Vzerthos is an interesting mixture of top-down shooter and action RPG, but neither the shooter elements nor the RPG elements are really quite there enough, and I think I spent more time beating on walls trying to find secrets than I did with anything else in the game. It's not a *terrible* game, the worst I can say being that the controls are somewhat awkward for the type of high-action game it wanted to be, but it was also just never more than okay.

For the RPG elements, the only advancement is through items and buying new things from the store. That said, you still feel much more powerful at endgame than at the beginning of the game... but you also use the base weapons a lot, because you never really get the ammo capacity to really go hard with your ranged weapons.

For the shooter elements, there's not really much that can't be solved without any real difficulty, either just with sword hit-and-runs, or by things like bouncing shots from around a corner, and Vzerthos can carry a giant stock of potions for the few times he can't just avoid danger.

So yeah, not recommended. It's not awful, though, and is at least decently fun sometimes during the 3 hour playtime.

I had to think a while on whether to give this thumbs up or down. In the end, I went with a positive review as I experienced no bugs, found the gameplay enjoyable enough, the game didn't outstay it's welcome, and it's pretty cheap. On the other hand, this isn't the kind of thing I'd go out and encourage people to play.

This game will definitely keep you in check. Good luck!

To start off this game is just as good as what you see in the trailer. Even though it was really pixely it still looked very nice. But the plot had a lot of hole, some parts where incredibly confusing, and it was quite a bit expensive. But like was saying earlier, the gameplay was so good and the graphics looked so amazing that it tends to cover over those 2 issues. So i would recommend this game but not by much.

Looked okay on the store page. Once you play it though you realize how archaic everything in it is. Controls are awful which lead to dull and slow, agonizing gameplay and it's pointless to even bother. You will find more entertainment elsewhere.

cheap, no bugs, "story" meh but thats not why you're here...

Vzerthos is an isometric retro pixel action RPG cloned loosely from the Diablo concept.

This is a clear cut case of someone seeing Diablo and thinking they can do their own, except without classes, graphics, workable gameplay etc. Resolution here is fixed, graphics are ugly. Gameplay doesn't make sense and the developer didn't bother with a storyline, which shouldn't be surprising because if you can't afford an artist to do graphics better than retro pixel, you sure can't afford a writer. This seems like the kind of game for people who want to play a cheap ripoff of Diablo, but only on the condition that it's way worse than Diablo in every respect. I don't know anyone like that, and even if I did they wouldn't want to pay $10 (not kidding, that's how much this guy wants) for shovelware.

7/10 Diablo clone

Worth the price.

Nice game but it's not for me. The presentation is a bit lacking.

When I started the game and heard word "Vzerthos" and saw UI animation I was immediately blown away how this game hold oldshool style. I don't know how it's called, it's like a PC game from the 90s. Music is so cool with the distinctive sound of old bad sound card's internal synthesizer, and I really love good soundtracks. I've died a couple of times before I even met any enemy, later on checkpoints help a lot. I'm in the beginning of the journey, but clearly it's worth a try.