Player Age?

[Swans]

I'm looking into this game and wonder what age it may be suitable for? I read the lore is quite dark, so it's more that I was concerned about, than gore etc.

[powbam]

Mm hard to say.. Graphically it can be a bit gorey. Some might peg it around the 16-17 age? I base it on how intelligent my own son appears to be instead of basing it on some superficial rating. He's 13 now and I've long let him play most anything he's wanted and if I felt the game had themes he may not completely understand I'd discuss it with him and discuss the difference between fiction and reality.

[Craiden]

*if* I had a kid...I'd say 13+, it's a solid dark game, but it's not like there's rampant nudity about or anything more violent than the normal gorey hack n' slash aspect of it...

[Fendelphi]

A thing that might be worth mentioning is that the game does require a bit more thinking than your typical Hack-and-slash. A lot of the lore comes from reading and interpreting the environment, while other games have loads of cut-scenes to do that.
In addition, you need to be decent at english to find your way in the world(on the first olaythrough) as there are less "help" in term of arrows and pointers to quests.
So for those who are not native english speaking or just dont have the patience to read 20 lines of text, it might be "a bit too much".

In terms of violence, one of the "cool-factors" in the game, the physics, actually help showing that this is a game. This is because of an exaggerated knockback effect. IMO, this gives it enough "distance" compared to other games(usually FPS) that focus on total realism when it comes to violence.

So yeah, 13-15 seems fine to me. Possible even younger if it is under parental supervision(a parent in the same room, occasionally looking over) in case of questions(as I said, it is a bit more complex than your typical ARPG).

As for the lore being "too dark", I would say that if they have watched or read some of the more adult shows on TV or stories, they wont find anything too extreme here.
I mean, the atmosphere is there, but it is not made super explicit and in great detail. It is not "horror"-material.

[Swans]

Ok. thank you all, that summarises things nicely.

Looks like a superb game.

[Colen Bardbarian]

Originally posted by Swans:

Ok. thank you all, that summarises things nicely.

Looks like a superb game.

Best Early Access game on Steam.

[Kotli]

Theres no age rating ATM since it not finished but it will be at lest a T or 13+. Based on similar games.