I wanted to love this game so much I' first heard of it in 2016 and I have waited with great anticipation since then. Scorn LOOKS INCREDIBLE. The atmosphere is AMAZING. Sadly the gameplay doesn't hold up for me; I like puzzles but I don't LOVE puzzles. I feel like new games handhold you too much but this one hand holds not what so ever. Conceptually this is an absolutely unreal and fantastic product, but in practise I find the puzzles to be confusing,frustrating and the combat that is here is underwhelming. I played for 45 minutes and was irritated by the lack of progress . I get lost easily in games and not having a map is incredibly frustrating for me. I really want to like this game but sadly its just not for me, I really hope you like it though if you play it!
Old school gaming lovers rejoice! Shadowgate is back! I am a HUGE fan of the NES version. I have logged over 100 hours into this new version so far and I think it is pretty awesome! I'm excited to see what Zojoi's has in store next! (I know, but no spoilers for you! Beat this game and find out for yourself :) The game takes a bit of getting used to, it plays a lot different than pretty much everything on the market today, so give it a chance to let the atmosphere soak in and the colorful descriptions can make your imagination go wild. Really fun and old school goodness that is relatively short, but sweet. First time through will take you probably 8-14hrs and likely a restart or two, and once you know where everything is you can speed run through it in about an hour or less if you don't read anything and skip all the cut scenes. (But why do that? The cut scenes and colorful descriptions are awesome!) I recommend you start on easy or normal mode and work your way up to hard to get more replay value from the added layers for the puzzles as the difficulty ramps up. Not only that, but if you start on hard mode you may want to throw your brain at wall from the immediate high level of difficulty if you aren't used to it, so honestly.... build up to hard mode! Its a tough game that will give your brain a work out instead of your twitch gaming reflexes and its soooooo nice to play something different than another generic shooter. Great job Team Z! 8 / 10
Old school gaming lovers rejoice! Shadowgate is back! I am a HUGE fan of the NES version. I have logged over 100 hours into this new version so far and I think it is pretty awesome! I'm excited to see what Zojoi's has in store next! (I know, but no spoilers for you! Beat this game and find out for yourself :) The game takes a bit of getting used to, it plays a lot different than pretty much everything on the market today, so give it a chance to let the atmosphere soak in and the colorful descriptions can make your imagination go wild. Really fun and old school goodness that is relatively short, but sweet. First time through will take you probably 8-14hrs and likely a restart or two, and once you know where everything is you can speed run through it in about an hour or less if you don't read anything and skip all the cut scenes. (But why do that? The cut scenes and colorful descriptions are awesome!) I recommend you start on easy or normal mode and work your way up to hard to get more replay value from the added layers for the puzzles as the difficulty ramps up. Not only that, but if you start on hard mode you may want to throw your brain at wall from the immediate high level of difficulty if you aren't used to it, so honestly.... build up to hard mode! Its a tough game that will give your brain a work out instead of your twitch gaming reflexes and its soooooo nice to play something different than another generic shooter. Great job Team Z! 8 / 10
