Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream

excellent jeu

A stunning stealth game.

It's...okay. Not great, but also definitely not bad. I found it on the short side and it is also a bit too linear for my liking. But still enjoyed the 8~9 hours I spent on it.

Well, that certainly was a fun experience. Stealth mechanics could be better but as far as story goes 10/10. Worth the Buy especially while its one sale. $2.72 per hour better than a movie ticket that's for sure.

Einfach wunderbar. Bitte mehr davon. 👍👍👍😘

今は亡きmimimiのShadow Tactics、DesperadosⅢ、Shadow Gambitなどと同様の形式の見下ろし式ステルスゲームです。あちらよりもストーリーテリングに力を入れている印象で、美麗なムービーシーンもあったりします。 mimimi製に比べるとキャラは最大3人でそれぞれが使えるスキルも少なめ、攻略法もほぼ１通りに固定されておりゲームとしてはややこじんまりとしていますがパズリックな解法を導き出す楽しさは健在で十分楽しめるゲームでした。 ただ１点だけ、視認性がこのジャンルの既存のゲームに比べるとかなり劣る点は気になりました。敵のハイライト表示や敵視界範囲の確認が出来ないので取り合えず動いてみて見つかる(=死ぬ)かどうかで敵の視界を把握することになります。どうしても気になるという程の欠点ではないですがなぜこの機能が実装されなかったのか疑問です。 総合的には良作でおすすめ出来るゲームだと思います。

I just randomly stumbled upon this title in one of those '10 Highly Rated Games That Nobody Played' videos on YouTube that was accompanying my elliptical session at the gym. I don't know whether it was the Nordic vibe, the beautiful architecture reminiscent of Gothenburg that I had visited last year for a conference, or the fact that I don't play enough RTT stealth games nowadays, but it was an instant buy for me, and I very excitedly proceeded towards playing. I loved it. Part of me wishes that there were a few more chapters that explored the urban beauty of the city of Eriksholm, instead of primarily having me sneak through mines, basements and factories, but the visuals were absolutely beautiful regardless. The gameplay is simple, linear and quite straightforward, despite the added layers once more characters become available and thus the number of combinations between them increase. This is perhaps one of the pain points for people who were expecting a Desperados or Commandos style experience, but to be honest, this is exactly what hooked me - discovering the one or two elegant solutions that the game had intended, instead of experimenting with endless possibilities. The story was... fine-ish, although it mostly has the archetypal characters and the usual plot twists. What surprised me was that despite the mostly bright and cheerful atmosphere, it is not afraid to be brutally dark at times. But otherwise, reading the scattered notes and pamphlets or listening to guard conversations taught me more about the world here than the cutscenes did. Funnily enough, I discovered that this game kind of occupies its own niche, when following the conclusion of the story, I asked ChatGPT whether it can recommend me similar games. And, apparently, there aren't exact matches that fit a linear, story-driven RTT stealth genre. So, I'll warmly recommend this one, and hope that either this studio or others end up making more.

与其说是 RTT 不如说是披着 RTT 外衣的解密游戏。除了少数关卡有一定设计感，大部分关卡解法都是固定的。没有自动存档、视角查看等功能，加上人物及其便秘的动作，一不小心被看到就要重走一大段路，可以说是及其折磨。 唯一的优点是美术不错。

Sehr sehr geiles Spiel. Man muss schon das Köpfchen anstrengen. Tolle Grafik, super Geschichte. Für mich ein AAA Spiel

I was not expecting such a polished game. Highly recommended.