Abermore

Lots of promise, but unfortunately should have been an early access game. Just too many issues for release.

This game had so much potential but its nothing like it really said it was. The level design is broken and can softlock you The story constantly lore dumps and you cant skip unless you wanna spam spacebar and lastly the bugs are game breaking. The worst part is the group that made the game has split into different products so chances are there isn't much left hope wise for this game.

The real master thieves are the poeple who actually charged money for this unfinished mess of a game... You can soft-lock the game at several points, some mechanics straight up doesn't work, the game is generally lacking in content and the story... well it could almost create a new term: "AberLore". If you play the game just to see how much you are able to break it then it might be a bit amusing, however I could not even attempt this as everytime i was finished with a dialogue in the game everything just froze and i had to Alt F4, meaning i could literally not even play it at all which was nice as it spared my time from wasting it on this atrocious game. The game kept throwing achivements at me everytime i closed it (which i had not earned btw), as in a desperate attempt at making me come back to it. 1/10

a technical mess with a lot of promise would need a ton of work, but it doesn't seem like its getting that 21:9 support is missing, menus are all messed up when its not in 16:9 you constantly see through walls and can often fall through them or get stuck inside them, performance is also abysmal and appears to be capped at 60fps regardless of vsync I really like the art style, atmosphere, story and characters the movement feels pretty good and stealth mechanics work well would love to recommend this game, but sadly cant.

Unfinished trash, avoid.

As loathe as I am to submit this (because there's a great game here!), I can't recommend this based on bugs alone. - The inventory system barely works; items keep covering up other items in the inventory, then dragging them around causes all sorts of weirdness. - Every level I played had massive gaping holes in the geometry, specifically around stairs with not a single set of them appearing without an issue. - I was bumped out of the level geometry while crawling through a vent. I was able to get back inside in that case though. - I finished a quest but the person refused to acknowledge that I'd finished the quest so I couldn't progress their mission, because the level wasn't selectable again (as I'd already finished it!). - A dude pushed me out of the level geometry and into a cupboard, leaving me to be stuck while they sounded an alarm and I could do nothing but sit there waiting for the timer to go down. With all the above problems, it really does pain me to say "don't buy it just yet". It's so much fun and would be brilliant if it weren't so broken. I was willing to push through all the bugs and weirdness because I was having a great time stealing stuff, knocking people out, sneaking about and selling my ill-gotten goods, but one thing after another wore me down. The playground here is fun, the abilities are a nice twist, the moment-to-moment gameplay is satisfying, but it's just so broken. I will happily amend this review to a positive if some fixes come out, but until then I can't recommend it.

I want to love this game, but the state it's in at release it's essentially unplayable. Map generation is broken with missing pieces and tons of areas where you can see through walls. The lighting system seems completely broken, to the point where I can stand right in front of a guy with a lamp shining directly onto me without him having any clue. It worked fine in the tutorial, but in an actual map it seems like the stealth system can't read light levels at all, and as a result it will give you the benefits of complete darkness no matter where you are. I hope the devs fix the game, and if they do I might come back, but as it stands I'll be seeking a refund.

I was actually hoping this game would be great fun with lots of repeatability with the randomly generated worlds you must thieve in. It began with my first run, i quickly got the hang of the game and ran through the tutorial with no issues. The next mission went by quickly too, it was an easy stealth run. The next run was where it began. I started in an underground area, it looks like the minecart track you ride off on. Its easy to find the room with several lockers but with no markers i got stuck and was unable to progress (turns out theres little vent holes in the walls you can use! the tutorial didn't really cover these.) I learned quickly. I started using those vents and tunnels to get around NPCs and get behind cameras. THEN, it happened. I was crawling through and then poof! I'm now above the map. It allowed me to see through walls and simply walking backwards pushed me back into the world. Easy fix. However, after this mission my game would crash and I would lose the save file. My second run was much more successful. I had ran through all the missions. I have completed relationships with everyone in the guild. But according to the game I have 2 days until the final mission, where you rob the castle, and no missions left. You must be thinking "great! He can go on to the finale and finish the game!" Wrong. Even if you fill all the slots and reduce the risk of the mission to low, you are unable to start it because the game says theres 2 days left until you can run it. I guess you aren't supposed to complete all the missions with such speed. TLDR: Game good, some bugs occur but 99% are easy to fix and don't break the game (the crash issue was fixed in the day 1 patch). Don't try to finish all the tasks too quickly or it'll bug and you wont be able to progress.