Exanima

In all honesty, the game had potential but potential does not make a game that is worth buying if the potential is never reached. This game is part of a project that has been in the development for at least 9 years and was promised to their backers to be released and delivered in May 2012, now soon 7 years ago. The game promised many features which never arrived. Features like an open world to explore, six different types of magic, ranged weapons, equipment customization and much more. The game in its current state is tedious, frustrating and mundane. There is some novelty to it, that it being a physics-based game, yet that novelty wears off within minutes if you've ever played a physics-based game before, like Human: Fall Flat or any Totally Accurate -- game by Landfall. The most fun you can find in this game lies in the Arena, not in the main game, where you instead walk a dungeon which feels more like a maze, sprinkled with various enemies, where ultimately your only goal is to find slightly better equipment along the way and find the right door needed to progress. The enemies themselves aren't particularly intelligent, but that's mostly excused away by saying things like "they are undead of sorts" like zombies. In terms of RPG elements, there's not much to come for at all. There's no real dialogue and all the story you will ever find will come in the form of various books or notes that the player may as well just skip reading or completely miss, all while not feeling sorry in any way about it. This game is really not what it says on the tin.

OK, to the reviewer who thinks the positive reviews are fishy, since the game just came out: The game has been on Steam for a while now. I have currently 126 hours played of it.(and I played the alpha before that) We know what we're talking about. And consider this, I bought the game for the third time now (plus two copies I got for my friends) - I want to support the devs THAT much. This game does many things in new ways which feel alien at first, but are very rewarding and entertaining when you get used to them. It's not perfect, certainly, there are aspects which need to be worked on, or those that are controversially designed and won't be for everyone. But I feel these devs deserve my support for attempting to make a game like this. It's already so much fun and it does so many things I like - I can't help but hope they have the means to continue for a long time.

Only just obtained this game today (as I type this) and i am impressed with how different this is to most RPGs, it's difficult, it WILL frustrate you, but the small details, the unique combat and feel of this game is well worth the price. A huge part of it's charm is the physics. Characters react to surfaces and objects, you can trip over a small stone randomly which is a laugh out loud moment. And as an added bonus being able to play Buckaroo with your character never gets old. DON'T be put off straight away, keep at it and you will truly enjoy this amazingly unique game. Good: Physics Gameplay Bad: combat at times can be taxingly difficult Ugly: Some of the hair style choices... mushroom top anyone?

It's like golf: golf is nothing but frustration and rage until you learn some basic mechanics and get a couple of good shots. A little practice and you actually get good. You can't learn this game by reading a manual or watching a video, you have to do it. Reviews under3 hours playtime are generally negative. Reviews over 5 hours are generally very favorable. Once you can beat the arena on novice you could try the dungeon, though it is quite a bit harder with the tight quarters. Remember this is pretty much just a playable alpha demo for the real game: Sui Generis which, on their current schedule, will probably come out right after Yeshua returns.