Vambrace: Cold Soul

One aspect of the game that stood out to me is the design of the characters. The character models and animations are very well-done and have a unique art style that is both beautiful and dark. Additionally, the characters themselves are all unique and have their own personalities and backstories, which make them more relatable than generic, one-dimensional characters found in other games. they have this fanservice style too that will delight the moe connoisseurs Voice acting also adds to the character's personalities, with each character having a distinct voice and way of speaking. The characters also often have their own unique dialogue depending on the situation they are in, which makes the world feel more alive and gives players a better understanding of the characters they are interacting with. Overall, the characters of "Vambrace: Cold Soul" are a highlight of the game and add a level of depth and immersion that is often missing from other games. They are all well-designed and have distinct personalities that players will enjoy interacting with throughout the game.

I love the art, it's really beautiful and with the nice music it creates a great atmosphere. But that's sadly about it. From the start on you're bombarded with information before you even started any real gameplay. And it's soley presented as a series of screens with copious amounts of text and some images. Not necessarily the most welcoming of entries, especially if you want to get into the game instead of reading stuff. This is accompanied by a story in the style of an interactive novel. Again you're flooded with lore, names and plotpoints. I'm sure those will probably be important at some point, but they aren't really well integrated into the gameplay. Also it's a rather average fantasy plot and as such there is definately too much of it at the beginning. Finally the gameplay is okay, it's mostly lifted from "Darkest Dungeon" and differences in the mechanics to that title are rather superficial. Difficulty is jumping up and down, at one point i felt it too easy and then boom, two characters die in a fight. I didn't even really understand why the second one perished - Meh. The UI is made for joypads, playing with the keyboard is very fiddely. Mouse support is barely existent, this is obviously built with consoles in mind. You really need to like those kinds of games to enjoy this.

Its really nice and I recommend first thing crafting armor for all characters, it helps a lot. Can be challenging and had a lot of fun :)

As someone who never played Darkest Dungeon but 2 of the other games it is inspired by i enjoyed my time pretty much. COMBAT is a little bit monotone after a while after you settle with one combination of followers but that's what i could honestly say about most games to be honest. I enjoyed the STORY and liked the main character for beeing a relatable humble person and not a 'super human, the chosen one'. Have more than one ending is a nice feature i appreciate. The SAVE SYSTEM was alright and i guess makes sense for this kind of game since it makes you think about getting prepared well enaugh to be able to make it. I understand though that it takes a moment to prepare a strategy for this mild inconvinience. I played the game in GERMAN version 1.09 on another plattform on NORMAL DIFFICULTY. There were a few translation issues here and there but i haven't encountered any bugs. Game was UPDATED afterwards which i applaude Devespresso games since they were working on other projects in the meantime. The fact they seem to have updated the GOG version shortly after the Steam version makes me like this Dev even more. All in all a solid game, story and mechanic wise with a suitable soundtrack. Will buy this and the soundtrack on GOG again if i see a good (bundle) discount on both so that i can have it on here aswell - and give a little more support to the Devs and GOG.

More simple Darkest Dungeon I finished and enjoyed more. The art direction was stunning, the environments and map of the city, designs of the characters and animations. Can't believe it is work of pretty must one person. Interesting remix of more western fantasy races and Korean fox folk. The sound and the music are really nice, engrossing you in a setting. Getting outfits alongside doing side-quests was nice.. and a bit addicting for me, (like in newer Tomb Raiders) and could affect characters and narrative. I liked the combat, and that bosses were challenging for me on normal, and you had to thread more carefully your actions, and you will not loose your comrades. Would love to have manual saves.. or more ways of saving especially during the dungeon parts. I would like your party to be more customizable and different within classes, but I understand that if you loose one, you can pick up any other form the same class and it only be different by one skill max, so no that big of a deal, . Also because of my companions not dying on normal, I had soo much resources and money in the end, no need to spend it on anything.