Останні рецензії користувача Occupant

A remarkably well-made CRPG in the spirit of the BG model. The classes are full of interesting choices and combinations that make character planning rich and enjoyable, but without the feeling of punishing people who don't min-max. The story is interesting and the kingdom-building is a fun aspect.

Probably one of the best written adult only games I've played. There's actual humor, no obvious misogyny, and a wide variety of themes. The scenes are well choreographed and the models are all very attractive too. Probably most impressive detail: the anatomy is actually reasonable.

I actually was loving this game for a while. Then two things happened: (1) I bumped into what I consider a major design flaw in the game and (2) I discovered that the community this game seems to be cultivating is on the toxic side with no apparent effort by the community managers to fix it.

(1) The design flaw. When you get a piece of equipment that grants you a skill point when equipped, you choose where to spent that skill point. When you remove that same piece of equipment, the game decides where to remove that skill point. The algorithm that the game uses is undocumented and inscrutable. Sometimes it might make a harmless decision, other times (like in my case) it might remove Unending Storm from your Rampage Druid build, crippling your gameplay until you can re-earn that skill point.

Some claim this isn't a hardship because skill points are so easy to come by. Well, lucky them because in my experience, at the stage of the game I am playing, a skill point in that particular skill takes hours to get.

(2) The community. Trying to socialize this frustration (which has been expressed by others going back as far as 3 years that I could find in their forums), I brought this complaint to the community. I was met with derision, victim-blaming, "you're just stupid", "you're not experiencing what you say you're experiencing" madness. No thanks.

I'm not saying this isn't a game with upsides. It has many upsides. I'm just saying this isn't a game (or game community) for me. And I'm sharing this review in case others benefit from having a similar kind of preference in their game design and game community.

Bad writing, bad animation, just bad.

A tremendous game. Excellent production values, art style, and combat mechanics and that's not even the best part. This game has, without a doubt, the best procedural generated content I've ever seen. This is the most replayable game of its kind, hands down.

I am so glad that this has come to Steam! And the Steam version is absolutely incredible. The graphics are delightful and helpful, and the game remains one of the most complex and in-depth games I've ever played.

Summary

While this is not my favorite game of all time, it might legitimately be the best made game I've ever played. The only reason it isn't my favorite game of all time is because the bullet-hell, dexterity-combat genre isn't my favorite.

But as far as a game being the best at what it is trying to be: This game is literally flawless. It's hard to even know where to begin with its praise.

Creative Aspects

- The art style is immaculate. Very original, very consistent, and very evocative.

- The music is absolutely incredible. You can unlock the music as an in-game reward, and it's actually worth it. Not since Portal has a game's music been so influential to its identity.

- The writing is extensively impressive. Just when you think you might be reaching the end of the game, you discover that you've only turned the first corner.

- The voice acting is astonishingly good. It brings the whole story to life in just the right ways. I can't believe how many tiny, flavorful bits of monologue and dialog they put into this game. The sheer number of spoken hours must be staggering.

- Between the voice acting and the writing, the characters are some of the most engaging I've ever seen in a video game. Everyone has an emotionally deep and interesting backstory to reveal.

Mechanics and Design

- It does all of the right things for a multi-run roguelite. There are tons of unlockable benefits, so that even if you lose, you gain new abilities to explore and new tactics to try.

- There is an optional mode that is perfect for dirty casuals like me, which gives you a scaling damage resistance every time you fail a run. The scaling is simple but perfect, such that right when you stop needing it, it stops growing.

- In addition to unlocking mechanical benefits, the game includes unlockable cosmetics and flavor. And because the production values are so high, these rewards are actually really exciting to get. My favorite was the endless flow of flower petals blowing in on a breeze from the river of the dead.

- The controls are utterly perfect. Very intuitive, and they adapt perfectly to the wide variety of abilities you can get. One run you might be shooting a bow like a sniper, another run you might be casting massive AOE spells, and another you might be punching things toe-to-toe. The controls make all of these play styles effortless.

I just can't say enough good things about this game. My hours played should say it all.

Inane, misogynistic writing. Absurdly bad body models. The mini-games were not half bad, but everything else was just embarrassingly adolescent.

What an incredible game. This was clearly crafted by someone who understands tension and story. The real genius of the game is in the repetitive tasks you do. Just as your mind habituates to the routine is the perfect time to unsettle it with a spooky disruption. It's genius.

Dialog is pretty bad. Art is mediocre. JRPG mechanics are pretty dull.

Worst of all is the thematic content. This game plays like an adolescent fever dream of unrequited urges.