Posted on: November 29, 2022

qsrmvt

Игр: 80 Отзывов: 2

Pretty Solid

First, it's important to note (if you're browsing the reviews) that this game seems to have gotten a lot of QoL updates since it was released, and many complaints from 2020/2021 aren't an issue any more. That said, I found this game pretty solid. Good art, good-enough music, acceptable enemy variety, mechanics that cut very close to Symphony of the Night... this has been the first game in quite a while that I've felt compelled to finish, though I fell off the "gotta get 100%" wagon near the end of the game, because... The game's biggest flaw, in my opinion, is the backtracking. Sure, we expect it from a Metroidvania, but there are some games that do it right, where it doesn't really _feel_ like backtracking, and others, where you sigh because you're going back, again. Unfortunately, Chasm is in the latter group. Two things make this worse: one, that certain important rooms aren't marked on the map, so if you don't have the foresight to use the custom marker, you'll have a good time trying to find them again; two, you could go through the whole game without realizing that there are hidden areas, only to have to go back through everything again to try and find them. Overall, no regrets. A good time, with some minor hangups.

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Posted on: October 14, 2022

micarus4

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Игр: 74 Отзывов: 8

Surprisingly frustrating

I should've loved this game. I love the genre, I like tactical rogue-lites. I loved the graphics from the beginning. But the gameplay is quite frustrating. Fights are really boring because your character freezes for a split second after every attack. That means you can almost never get really good at fighting the enemies, instead you just have to hit them once and then wait out their attack cycle. You can dash, but only backward, and it is very prone to being hit by an enemy if you get the range slightly wrong. So the game feels very slow, and it punishes you a lot for trying anything but wait longer. The platforming is quite bad. The controls just aren't good enough for some of the platform puzzles, resulting in frustrating falls into lava, take damage, try again, fall again, 3-5 times just to get up to a save room. Healing is very difficult, save rooms are sparse, and enemies respawn upon re-entering a level - a deadly combination of frustration. Because almost every fight is a trading of hit points, eventually you just die by a thousand cuts on your way to get some healing or a save room. It's most frustrating how good this game could've been. If the combat was just a dash more dynamic like Dead Cells, and if the platform designs were a little better, it would be an awesome game. But I just re-played the same boring section 4-5 times just because it's impossible to get through without some control input failing, sending you back to the beginning, take some damage, start over, try it too much and reload from save.. As others mentioned the backtracking is annoying. No map markers, confusing rooms that all look the same, it's not as fun as in other metroidvania games, it's a chore. Oh what could've been.

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Posted on: January 14, 2024

leedavis

Игр: 93 Отзывов: 16

One of my new Favorites

I got this on steam a year ago. I have never played Metrovania style games (besides actually Metroid and Castlevania), so it was new to me and I quickly added it to my favorites. I get that the Metrovania game style has flooded the market and there was a lot of criticism on this game, but I really enjoyed it.

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Posted on: December 30, 2023

manebanane

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Игр: 103 Отзывов: 2

One of my favourite metroidvanias

Love the game and the soundtrack.

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Posted on: January 13, 2025

Elektrolurch

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Игр: 301 Отзывов: 11

Nice, if a bit generic...

I bought this game on the sale, missed it the first times around. Didn’t really read that much about it beforehand and thought it would be more of an RPG. At the very beginning of the game, I still thought that...But as soon as you enter the mines it becomes clear: This game is a Metroidvania. Very,very close to Symphony of the Night and later titles in the Castlevania franchise, even down to aestetic quirks like how the map looks, how the save symbols look…and yes,it does have an equivalent to the medusa heads. And it plays well. Controls are very tight, layout seems a bit generic, challenge is fair, on the easy side(which I like). At first I thought the monster designs to be very generic, but that changes throughout the game and they get more interesting (the player sprite,sadly, does not..) The game isn’t too long, but due to a slightly random layout of the game each time you start a new game, it doesn’t seem as well designed as it could be and a lot of annoying backtracking is involved, more than usual for these kind of games. The puzzles can therefore also be a bit obtuse, but nothing to difficult and out of the ordinary. Overall, the game also isn’t too long. So far, I’d say-average Castlevania, from a time were these came out everywhere. Decent challenge, good, but not perfectly designed. What sells it for me, are music,look,and feel of the game. Garphics are nice-cool pixel art somewhere in between 16 and 32 bit 2D games, phallanx scrolling, and the locations really get interesting as the game progresses. Good atmosphere, a good bit of world building as well. And yes,the tight controls also help. All in all, on sale, I’d surely recommend it to people who like Metroidvanias, but don’t expect anything out of the ordinary. All in all, it tends to be well made, but a bit generic and annoying wth the backtracking at times. Still, it renewed my interest in the genre.

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