Book of Demons

[b]Good:[/b] The player can select instance size based on estimated session time. The art style is interesting and not unattractive. The core gameplay loop is fresh and fun for one or two runs through the dungeon. [b]Bad:[/b] The game promises but fails to deliver on Diablo nostalgia. All three classes play the same. Mechanical complexity is lacking; there is no fun to be had in theorycrafting builds. Movement is on rails for the player; this feels cheap and unfair as enemies can move freely. The player cannot grind or farm at will; the only way to play is to go deeper. Gimmicks such as shields, dislodged interface components and element-type health soon become cumbersome and tedious rather than challenging. [h1]Extremely Bad:[/h1] [h1]in-game ads[/h1] There are [u][b][i]in-game ads[/i][/b][/u] (on every launch by default unless specifically disabled in a text file hidden in the game directory, and at least once during game-play). I got this game as part of Humble Choice, after having it on my Wishlist for some time. If I had bought it directly, rather than getting it through Humble Choice, I would have sought a refund immediately upon seeing advertisements in what is supposed to be full-featured, paid software. This is inexcusable. [h1]Do not buy this game.[/h1]

I like the concept but unfortunately the game just isn't very fun. It is extremely repetitive, which is fine if the gameplay is fun. But it's not, movement is very slow and clunky and most of the mechanics are more annoying than anything else. Most mechanics aren't challenging or fun, they just slow the game down in various annoying ways.

After maxing out the game, I have mixed feelings. It is not possible to post a neutral review, so I have opted for the “recommended” option, but the majority of these lines will be about the mechanics that made the game less enjoyable for me. [h1]What kind of game is Book of Demons?[/h1] The game's store page, especially the pictures, may be misleading to some people, possibly suggesting that it is a card game. Our characters have certain abilities, which are indicated by these cards. However, it's no different from a normal ARPG or RPG where you can place a certain number of abilities on the active action bar. If I had to define the type of game I would describe it as a mix of the top down shooter and hack and slash genres. However, in these games it is important to plan the right escape route and to kite your opponents, which is not possible here as your character can only follow a fixed route. This was the first thing that, although it may seem novel, made the game less playable for me. [h1]Randomized dungeons[/h1] Nowadays, this is a requirement for games like this, and it's happening in Book of Demons. This randomization is partly controlled by you, because if you want to progress through the game, you can set how much progress you want to make, how much area you want to explore, so if you have 10 minutes to play, you can create a dungeon for that time, if you have an hour, you can create a dungeon for that time. [h1]Raistlin wouldn’t need Caramon in this world[/h1] If you are not familiar with the above two names, it is not necessarily your fault. The two heroes of the Dragonlance books, Raistlin Majere is a mage and Caramon Majere is a warrior. Caramon always defended his brother while Raistlin was busy casting spells. We know from role-playing games, fantasy, AD&D, etc, that during the casting of the spell, the mage's success can be hindered by interruption. Well, this is not the case in this game, which I find very hard to get over. If an enemy casts a spell or uses an ability, they become immune for that duration, and can only be prevented from doing so manually or with a targeted ability. Interesting enough, there is zero chance of interrupting the mage with damaging attacks and even his health remains intact during spellcasting. If that weren't enough, it's not uncommon to see that these summon hundrest of smaller, weaker monsters, and there's no chance to reach a distance where the manual spell interrupt can be performed. I'm sure that the balance of the game could have been handled a bit differently, because this type of spellcasting really ruined the atmosphere of the game for me. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] As the game supports the playing of shorter sessions I kept playing this as breaks between works. It is not a bad game, but I have higher expectations from Book of Aliens. [b]Visuals:[/b] 8/10 Game looks unique and more than enough to not find it ugly. [b]Atmosphere:[/b] 6/10, ohh the damage immunity during spellcasting ruins it. [b]Difficulty:[/b] Depends on your goal. You could finish it easily on casual difficulty, roguelike mode is very challenging. [b]Amount of crash:[/b] Zero in my ~100h playtime. [b]Bugs:[/b] Not found any, but the game is now several years old so probably all major problems, if the game had any, are now fixed. [h1]Hey, I am an achievement hunter![/h1] [b]Perfection Difficulty:[/b] All, except 12 achievements could be earned just by playing the game on the casual difficulty. The hardest part is the roguelike mode achievements. [b]Perfection Time:[/b] Mine was ~100h, I doubt it is possible to get all achievement legit in less than ~85h as I already used the less grind method I share with you in the next few sentences, but I was extremely careful during roguelike mode. [b]How to grind less:[/b] Usually, after reaching LVL 50 with each class you still need to grind a lot for upgrade cards, so you can upgrade all your abilities to LVL3. Unless you know a small trick I would share now with you. There is a card, Remedy. That one required 2 random upgrade cards to reach LVL2. Then you can downgrade it to get back 2 random upgrade cards, but those random cards could be upgraded upgrade cards, otherwise, with regular card fusing, you will need 2 regular upgrade cards to get one upgraded upgrade card. This method allows you to upgrade all cards of each class by farming only about 60% of the upgrade cards you would need otherwise. [b]Roguelike mode:[/b] Oh boy, this is quite annoying. I recommend the rogue for it because it is the only class that could damage enemies from very very far away. Be careful, be extra safe and try to avoid going too deep. The worst part is to die 8 times with the same character, and resurrect successfully. Resurrection costs gold (first is 1k gold, then it gets multiplied by 2 always, so 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k, and last required is 128k), but if you die you will lose additional gold, based on your progress. For example if you finished the story, then progressed to massacre difficulty realm depth, then you will lose 5 cards and 50% of your gold (resurrection cost taken away first if you have the gold for it). It is highly recommended to do more deaths while still on normal or hard depth difficulty to decrease the gold loss factor. It is also important to farm extra gold and upgrade cards without risks. Replaying storyline bosses with keys is safe, even on roguelike mode. Dying there is safe, you won’t need to be resurrected for gold, so you could farm gold, experience, upgrade cards there, so you could be stronger before farming the regular depth levels after storyline. So start it for 1 key, kill the boss, loot up the items and then make yourself killed by the remaining trash mobs. That way you got loot, some exp and you still can replay the same boss quest again for 1 key, instead of locking the quest and being forced to do the next one for 3 keys. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30168383] If you like to earn achievements, but in enjoyable, fun and entertaining games, then please follow my Average Achievement Hunter curator or just check out our curated games if you looking for some gaming tips:-) Thanks[/url]

