What is this game like?

[cpoc019]

I've been on the fence for this game for months now. What is it like, a mix of souls & rogue-like?

[Igor]

Dark Souls with guns, and maybe some PoE/ Diablo elements.

The world on the main game is procedually generated, when you finish the game, you reset the entire world keeping all your stuff. The point of the game is to endlessly complete diferent procedually generated worlds, and get all the loot from each one of them.
There is a rogue like mode on one of the DLCs.

[cpoc019]

Originally posted by Igor:

Dark Souls with guns, and maybe some PoE/ Diablo elements.

The world on the main game is procedually generated, when you finish the game, you reset the entire world keeping all your stuff. The point of the game is to endlessly complete diferent procedually generated worlds, and get all the loot from each one of them.
There is a rogue like mode on one of the DLCs.

Ah understood, is there a corpse run mechanism in the game as well?

[Igor]

Originally posted by cpoc019:

Originally posted by Igor:

Dark Souls with guns, and maybe some PoE/ Diablo elements.

The world on the main game is procedually generated, when you finish the game, you reset the entire world keeping all your stuff. The point of the game is to endlessly complete diferent procedually generated worlds, and get all the loot from each one of them.
There is a rogue like mode on one of the DLCs.

Ah understood, is there a corpse run mechanism in the game as well?

No, you respawn at checkpoint, no death penalty. Only that you need to redo the section since mobs do respawn too.

[cpoc019]

Originally posted by Igor:

Originally posted by cpoc019:

Ah understood, is there a corpse run mechanism in the game as well?

No, you respawn at checkpoint, no death penalty. Only that you need to redo the section since mobs do respawn too.

Got it thank you! I'll probably get it on sale during Christmas

[TrueEvil]

It's a third person shooter, with some souls-like and rogue-like elements. I don't really like the expression "Dark Souls with guns" because some people who are really into Dark Souls will play this with expectations that won't be met. It is a shooter at heart.

[Morghy]

Game also have Survival Mode (mode is part of DLC) https://remnantfromtheashes.wiki.fextralife.com/Survival+Mode

And Hardcore Mode (part of patch for game) https://remnantfromtheashes.wiki.fextralife.com/Hardcore+Mode

[MarkedMarkyMark]

Destiny + Diablo + Dark Souls where yeeted into a blender. It's very flawed but fun once you learn to deal with said flaws. Mainly boss adds.

[info]

Originally posted by cpoc019:

I've been on the fence for this game for months now. What is it like, a mix of souls & rogue-like?

it's better than dark souls, but way less content and game world than elden ring. better combat though imho.

I liked this *overall*, just subjectively, more than Elden Ring, but Elden Ring has more standout things and set pieces that make it more impressive.

Remnant is absolutely fantastic for 80% of the time you play. 10% meh and 10% pretty good.

what makes it stand out for me in the Souls-like genre is that it's dark without being depressing and colorful but intense.

some of the best fights I've ever had in a video game was in Remnant, not in a souls game.

the biggest issue with the design of the original souls games and elden ring is that they are made to be cinematic and looking impressive, but offset this by making the character's movement limited, slow or clunky.

Remnant does not do that.

[Guy]

Great game with friends or solo.

[Darkside99x]

Resident Evil 5 meets dark souls.

And the blended elements are far better than you would think.

Its up there in my top games in recent years, be solo or coop.

[Xaelon]

The "Dark Souls with Guns" label is pretty accurate for the most part except that the combat in Remnant is very ranged focused. Thankfully the gunplay is excellent.

How the areas work in this game is pretty unique. It's more linear than Dark Souls, but Remnant makes up for it by using procedural generation to randomize an area's layout. Each area has enough variations that you'll have to run each area several times if you want to see all the random events, different bosses and collect all the varied and interesting loot. Thankfully the game has a feature called "Adventure mode" which allows you to revisit any area you have unlocked very easily.

Then you have all the interesting ways you can customize your character.

• To start you have traits which are passive stat boosts. Movement speed, damage, HP regen, reload speed, etc. There's lots of them and they unlock as you complete objectives in the game. You gain trait points as you level up. You can also find special books that give you a free trait point.
  
  
• Then you have armor which, in addition to having a defense value and resistances, also has a 1-3 piece set bonus that provides similar passive bonuses to what traits give, but are much more powerful. You can use a full set or mix and match armor from different sets.
  
  
• There are also weapon mods, which aren't what you might expect. In Remnant weapon mods give you active abilities. Some of them do typical things like let you shoot grenades but others provide buffs or summon minions.

So what is Remnant? It's a great third person shooter with random levels supported by interesting RPG systems. It's a very unique game and one of my favorites.