Fatekeeper

[h3]Платна демка.[/h3] [b]Про гру[/b] Бачили колись демоверсію гри, за яку потрібно платити? Ось це і є Fatekeeper. Ні, це не повноцінний дочасний доступ, хоч плашка й висить. Гра пропонує максимум дві години контенту, і тут немає жодної варіативності у проходженні. Все максимально просто й прямолінійно. Гра вийшла 2 червня. За цей час вона отримала лише мізерні патчі, які виправили кілька багів. На сторінці в Steam я не бачу дорожньої карти - взагалі нічого, що вказувало б на майбутнє проєкту. Тобто я маю шукати це все сам. В обговореннях є заява від розробника, що патч із новим контентом "колись там буде", бо вони не хочуть поспішати й готують великий апдейт... Гугл каже, що розробку почали приблизно у 2022 році. У гри за плечима великий видавник, який фінансував розробників, а ми отримуємо платне демо? Релізити гру в такому стані - дуже дивне рішення. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3737895534 [b]Сюжет[/b] Ну... він тут є. Якийсь є. Ми граємо за типу друїда, який навчається в ордені, а далі якась там банальна фентазійна фігня. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3741653303 [b]Геймплей[/b] Якщо ви чули, що це духовний спадкоємець Dark Messiah, то десь там трішки вони дійсно схожі, але відразу спойлер - Dark Messiah у всьому буде кращою. Fatekeeper пропонує схожу магію, RPG-елементи, можливість штовхати ворогів ногою, але виконано це на порядок гірше. Лід тут не заморожує підлогу, щоб вороги ковзали й летіли у прірву. Телекінез може підіймати дуже малу кількість предметів. Самі супротивники відверто тупі - вони можуть просто задкувати, самостійно насадити себе на кілки й померти. Часто гра створює ситуації, де можна щось скинути на ворога або підпалити розлите масло. На перший погляд здається, ніби нам дають простір для креативу, але все це працює максимально лінійно та нудно. Чому? Бо в Dark Messiah усе трималося на чесній ФІЗИЦІ оточення, там майже кожен об'єкт мав вагу й властивості. У Fatekeeper більшість предметів - це просто статичні декорації. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3741653433 [b]Що в результаті?[/b] Чи Fatekeeper погана гра? Ні. Чи хороший це духовний спадкоємець Dark Messiah? Ні. У гри є потенціал, але те, що нам продають під виглядом дочасного доступу - це звичайна демоверсія. Платна демоверсія. Це навіть не 2 години суперякісного контенту - ні. Єдиний плюс - гра коштує адекватних грошей. Я хотів підтримати розробників і я зробив це, але навіть з думкою про те, що це дочасний доступ, тут контенту на 1-2 години максимум, немає roadmap - це просто несерйозно.

Chunky Slow character movement, sluggish combat, no controller support and fairly bad key bindings. I tried my best to rebind, but still felt awkward as heck. Pair that with punishing mobs and no viable healing (E.g. life leech is not functioning at the moment). Glad I got it on sale!

Will not touch this game until it gets CONTROLLER SUPPORT

It looks almost photorealistic but everything else and especially combat has been done better in other games. Gameplay is dark messiah without the fun experimentation or combat physics, it's a little too basic feeling, audio/ambience isn't really there either.

I was so excited for the release of this game! And it was abit of a disappointment... With how strong your character is portrayed to be, he feels so weak. theres no "BAM!" to his "POW!" at all. Kinda feels like you're fighting with a pillow. It felt clunky asf especially when it came to the weapons and hand to hand combat. You can still take damage from a balde 5 ft away and the bosses have double that range! Even with a well timed dodge or block, you lose half your health which leaves you on the run most of the game trying to drink potions that have little effect. Also, trying to drink a potion mid fight cancles every other machenic and basically makes you stand there and take it like a good boy. The powers were done pretty well, but even with upgraded powers it felt like the enemies got stonger and i stayed the same. They definetly could have been a better. The story became the only thing i was interested in. I loved the whole idea of a little bewitched rat that helps you navigate into a "watcher" he is such a cool character in the story, just wish he had a more involvement, similar to Jackies darkling "Knobby" in Darkness 2. One thing that also irked me was the fact there were no damage, impact or whooshing noises that made it feel any better. The game is so beautiful with so much potential. Speaking with your furry friend or fighting was pretty flat feeling. Thank god the voice actors were good! Was hoping for more...

Pretty but hated the controls and hated that I could not rebind block or dodge. Clearly needs more time in the oven.

The title has so much potential, looking forward to the final release. Great value for an early access game. It's clear the devs are trying to create something a bit different here, (even if inspired by might and magic), and the combination works well. the rat companion, the weighty combat, rawarding exploration and areas of true pitch blackness. It's a beautiful world to be immersed in and seems really well optimised, it provides a real challenge at points that requires adapting and experimenting rather than just tanking everything. once the gameplay 'clicks' it's exactly what i've been wanting. Steer the course devs, keep true to your vision and please don't succumb to the 'trying to please everyone' formulaic trends, we have enough samey generic slop already. This could really be something different.

This is not a game, its the skeleton of a game. After half an hour I still cannot "find the portal room", I assume because there is not a map and not a HUD pointing me in the right direction. I found some kind of blacksmith, but cannot interact with him, so I don't know why he's there. Found some kind of cool looking dragon mount, but not *really* interactable either. I can apparently cast a spell, but I have no idea if it has a name or what it does as I can't find any explanation for it, no real tutorial, no early fight to whet the appetite for battle, etc. I found lots if neat looking wild mushrooms and grabbed them...the game did not indicate if I should or not or what purpose they may serve...just huge holes in the game right now. If this empty world is ever to become a real game it needs to be totally fleshed out with features like an immediately gripping storyline, good tutorial, a good map, a HUD, some early quests that the player cares about, and early NPC or two that the player cares about, etc. Right now its just really, really good looking...nothing really.

Not a lot of game here... One chapter, then the game ends... most companies give this much out for free... not sure why I paid for this... only enough play so you can't ask for your money back.

Look, I like this game. It has A TON of potential. I don't regret buying it. But the game has some SERIOUS issues in gameplay and combat. The animations are way too slow. There is no input queueing, or animation cancelation. It looks like a souls-like BUT the enemies and the strategies do not fit this approach. When you are overwhelmed by 6-7 enemies and you have 3-4 archers shooting at you and one of them has poison bombs, there can't be any strategy or deliberate play. You have to kill them as fast as possible, because you are just fodder. It just isn't fun to play. But its only version 0.12. I will come back for further updates, and I really hope to listen to the critisism, because this could be a massive hit. Good luck to the devs and I AM GENUINELY hoping to changing my review to positive.