Thymesia

Thymesia is an action game with Souls-like elements in a dark fantasy setting. To start with, the positive aspects: - The controls are fully rebindable, the 5-button mice are supported - There are checkpoints very close to the bosses and mini-bosses, there is no fall damage, the talent respec is always available - The bosses are diverse, the length of a playthrough is reasonable (11 hours for me), the levels are possible to replay, the requirements to reach the endings are clear, and the loot type is shown by the colour (so you can decide whether the item is worth picking) - The game is VA-free (much appreciated during the boss battles) and the music is fitting and unobtrusive The negatives: - The stamina-/posture-unrestricted combat and continuously regenerating foes (the white armour-Wounds recover to the green Health level after a short delay) encourage aggression and precision, but the interruptions and parry timings are unreliable, the feedback for the successful parries is the absence of numbers above the protagonist’s head (i.e. no other visual or audio cues), the animations for the attacks and parries are very similar, and the hitboxes are odd - Very low build variety and no character customisation. The summonable Plague weapons have very situational uses (e.g. the Bow for the final boss) - Very odd balance - the first main boss, Odur, and a random halberd-wielder are the most challenging foes. The regular enemies and most mini-bosses on the level are ridiculously easy, while the bosses further on are just easier due to the higher familiarity with the systems and the character’s level - The locations are few and the optional objectives are not interesting. There is very little reason to explore, as the loot consists mostly of lore bits and small XP batches. The traversal abilities are non-existent as well - the MC cannot jump over even fences (can destroy barrels by dashing); there are a lot of invisible walls - The story is inconsistent and not engaging

Its like a mix of Sekiro and Dark souls, i didn't like sekiro before playing this game but once i got used to deflecting and timing i started to understand the playstyle. Didnt expect it to be this good

Solid gameplay, great atmosphere. Pretty difficult but well done.

Loved the attack patterns to the bosses and the parrying system. Alternate story endings were great, too.

Look I won't lie the first boss kicked my ass, however this was the point I stopped dodging and started parying, and oh my the game became way easier.