic plot The game is pretty difficult also. Bottom line, the games good, get it!

This game is great if you enjoy a challenge. Like the Souls but simpler.

For me the appeal was direct and clear: The artstyle. After years of eyeballing the game now and then I finally gave it a shot and I was not dissapointed. In fact, it takes a bit for a single player game to make me want to play it through to the finish and didn't expect this one to do so. However, the combat, visual artstyle, sound, music and overall difficulty made me keep coming back. These are all subjective matters but for the person on the verge to buy this game I can give one general point that may make or break your descision to buy this game and that is; you will sooner then later be confronted with PARRYING and if you master it you are at a massive advantage, if you don't consider yourself a fan of such a mechanic I wouldn't recommend Slain. However, everything is fair and well indicated, if you fail it's your fault, including the boss fights which are actually fun. Ofcourse, enemy movement patterns and traps have to unavoidably be learned as the game progresses. I only have two nitpicks with the game: - *Some* of the special effects can look rather cheap (like a flash game). - From what I understand collecting all the pieces for the talisman doesn't give any substantial reward other then an archievement. Dissclaimer: Played the game exclusivly with controller (5h played, finished).

This game is really good I have to say it, short but really good, I read some reviews that claim that the game freezes after you die, but I haven't experience any of this problems, the combat is really good and really difficult at times, has some good platforming sections and challenging bosses, a great pixel art and amazing metal soundtrack, this game reminds me a lot to Castlevania SotN and that's a great thing. I really recommend this game!!! Perfect for a sale!!!

As title says expect to die a lot, repeatedly. It's a platform side scroller, not a Metroidvania so you would not be returning to previous sections of the game. As you pass certain checkpoints there is typically no returning back. Game art is great, metal soundtrack follows the art style and overall good selection of weapons compared to timeframe of game completion. One of unique games out there definitely mostly due to it's pace of gameplay, which will significantly decide whether you like this game or not.