Epocria

It's rare for someone with an idea/concept to actually see it come to fruition, let alone serve as a foundation for more to come. That is what Epocria is and I'm excited to see how this game grows as it goes through the Early Access phase. Also the music is nice!

[The game is being actively updated, so a few of the issues listed in this review are now resolved or minimised! Take a look at the patch notes for a clearer idea of what to expect. May change this review entirely once enough additions are made and issues are resolved. Feel free to read regardless. Anything I've crossed out is stuff that has been dealt with.] Nowhere near developed or polished enough to warrant the price. Gameplay - Straightforward crafting, self-explanatory The crafting system relies on you having having enough of certain items present in your inventory in order to unlock certain recipes, though there is a method of finding out what each item can be turned into (think the Guide in Terraria) without needing the other parts. My issue is mainly the interface. Crafting takes the form of a scrollable list with only five items showing at a time. This makes it difficult to find what you're looking for, [strike]but is made a lot worse by the fact that, no matter where your mouse is resting on the crafting list, a box will appear showing the item closest to your cursor, covering up one or two of those five items, making it even less convenient.[/strike](Fixed in the latest patch) I realise that's a massive nitpick, but considering crafting is everything in this game it was a major annoyance to me. For exploration there isn't much to say. After you find the nest there's nothing interesting to discover on the surface other than more and more trees and open fields. The most interesting things will be made by the player rather than discovered through exploration, which I guess may attract some players since it's an open canvas. Combat is straightforward; just point and click. Enemies have no pathfinding beyond aiming straight towards you, meaning they get stuck on anything that's in the way. Graphics - Extremely rough, if functional. I realise that graphics shouldn't be the focus of this kind of game, but the monotony of the open world really drags the visuals down. Like I said, there's nothing interesting to discover on the surface, or below it for that matter. You'll just be walking through the same forests or between the same rocks over and over again. There aren't even any lakes on the surface; [strike]the ground is all just grass.[/strike](Basic biomes have now been added.) I can't really think of anything else to say about Epocria since there just isn't much there yet. The worm boss was legitimately fun to fight against, [strike]but the Lich just functioned like a bigger version of a normal enemy[/strike]. The whole experience feels unpolished and needs a lot of updates and additions to be worthwhile. [strike]Getting a decent soundtrack[/strike] and revamping the forests would probably be a good start, but I'll leave this review there.

Epocria reminds me of Realm of the Mad God but if it was a survival game. The combat feels quite similar and the bosses are entertaining. Developer is working on more and more updates so looking forward to how this one turns out.

Epocria is an abandoned early access 2D retro pixel top down shooter/brawler with lightweight crafting and survival mechanics. Gameplay consists of right clicking on things to harvest materials then crafting things, and fighting various animals. The game was abandoned roughly 6 months after launch and hasn't been updated in almost a year. It blew past the developers commitment to complete the game without any acknowledgement of their failure. There's no reliable indication the game will ever be completed, which is a reason for gamers to avoid this. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic low quality art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality. Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the mediocre 2D visuals. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. Unethically, the developer sold keys to this abandoned Early Access game into cheap, nasty game bundles, where they knew it would be advertised and sold as a complete game. This seems to have been done in an attempt to mislead gamers into buying a knowingly faulty, defective and incomplete product. When a developer does this for a game they have zero practical intention of completing, this is essentially a scam, an intention to get paid for a broken/unfinished product. Often this is done as an exit strategy, as the developer takes the money and runs. No refunds have been given, the developer kept all the money they took from gamers. Epocria has an insane price of $15 USD, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games, let alone the sheer number of free games available on Steam. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend.

I love the effort and heart put into this game... There also is a TON of depth to be found here within. Is it perfect? lol.. absolutely not, but that's why it's in early access. Bugs like the ability to endless create wood in your inventory by just spamming the craft button on the craft wood take away from the overall experience. Other complaints I have is the ultra slow movement speed. FFS. Is my character 92 years old with arthritis? Why are we sooo damn slow? ..I hope that we can somehow create a potion or skill that allows faster mobility somewhere in the game. The gripes are small however with this one. I love the creativity and effort to produce a fun and deep game from this developer. I'd definitely make it so you need to craft pickaxes and hatchets before you can mine ore and chop trees respectively. The giant termite boss that is made up of a million spiders is brilliant design. The cost might seem high for a game like this, but when you look at the THOUSANDS of hours this developer has probably put into making this game, it's a STEAL to be honest. ..And those gripes I had will very likely be fixed as the development continues through early access. Here's my livestream where I played this game for almost an hour if you want to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhRTyVySK8M&t=4085s Recommended, and I look forward to watching this game improve and get further developed!

This game have a great, great future ahead! It's like terraria and minecraft for a gameboy. It will be a must to buy soon!

Based off my first impressions it feels like a minecraft/terrario ripoff. But honestly that is probably a bit of a compliment. For an early access game it looks to have a surprising amount of content, but it really needs to flesh things out. The audio and visual aspect need to be fined, and the game needs to find a way to set itself apart from other games that inspired it. It has potential, it's not there yet, especially for the price. I'll keep it downloaded and await future major updates.

I've played the game for a few hours and have partially completed the quest line, so far it has been really great--would definitely recommend!

Epocria is a beautifully fleshed out and in depth survival game that is filled with unbounded fun! A game that stimulates your creativity in a world that never ends. Anyone can pick it up , experienced or noob, and get lost in the game's vast dungeons , fun crafting, and boss battles. Go buy this game!

better than pixel planet