Source of Madness
I’ve finished all of the current content, so I think I’m in a good position to critique the game as it is currently. Overall, this game is a real gem. I’m a fan of Lovecraftian-styled games along with rogues and sidescrollers, so this game is perfect for me. The character movement and combat starts out sluggish, but once you unlock some more dashes the pace becomes faster. The developers have already addressed this in an update today that bumped up the character movement, among other improvements. However it’s still a game that favors defense, and the bullet-sponge nature of the enemies is my biggest criticism. At times it can borderline on ridiculous. Also, the second level of Act 1 feels way too long, and in my opinion, doesn’t earn its length.
– Real player with 17.4 hrs in game
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Right now, I’m coming off of a sugar rush like feeling after playing 5 hours of this game. In its current state the game is fantastic.
The game checks off all the boxes for a wide variety of gamers.
SoulsLike - Check
Metroidvania - Check
Action / RPG - Check
Platformer - Check
Gorgeous Game - Check
Horror - Check
True Lovecraft Monsters - Check
Just a geek that needs to collect a game with very unique design mechanics - Check
I could go on. I’m a huge fan of SoulsLike and Metroidvania games. Throw in the Roguelite concept where both the environment and your enemies are never the same is fantastic. The use of neural network AI to create the enemies is mind bendingly genius.
– Real player with 16.4 hrs in game
Elderand
The game has a heavy focus on skill-based combat, which means reckless explorers will be punished time after time. Do not fear, as your timing and positioning will improve once you find your battle style.
Choose a look that suits you best with character customization options that allow for varying skin tones, hairstyles and colors.
Become the most powerful warrior by leveling up your character’s attack, magic, and other stats to take on the unforgiving beasts of the land.
Discover, buy, and collect a myriad of items, including unique relics, potions, weapons and shields. Bargain with shopkeepers to gather even more loot and upgrade your character.
Journey to distinct lands filled with ancient mysteries to unravel. Slay lethal creatures, find hidden passages, and befriend strangers from the Errant Breach to Omulore. While forging your path through the world, remember one thing, curiosity is your greatest ally.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1413660/Elderand/
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
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Review by Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam.
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Is it a masterpiece? Yes, if you enjoy isometric pixel art and challenging combat. Fans of soulslike action RPGs get new food.
The backstory of the game is dark and depressing. At the beginning, our main character wakes up on a beach, full of horribly mutated fish and half-rotten corpses. It looks as if we were on board a ship that smashed on the cliffs and the surf washed us up. Luckily there is a sword next to the dead body next to us. We are a warrior, the last survivor of the Order of the Strivers of Dibrom. Our task, for which we have trained all our lives, is to defeat the Seven Acolytes, cursed and powerful beings possessed by evil deities called Gahars. We must kill the acolytes and thus save the kingdom. If we fail, the evil gods will continue to rule and madness will devour the entire world. More information will not be revealed at first. If you want to know more, you have to examine the items you find and talk to the few (more or less) sane people you meet on the adventure. The graphics also provide clues as to what has happened in this desolate world.
– Real player with 21.5 hrs in game
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Mixed Feeling. Decent, Could Be Better.
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a isometric action game. As the only survivor of Strivers of Dibrom, players need to navigate through the accursed kingdom and battle against the seven Acolytes of Gahars, further freeing this land from the terrifying clutch of this eldritch deity. I have a mixed feeling for this game. On one hand, I really like the artstyle and the designs of each mob. The eerie, creeping, bodily-horror always seizes my eyes, and the sense of dread emanating from mere pixel sprites invariably tantalizes my taste for this kind of pixel art. Yet, on the other hand, the level design is quite weak, falling short of depth and the incentive to explore. The combat is sabotaged by enemies' easily-exploited movesets, inaccurate hit boxes, and some questionable design choices. Still, Morbid: The Seven Acolytes manages to deliver an decent, albeit flawed, experience for lovecraftian horror action game.
– Real player with 17.5 hrs in game
Nevermore: The Chamber Door
In the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator is faced with a creature that enters his room and remains on the bust of Athena, goddess of wisdom, thus placing himself above reason and logic. The crow speaks only one word, “Nevermore”, which the narrator interprets in different ways to answer his own questions.
In THE CHAMBER DOOR something similar happens, but before Athena a door opens, a portal to another world of creatures and demons of nightmares. While the dark-feathered raven contrasts with the marble of Athena, of light and darkness, life and death, our hero is taken by something above reason, making him enter that door with the certainty of the unknown.
THE CHAMBER DOOR is a game of introduction to the NEVERMORE universe. You will be introduced to fluid combat mechanics and endless possibilities. Aggressiveness and agility is the basis of combat, you will be rewarded in a combos ranking system where your variety of blows is your greatest weapon, but beware, NEVERMORE contains dangerous creatures and any mistake can be your last.
As you progress through the game, you’ll craft exclusive mirror cards to build your character according to your combat style. Each card can bring new abilities, new mechanics or even improve your stats.
When passing through the CHAMBER DOOR you will face hordes of varied enemies in an arena system, at the end of each level you find a passage to proceed to the next one. As you defeat these hordes, you will eventually come across more powerful entities and stronger bosses.
If you fail and get defeated, you will return to the first level, however, in a roguelike system, you keep the souls you captured in your last adventure to evolve your charms through the statue of Athena, thus becoming stronger and more prepared to advance further more on your next try.
The Sinking City
NOTE: Despite my recommendation, don’t buy the Steam version. The publisher is screwing the developer (google “Frogwares lawsuit” for more information) and I’d have bought a version that supports the devs directly.