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UPDATE: Finally got to the last boss, and I'm really, really disappointed. This is where the game's fatal flaw is. Not only is the boss fight tedious, but you're lucky to have enough gold to fill your healing potions (If you've been spending it properly to unlock cards slots and upgrade things). Additionally, this is where the big weakness in the "click move" mechanic becomes painfully apparent. Irritating as hell trying to move when you click somewhere and your guy just STOPS unless you keep the button clicked and even then, he sometimes won't move. They really need to fix this mechanic. I started playing this game back in Early Access when it was on my wishlist and a friend gifted it to me. I don't often do EA titles, mostly because I've been burned (as you have, I'm sure) by the games remaining perpetually in EA, unfinished and sometimes abandoned. I am really glad that is not the case here. I have to tell you, if you like fantasy RPGs and dungeon crawlers, you will LOVE this game. It's not a traditional ARPG like Diablo/Torchlight/Sacred etc., but it's unique and it works. It's a combination of grid movement exploration and battle, and cards. Three class archetypes to choose from, with varied difficulty levels: fighter, rogue, and spellcaster. Much like with a tabletop RPG of old, they layout is grid based and you move on the grid. Kind of like rails, if you will, but you can attack anything you can see, on the path or not. The paths make it easier to see where you've been (footprints) and which directions are completely explored (gold footprints). You can let the game autoattack for you, or you can speed things up and attack manually. Your skills and equipment are represented as cards you collect. You can upgrade them, and they have different rarities. The rarer, the more powerful they are. You have a limited number of card slots in your "deck" to start, but you can unlock more slots with the gold you collect in the dungeon. You can also have multiple sets that you can switch between as the situation dictates. Weapon cards and armor cards you simply "wear" and you gain their effects. Spell cards and special attack cards you have to activate. The combination of cards you can equip and use is dependent upon how much mana you have. Mana is used for both equipping and spending on spells or special attacks. The game is quite literally a dungeon crawler, and you just go further and further into the depths, triggering some special quests along the way when you get deep enough. You can choose how big of a dungeon you want to clear, and the game eventually learns fairly accurately how long it will take you to clear what size dungeon. So, if you have all afternoon, go for a big one. If you have just 15 minutes or so to kill, make it a small one. Larger dungeons competed give you more progress in the overall quest of clearing the dungeon of evil. There's a great variety of evil monsters to kill, and the game has a bestiary and a running tally of kills of each kind. One thing I really like about this game, other than the "dynamic" dungeon/adventure sizes is the art style. It's almost like 3D paper. It's REALLY well done, and rather unique in my experience of game playing. I personally haven't seen anything quite like it, and it really shines when it comes to ares of fire on the floor, for example. I'd call it cute, but if that turns you off, think of it as "bad***" instead. So far, I haven't found it terribly difficult, but there is enough of a challenge that you can't just waltz in and click everywhere and survive. Especially with bosses, there is some strategy involved. I'm also a completionist, so it's really nice to have the adventure tracker at the top of the screen, so you can keep track of monsters and undiscovered loot. With that, combined the footprints mechanic, you won't miss anything. I'm having a LOT of fun with this one, and am looking forward to playing the other classes once I get good enough with the warrior to feel comfortable with the game mechanics.

