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Source of Madness

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3.3/5

( 11 Reviews )

3.3

11 Reviews

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Source of Madness
Description
Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in the Loam Lands, a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey. Uncover the cosmic secrets of the Loam Lan...
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3.3/5

( 11 Reviews )

3.3

11 Reviews

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2021, Carry Castle, ...
System requirements
Windows 7+, Intel i5+, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better, 500 MB available space...
Time to beat
3.5 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
38 h Completionist
14 h All Styles
Description


Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in the Loam Lands, a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey. Uncover the cosmic secrets of the Loam Lands and The Tower of Madness, the moon’s mysterious Citadel.



The horrific monsters you face are never the same, concocted with procedural generation and animated using a neural network AI



Explosive close-combat magic, labyrinthine environmental exploration, powerful loot management and a skill tree filled with abilities, classes, and spells



Rendered in a beautiful AI assisted art style, the fascinating world of the Loam Lands reveals a deep arcane lore as players uncover its many secrets
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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
3.5 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
38 h Completionist
14 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
1.9 GB

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Posted on: October 18, 2024

Annoying_Orange

Games: 26 Reviews: 11

Not sure if unintelligible or bugged

Starting the intro tutorial, I notice the game is looking a lot blurrier than the main menu: I quit to the main menu and now that's blurry too, checking the options I see the game has decided to switch from 1440p to 576p. I fix that, and go through the tutorial. After completing the intro tutorial and starting the run, I quickly find the first object I can interact with, a building called Tower of Knowledge. I press the interact key, what appears to be a loading screen pops up, and after a while I return to the game in the same exact spot in front of the Tower of Knowledge, nothing seems to have changed. I go on, and "fight" some monsters: I spam attacks while they flail around incoherently, no skill required, I'm not even sure if those monsters had any hitboxes considering their appendages clearly made contact with my player sprite on multiple occasions yet caused no damage. Eventually find a second object I can interact with, a Hermit walking in the background. I press the interact key, he says "Weird", I press the key to advance the dialogue, what appears to be a loading screen pops up, and after a while I return to the game in the same exact spot in front of the Hermit, nothing seems to have changed. I go on, I "fight" a different monster that grabs me (I think) and prevents me from moving while I spam attacks, and after defeating it I'm still unable to move, seemingly stuck in its corpse. Ah, and during all of this the "beautiful AI assisted art style" advertised on the store page is covered by an extremely thick blue filter, which makes it hard to see anything and cannot be disabled via any option: however, the filter is disabled when you're in the pause menu, because reasons. This wouldn't even be good as a free tech demo to showcase the AI-generated monsters, the asking price of 20 dollars is delusional.


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Posted on: June 1, 2024

Xankara

Verified owner

Games: 374 Reviews: 17

A source of boredom...

Really was interested in this game, but didn't pay enough attention to the fact that it was a roguelike and NOT a metroidvania. With AI art assets, boring gameplay and no direction apart from move left to right just give this a pass.


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Posted on: October 8, 2024

pher704

Verified owner

Games: 491 Reviews: 4

Too choppy

Too choppy even at low resolution and minimal settings on an RX 7600 and Ryzen 7950X3D.


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Posted on: March 11, 2025

ShpaJoker

Verified owner

Games: 20 Reviews: 1

Source of Madness

This game is awesome. Can be just as frustrating as rewarding.


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Posted on: June 19, 2022

darkmageeee

Verified owner

Games: 68 Reviews: 1

Great Game

I was expecting a conventional metroidvania, but this gem came out that I really felt was very short


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