Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime

Egyszerű és szuper sci-fi akció RPG

development appears to have started up again, so I'm changing my review to a thumbs up for not giving up on the project and coming back to finish it

A rather unusual premise that, baring some minor hangups, the developers pull off with flying colors. The gameplay is very punchy and satisfying, your knight-mech-spaceship has a lot of weight to it that at first will feel "ungainful" to control, but in a right way. Rather than feeling unfun, it feels immersive, feels impactful. And as you play more, eventually piloting will feel like second nature. The overall style feels rather fresh with its fusion of high tech and Medieval/Victorian European elements. It's a setting with a very distinct feeling to it. There are many settings that fuse fantasy and tech, but I'm not aware of any that do it like this, specifically. There are some minor issues, like the skill trees not being entirely balanced, with some skills being quite a bit superior to others, on an uncommon occasion even entire mechanics can feel borderline vestigial, but not only are these problems nowhere near severe enough to caution against playing this game, those problems are also actively being addressed by the developers. This truly feels like a game developed with the purpose of making something beautiful and compelling.

I've tried Fabular and honestly it is a game with great potential. I was kinda surprised to see a gecko guy but that's awesome (I am very fond of geckos, other lizards and turtles and even had one for ~15 years). Gameplay is pretty engaging and with a little time to get used to combat it felt even better. You can only guess how much more game will become during EA->Release phase. On the feedback side I'd suggest making a perfect attack/opponent attack glow/flashing a little more intense (or add an option for intensity of that feature) but that's some minor QoL improvement. Despite having an EA tag I can see devs put a lot of effort in the project and it is well polished unlike many other titles which is awesome. I've had some kind of FTL vibes but with action filled combat and deeply enjoyed playing this one.

Overall Fabular is a really fun and unique take. Easily an 8.5/10 with great combat and cool art. My gripes are minor and its still EA. - Needs more encounter variety the game is hard and by the time you're hitting the 4th and 5th floor you'll have seen every encounter the game has to offer multiple times and can run the promts on auto pilot - Attack telegraphing on ranged enemies and AoE of explosions A couple of ranged enemies have an incredibly thin and short line indicating the attack but have range that is well off screen meaning you can be hit by devastating attacks you have no hope to see coming. Not super fun. The third floor boss has a beam attack that almost had me rage quit. No on screen indication that its coming and hits beyond hard. The AoE indicators for explosions are just a straight up lie. - Performance in the late game Game doesn't have enough video setting controls and in the end game there are so many on screen effects and enemies that performance drops to below playable. - Pause button doesn't work consistently on gamepad Game is great, truly byt I'm gonna have to set it aside until 1.0 because at the moment I'm not able to see the 5th level because of the performance tanks. Hopefully they can address the performance issues because the rest of stuff I can live with.

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