Quite a nice game with an interesting game design. It looks like a new take on Diablo. Unfortunately I expected more long term gameplay value and that is not there or better stated, it is there, but without the satisfaction. The balance between the classes is not as good as it could be near the endgame and whilst the concept is nice, in its current form I find it a bit shallow. All in all fairly good, but not absolutely awesome.

This is a game that comes from the mind of a mobile developer. One of its selling points is the option to have a short play session—an issue that often is crucial for mobile, but hardly relevant for a PC gamer. The control scheme also feels like it was made for a touch screen. There are many mini-games that boil down to grabbing things floating on the screen. To heal poison, you have to click the bottom left with your cursor, even though normally you keep it to the center of the screen—an idea that would be handy of the game was controlled with your fingers via a mobile device, but doesn't translate well to PC. A lot of its other elements feel clunky as well. While you can instantly teleport to the end of a dungeon when it's 100% clear, looking for that one pesky pile of gold you've missed means backtracking—excruciatngly slow backtracking. And pray that your final enemy isn't a gargoyle or a ghost: both can hide and must attack first... or ignore you, making you run past them a dozen times, groaning. As for the presentation, I'm pretty sure that Deckard Cain voice is borderline copyright infringement. [i]Book of Demons[/i] also borrows heavily from [i]Darkest Dungeon[/i] with its combination of stylized visuals and gritty narration. Does it all mean that the game is bad? No. It's all right. The treadmill does its job, injecting you with satisfaction via a steady stream of achievements and other small rewards. The idea of a small-budget simple Diablo-like is laudable, and you get enough fun for the price. I do, however, feel that the 'Overwhelmingly positive' rating gives the wrong impression of [i]Book of Demons[/i] being some sort of a hidden gem. It's not. It's just all right.

Surprisingly nice, charming and quite easy to play hack and slay with good controller support and a rewarding and motivating card system. The graphic is unique, might be not everyones cup of tea but i like it a lot and it let me come back again and again. You can choose your own gameplay time, 8 min or 16 min or you want 46 min? A great feature. Overall a relaxing experience with just the right difficulty to keep you going! High five Thing Trunk for this awesome experience! [h1][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/26335619-Adult-World-Gamers/] Follow our AWG Curator [/url][/h1]