Posted on: November 21, 2024

Jarona7

Игр: 134 Отзывов: 1

More than a sleazy aesthetic

This game is a very interesting, creative, and witty Metroidvania/Survival Horror game, which really leans into the threat which non-linear gameplay can pose. No endless health restoration at save points, health restoring items far from guaranteed, and a punishing Dark Souls-esque need to memorise enemy attack animations or risk incredibly insidious status effects like drain and poison, even in the very early game, have caused me to spend more time juggling my weapons and items and really thinking about attack speeds and hitbox limitations than any other Metroidvania I have played. The dialogue is full of surprisingly understated comedy, with a fourth-wall breaking protagonist who seems as aware of the contrivance of the whole situation as the player is, but carries on anyway because that is what you do, and there are some interesting pieces of post-apocalyptic sci fi peppered throughout the primarily horror-anime aesthetic - the CRT televisions which act as save points 'like computers we have in my world but thicker' are nods towards the game's own self-consciousness as a Metroidvania title, clearly echoing the origins of the genre in 1986. Its pixel art is about as far from the abstract simplicity of the original Castlevania as it is possible to be, however, whilst remaining pixel art, beautiful ray casting and constant idle animation on the unnamed protagonist and all of the NPCs make the world appear extremely vibrant and lush. The decision to make the protagonist so large in the frame really allows the player to appreciate the subtlety of the model's movement, as well as making it, despite it's horror credentials, less oppressive than other titles in the genre like Hollow Knight or Blasphemous, in which the relative smallness of the avatar causes the screen to be filled with either empty darkness or a background which dwarfs the protagonist. I like saying nice things, so I'm not mentioning all the creepy nudity, it cost the game 2 stars, which is a shame.

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Posted on: November 22, 2024

CritDex

Владелец игры

Игр: 19 Отзывов: 1

Overall a good game, but with some flaws

I'll start with the graphics, which are very beautiful. The environments, special effects, animation of the heroine's movement and inaction, enemies - everything is great (even if some enemies were too attractive, especially some bosses). The gameplay part is quite interesting at first. Metroidvania with survival elements - I haven't seen such a combination of genres before. Because of that you can't take exp and have to rely on everything you find in the game, because money is rarer than a dagger. The game tries to kill you in every way possible, from stackable enemy attacks, traps, to your own stupidity when you throw a poison bottle and you don't have the right item to pass it. One of the biggest drawbacks, in my opinion, is the terrible sword swing speed: while you take a successful swing, the monsters will quickly massacre you. Another disadvantage is the large roll cooldown and its short range. Sometimes I found myself in a situation where I would roll to evade a monster attack, but instead I would just get destroyed because I was too close to them. There are a few puzzles in the game that aren't too hard to solve, but there is a small problem: if you accidentally die between checkpoints, you have to go through again and again, which isn't a big drawback, but kind of unnerving. The plot is pretty good. You play as a nameless heroine who has lost her memories, and in order to break the seal that holds her memories, she needs to defeat the forces of evil. In short, itțs a pretty solid game that i would recomend to hardcore players.

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Posted on: August 19, 2025

den032007

Владелец игры

Игр: 76 Отзывов: 1

good if it's worked

After i hour of playing game starts to bugging. 1) fatal error on startup (acceptable) 2) screen stop (game proceeded but you have only a sound and screenshot) 3) sometimes disable movements. i hoped to finish it but after 2 sequentil bugs type 2 i give up. Please fix the game

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Posted on: January 13, 2024

Gewalthaufen

Владелец игры

Игр: 365 Отзывов: 35

Pretty good, but NOT a Metroidvania

It's a competent action platformer with souls-y elements. You can play different "builds" using combinations of weapons, spells and items, but you never ever get new skills and progress is only blocked by missing keys or a boss. There are some interesting interactions, for example hitting a body of water with a poisionous weapon posions the whole pool, damaging everyone in it, and the usual tropes of igniting oil (A mop is actually a very useful tool...). Got the true ending on veteran in about 9h, and there is one of the game's problems; You don't regen health, and you don't heal up on savepoints. Meaning you either use food etc, or the combination of a specific item and water. Lots of time was spent standing in puddles. Another annoyance are the checkpoints before bosses, they only save once. Meaning every time you die to the boss you get reset to that state of hp, mp and items, resulting in a heal- and dress-up session. Anyway: Got it for free, had fun. (Two tips: The description of the winged boots might be a bit misleading: Yes, it allows you to attack without losing height, especially useful with slower weapons. But more importantly: It allows you to dodgeroll midair. And: Archers seem be a total pain in the ass...until you equip a shield, then they become a complete joke. Not only do you take no damage from blocked hits, but it REFLECTS the arrow back .)

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Posted on: January 19, 2024

PopFopsky

Владелец игры

Игр: 77 Отзывов: 1

Not a bad game, not good either

I Consider myself somewhat of a Metroidvania connisseur, played hollow knights, Bio Manace, even the OG Metroids and Castlevanias, including the ones from GBA and Symfony of the Night, and i understand every game that is to be classified as a "MetroidVania" gives its spin on the genra in some way, such as hollow knights, allowing the player to attack while moving, up and down, and he does that without constricting the player, while this game, attacks are so slow, limiting the player's combat capacity so much, it is actually better to avoid all enemies, or use a knife and shield, because every other weapon is unreliable. The main feature of a metroidvania, the core feature if you will, should be movement, and this game clearly has a major lack on it, how so ? in any other game player will be allowed to perform attacks mid air while retaining full or some mobility, or simply keep a momentum during the air attack animation while in the air performing a cancel when it hits the floor as a freebie so if you dont die attacking someone from above, something this game do not have, air attacks somehow stops you mid air, and you can not move until the animation is finished or unless you cancel that with a dodge. Now i understand this is this game's quirk, so to speak, but was it really a good idea to limit the player's fighting capacity so much so it is a better idea to not fight at all rather than clear a room so you can manouver more easily ? Another would be items, this is clearly an isekai, but why are there modern made items like, plastic bottles and oilments in the game ? not really game breaking, just questioning, but related to items, why is armor and equipments in this game so boring and unsuitable ? why cant you equip a body armor, a trinket and a head piece from the get go ? and unlock more trinket slots as you go along ? There is also the isue with the bugs and glitches and performace issues in some rooms, i dont know why, some rooms through the game lags my shit.

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