There's no reason to play this, the screenshots and trailer video display everything that's in this prologue, its that short.

As for the game itself, the first bit of the game is arranged like a tutorial, except that it tells you nothing. like, you just need to figure out how to switch to the gun on your own, and in the one proper mission the game has, moving to the second marker it gives you results in your death, whereas moving adjacent to the marker triggers the same event without killing you using the level's first enemy.

The gameplay is clearly meant to be stealth focused, but, the enemy's movements after you throw a pebble are random and the pebbles don't go very far or attract enemies in a very large radius, making it possible to be in a situation where an enemy is staring at your hiding spot from outside of pebble range, making it impossible to make them turn around, resulting in your death. This can happen after you throw a pebble, too. Throw pebble, end turn, enemy ends up outside of pebble range staring at your bush.

Not to mention that after playing I have no idea how turns work, you can seemingly keep performing actions until your stamina runs out, but in the proper mission if an enemy sees you they just pause your turn, walk 8 miles and smack you on the back of the head, then your turn just resumes? its somewhat confusing and unclear.

One last tip for any devs who happen to be reading: talking about the prologue to your game that hasn't come out yet purely in terms of how it relates to said game that isn't out yet without really stating what the game is about super clearly is not a good way to make a storepage. Take notes from Star Fetchers if you want to see how to do this sort of thing better.

Not very good for a prologue. The game shows you very basic functions and not nearly enough informative to get a feel for the overall game mechanics, especially combat as most of the missions were about avoiding detection.

And stealth feels odd. The game did not fully explain the rules of being detected, as I was detected without while hiding even though they were fairly away from me. Other times, I was detected while running to another hiding place that was not marked by a red line, which I assume was an indicator of their visions. Monster still detected me.

Enemies also have weird turns, the move, stop, then move again. One time I was detected, but the monster simply gave up chasing me after 1 turn and no other monsters in the area became alarmed. So instead of stealthing through the map I just ran across it to the checkpoint.

This prologue feels more like a cut tutorial from the game, since the tutorial also explains mechanics that are not used (or i was not able to use) such as melee attacks. Too short to be informative, and what it does show didn't really hook me.

Phew! What a wicked ride this was. Okay, time for reflections.
✔️ The audio-visual fidelity is unbelievable, for an indie game.
Is this for real your first game?!?! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
✔️ Turn-based Dark Souls
Really. I am not over-reacting. This ain't no hack'n'slash. You kill or get killed. No damage tanking - everything's lethal. You make a mistake - you're as good as dead. At the same time, if you actually THINK before you ACT - you can be as deadly as your foes.
✔️ Fallout + Lovecraft = Alder's Blood
You have that heavy atmosphere of a post-apo game, with the feeling of desolation and hopelessness. Yet there is that typical Lovecraft's sensation of mystery and something twisted and creepy, crawling under your skin.
✔️ No player's spoon feeding and cookie-cutter hand handling
I love when games and game designers assume I am not an ape. This game is hard, brutal, rich and not ashamed of being what it is. You don't get the game? Go back playing consoles you filthy casual.


❌Enemy AI is sometimes very random.
I lure him by throwing pebble. He goes there and then scouts a huge area. Often bumping me - hidden in the bushes lol
❌Throwing knifes are kind a useless
The gun packs a punch but must be reloaded. The saber also lands hard + backstab. Throwing knifes? Idk of any reason to use them.
❌Confusing Field of View of enemies
Its obvious if the mob is looking left or right and how far his sight reaches horizontally. Vertically? Its a guessing game.


👍 Look at my playtime. Now be aware the game can be finished in around 20-30 minutes. Yea I did that 4 times. This is how good it is. And why the ♥♥♥♥ are you even reading this review? The game's free. Just go and play it.

This prologue didn't show enough of the game to help decide wether I would like to purchase the full version or not. It only consists in a basic tutorial where you control a single character, and a few narrative dialogues.

The gameplay elements presented seemed interesting, but without seeing them in a full mission, it is hard to tell how interesting they could really be.

The narrative aspects were mediocre and uninspired.

The music was decent.

The visuals are really nice, especially outside of the missions, but you propably already know this by looking at the screenshots.

I don't recommend this prologue because it does a poor job at showing what the game could be. It only shows a basic tutorial.

Repeating the 2nd level over several times due to unexplained mechanics in not fun. When you're getting killed by seemingly random events in what's supposed to be a turn based tactics game, I think you've missed the mark.

The art style really sets the atmosphere. However there is no music in prologue? Hope devs can arrange some thrilling ones. Also because we have 2 missions, I could not see some other tactical variations in solving problems; I hope this is not like that in the remaining game.

It's a stealth game, Of course you can go in gunsblazing or ambush the enemy but there is no gain from it. Just avoid everything and run to the next marker. This prologue doesn't provide you with anything to make you want to buy the game. You could play a visual novel or read a book instead and you would have the same entertainment.

However this game has potential, if it would have actual gameplay. I don't like stealth games much but I think it could be a good rpg.

Fun for a free prologue, I would recommend it as a demo if you want of Alder's Blood if you are considering getting the full game. Otherwise it may not be worth the time as it is very short.

+Art style
+Tactical battles
+Dark setting
+Story so far is interesting

-Very short, only ~10min to complete
-No voice

Waiting to get this game !!!
Very nice demo!!!

Turn-based games always in my heart, especially with an addictive Steampunk universe, excellent art style and disturbing music like in Alder's blood. UI leads player by the hand and I didn't have any problems getting to know game rules. Kudos for stealth part. I can't wait for more.