Excalibots

"Excalibots" is a 3D rendered 2D top down-ish hack and slash console tier brawler from DigiPen. It's a short student project without a huge amount of appeal, and it didn't fare so well on Steam either. What do you do in the game? You run around as a low poly knight and clobber stuff. That's it really. Wake me up when there's some real gameplay. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D visuals which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. On the matter of pricing and value for gamers, not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable, or something you might want to spend your time on. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 12 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? This is a "maybe" experience... if you have a lot of free time on your hands and nothing else to do, why not? But for the purposes of a review, this isn't something I can say everyone must try. It's not quite there. Valve doesn't give us a "maybe" option in reviews, but if they did, that's what I'd choose for this.

Excalibots Positives: + Good idea + The videos + Nice graphics + Good sound and music + Simple and fun combat + Nicely designed little world + Boss battle + A lot of cool swords to choose from + The chicken"sword" + Its free Negatives: - Not keyboard/mouse friendly (controller optimized) - The dialogues are not the most entertaining part - Its very short (over in half an hour) Im usually not into this kind of games (top-down hack n slash) but this was an exception. It's really cool and fun to play, even though its not the best if you play with keyboard/mouse. The world is beautifully made and I enjoyed it a lot. Too bad its so short, it definitely needs a sequel! So dont just sit there, get your sword out (no not that "sword") and kill some goblins! Total Score: 7.5/10

Ce jeu est incroyable! Les graphismes en 3D et l’aspect dessin animé sont époustouflants. Les combats sont intenses et les aventures sont passionnantes. C’est un excellent choix pour les familles et les fans de fantasy

i love the artstyle, and the combat looks fun- except it doesnt seem to work. i dont have a controller, and the controls say to left click to attack. but 70% of the time when i click it doesnt register. i tried aiming my mouse at enemies to no avail. no way to rebind controls either to try and fix it.

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Horrible optimisation. Low FPS, even with a high-end system. Poor controller support. Not worth the effort.

Игра заточена под джостик, тормозит, курсор мыши - бесполезен.

Игра 'Excalibots' - это приятный глоток свежего воздуха в жанре roguelite экшен. Пиксельная графика выполнена с любовью и создает атмосферу динамичного приключения. Управление достаточно отзывчивое, позволяет быстро реагировать на меняющиеся обстоятельства боя. Сюжет простой, но служит хорошей отправной точкой для исследования процедурно генерируемых уровней, наполненных разнообразными врагами и испытаниями. Самая сильная сторона игры - это система улучшений и модификаций для вашего робота-рыцаря. Комбинируя различные атаки, способности и предметы, можно создать уникальный билд, подходящий под ваш стиль игры. Реиграбельность на высоте, ведь каждое прохождение предлагает новый опыт. Однако, игра не лишена недостатков. Иногда баланс сложности может показаться неровным, и некоторые враги или боссы могут внезапно оказаться слишком сложными. Кроме того, хотелось бы больше разнообразия в типах врагов и окружения. В целом, 'Excalibots' - это отличная игра для тех, кто ищет динамичный и увлекательный roguelite с интересной системой улучшений и стильной пиксельной графикой. Рекомендую к ознакомлению!