I saw a lot of reviews saying it’s glitchy. It’s really not. Skyrim is a thousand times worse, and so is FO4. Furthermore, Frogwares withheld the final version of the game (AFAIK) until the publisher paid them, so I can only imagine the final version that we’ll get after the courts sort everything out is way better. Worst glitches I ever came across were some weird clothing physics and the clothing of the main character being inconsistent between cinematics and the game. That’s it. If you’re worried about glitches the game is fine. There are reused assets (the most egregious is the diving cinematic) but they have absolutely no impact on playability or the game itself. It’s just a bunch of whining GamerBros.
– Real player with 54.5 hrs in game
It’s an okay game if you get it on sale (below 10 dollars), otherwise it’s not worth it.
The open world is just for the namesake, most of the areas (indoors & outdoors) are just copies of the same 3-4 areas.
The combat is below average almost all the time.
The one thing going for the game is the detective part. I really enjoyed that.
Also there is absolutely no mention of the publisher “Nacon” in this version. Just putting this out there for all the people worried about pirated copy.
One more thing, just buy the basic game and avoid the “Necronomicon Edition”. This bundle just provide two side quests, one costume and allows you to use Pistol from the beginning. The side quests are just there to prolong the game and it’s not good at all.
– Real player with 52.8 hrs in game
Razenroth 2
I enjoyed Razenroth and this game escaped my wish list. Already I am seeing more improvements to the original along with content and story that hearken back to my many hours into the first one. Keep it up Enitvare you have a fan in me.
UPDATE: Game is still awesome.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
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My review:
Things we liked:
-I liked the art style and general feel of the game.
-Gameplay was really fun and wasn’t confusing to figure out what was happening
-Randomness and replayability of the game. I can very easily see myself putting a ton of hours into this game.
-The leaderboards are really fun.
-I liked the different characters and abilities.
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 is an action RPG with rogue-like elements that continues the story where Lovecraft’s Untold Stories left off, taking the characters to a new stage on their fight against the Unknown. Gather items or craft your own, explore old and new locations, solve puzzles and challenges, and defend yourself against dozens of different enemies, alone, or with the help of your friends, in the new Multiplayer mode.
A PAINTING FOR CRAZINESS
The Surrealist Artist Ardois-Bonnot presented his painting called Dream Landscape in the Paris Spring Salon of 1926. The moment the painting was uncovered, it caused a sudden riot among the public, and people screamed and ran all over the place. Soon after the exhibition, Ardois-Bonnot fell into a strange deep sleep from which no one could wake him up. Rumors abound that shortly before this attack of ‘sleeping sickness’, he was at the verge of completion of his greatest masterpiece which would change the world.
6 DIFFERENT CHARACTERS
This time, you will have access to 6 different playable characters, old and new, each one with a different playstyle. The Detective, the Witch, and the Professor from the first part, which continue their fight against the Great Old Ones, and the Medium, the Veteran, and the Alienist who join the group of adventurers.
CRAFTING EQUIPMENT
One of the new elements that we are including in Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 is the possibility of crafting your own equipment. Find blueprints and resources to create and improve new items (clothes, weapons and consumables), and see how every item changes the appearance of your character.
COOPERATIVE MULTIPLAYER
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 goes beyond and introduces a new cooperative multiplayer mode where up to 4 players can fight their way on dozens of levels full of action. Create a balanced group of characters to help each other. Just be careful of friendly fire in this world!
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Fight dozens of different enemies and monsters from the Cthulhu Mythos in this intense action RPG.
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Pick your hero between 6 different characters each with their own stats and skills.
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Improve your stats to become more powerful, finding the perfect combination of items
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Collect hundreds of different items and artifacts or create your own..
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Brand new Coop multiplayer up to 4 players. Create an instance or join one, and fight hundreds of enemies with your friends.
What Lives Below
Hunt massive sea monsters armed with just a harpoon and a simple fishing boat.
Play as a lone fisherman, who takes on the gods of the sea.
In this fast-paced intense boss-rush game, there are various huge creatures to take on. From an electric leviathan to an volcanic octopus, the odds are not in your favor.
Currently, the Game Features
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4 Leviathans to Be Hunted
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Procedurally Animated Bosses
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An infinite procedural ocean world to fight the monsters in
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Interactive ocean simulation and boat physics
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Harpoon throwing with bullet time
This game is still early in development. The full release will have more bosses and the game is subject to change across development.
Sanatorium «Anthropocene Retreat»
Sanatorium Anthropocene Retreat
cons:
lack of instructions.
no sound.
no options.
sucks.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Skeleton Crew
Welcome to the crumbling world of Karpathia where humans are the endangered species. Only the Yeoman Eldritch Extermination Team can protect humanity against the hordes of chaos.
Fight battles solo or with friends in this frantic gothic butt brawler, platform-brawling, co-op adventure for 1-4 players. Experience fast paced tactical combat as you battle a host of enemies, minibosses and giant bosses
Pick up, aim and kick everything you can lay your hands on - stunned foes, skulls, brains, rocks, cabbages or even friends
12 playable diverse gothic heroes to find, recruit and upgrade. Unlock and collect an array of usable scrolls, potions, weapons, traps, staffs, grenade bags and many other items
17 hand-crafted non-linear levels to explore across 3 vast regions. Lush, hand-painted artwork complemented by glossy VFX depicts an atmospheric world of ghosts, demons and ghouls that chills and charms
Coming soon