Gloomwood Demo

While it wasn't entirely clear to me what I was supposed to do in this demo, the actual gameplay is solid. The creators understand atmosphere over graphical fidelity, and boy, is Gloomwood Gloomy. I recommend you play on a higher difficulty, as the easiest two difficulties allow you to simply shoot everything with the shotgun. It's more fun if you have to be stealthly. Definitely has potential, and I will be watching this one.

As I am not into stealth very much, but I love Thief's atmosphere. I really really love I could finally approach this as an action game. The demo really surprised me. The inventory, atmosphere, gameplay, all are amazing. Unfortunately, the biggest criticism is that I wish that they would optimize it better for low-end pcs. With Core i3 and HD 4000 on my 11-inch dell, I had to play at 640x480 and I still did not have solid 60fps which is disappointing considering the graphics. Luckily on my desktop with FX8320, 8GB ram, and GTX 1060 I got solid 60fps on 1080p. I don't mind graphics in games, in fact, I think I prefer older games' graphics because more is happening in your mind and the game is much stronger and memorable. I really hope they take time with this and release something incredible. But I think the game will release finished like the games used to. From the demo, I felt the game is created with love, from gamers to gamers. Thank god the indie scene is still good because AAA games went so downhill it's really depressing. Especially companies like EA are such a joke, which is ironic since their name is literally Electronic ARTS, but they don't create games as art. I really hope they will release a physical version on Switch too, definitely buying that. Thank you Dillon Rogers and David Szymanski, can't wait for your game.

It's really hard to tell from just the demo for the obvious reasons, but from what I have seen it is looking great. What I really like is all the nooks and crannies this place has to explore esp being able to dive in the waters. The rooms aren't packed with useful items since the description says that there are limited resources. I really like this. The enemy AI seems good so far as the demo goes, hope the final version is better. There were some complaints it is not hard enough. Again this is a demo, and if that means more aggressive AI is maybe needed I will agree. If it means waves and waves of bad guys, well that isn't this game-that is DOOM. I like the graphic style even if it is not super detailed. In the end, it's the game-play that matters, right?

The visuals are taken straight out of Thief, but they also share some of Deus Ex and System Shock because those games all shared the same engine and time period. Good to see that people are making games with that style. This demo is beautiful and also very well developed. There was a Firelink Shrine feeling to the whole demo (you'll see what I mean). Definitely recomend if you enjoyed Thief or any stealth games tbh.