Fatekeeper

In a world of swords, sorcery, and alchemy, the most reliable weapon is still a good kick. Turns out physics was the most powerful combat magic all along.

C'est extrêmement beau mais c'est très rapide à finir donc on a pas grand chose à se mettre sous la dent, je recommande mais j'en demande plus pour la suite.

[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!

In this never ending sea of EA games there are only few that stand before your eyes just by how they channeling this light of hope. This game is one of those games that im happy that its existing. This game proves me wrong about western developers lack of knowledge of controlling Unreal engine 5 beast. I cant believe how well this game runs in this early stage and I cant believe how my eyes just sucking in all little details in this game and still surprised is this not magic. But everything even better when you start playing it. Its dark fantasy its old times. Big giant swords shatters skulls of enemies. You’re this hero that relies on hes power and wisdom of your surrounding world. There are no tons of hitless combos there is only one man and one sword. Deal before the death yourself. Knowledge is wisdom here. You have to know your weaknesses and strongest traits. Thou I wished for one big giant big boink Hammer weapon time. The levels are easy to read and exploring is very enjoyable task. In this kind of world with this magic and down to earth world it just right feel. Some would say like Might and Magic coming back to life. Combat is very very satisfying. Landing swings will be your signature move. There is no easy outcome only skill and will. There will be so much to unravel when the game will be done but I would say don’t sleep. Don’t sleep on this hit. It will be glorious day when it comes out

Why do people praise Fatekeeper as Dark Messiah spiritual successor? It sucks. The kick feels weak as ♥♥♥♥. The enemies are boring. The physics are not the same, not even close. The combat feels modernized ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ instead of fun chaos. I can't throw stuff without telekinesis and that sucks. My magic runs out immediately and the dodge is basically one required skill to live trough combat. That is not even close to Dark Messiah. If I have to manage stamina in a fight constantly to survive that already kills the Dark Messiah chaos of just running in and see what happens while you can still survive trough it all. If the kick kicked enemy in Fatekeeper it always send them flying. No Dark Messiah enemy will automatically fly a way after one kick. They can get staggered for hit opening. Also Black Guard are so much cooler enemy. Fatekeeper world didn't take me in with the lore and ♥♥♥♥. It almost looks like every other unreal engine game. I can say that Fatekeeper looks nice and beautiful in it's own way but I do say that Dark Messiah looks better in almost everyway. Fatekeeper has shielded enemies like Dark Messiah. I don't know what kind of weak ass main character Fatekeeper has but if he can't kick shield user for opening hit he is weaker then our half-demon at the start of his journey. Also the Fatekeeper skill tree is ass and too big to have fun with. Also the spells have nothing compared to Dark Messiah spells. Yes Dark Messiah magic system falls under melee easily but it is still really enjoyable and fun. For me personally Fatekeeper feels like Dark Messiah modernised in to extinction. I have some faith that the game will be better after it gets fully released but for now I just can't enjoy it. I also hope we will get more memorable enemy types and better physics.

Dark Messiah remains undefeated... Fatekeeper is kind of a disapppointment. Combat doesn't feel fast paced or exciting, the player characer is boring as all hell, and his at companion is the most annoying and pointless video game companion since navi. There's also less attention to detail, little things like being able to climb a ladder. I think we're well past the days of "fade-to-black" to climb a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ladder. Exploration felt pretty boring. I searched for secrets like Dark Messiah had but was left wanting. The writing is attrcocious, no one talks like actual people. at one point I went to another zone and the player character and the rat were talking about the journey here, how scary and suspensful it was. Excuse me but if the journey was so suspensful then why didn't i experience any of it? And why are you talking so much about it when it doesn't matter? Also, characters take forever to say very little because they refuse to truncate basic thoughts. And nothing they have to say is fun, witty, or engaging. Sound design felt very sloppy. There were times when sounds felt wierdly muffled or muted. One particular track sounded like someone asked an ai to imagine a track from an early 90s rpg, complete with crappy audio quality. But perhaps the worst part is I had no idea what was even happening in the story, or if there even is a story. Dark Messiah gave you a quick tutorial and then gave you a direction, a motive, characters to engage with, a reason to care. This game has none of that, no reason i should give a rat's ass about the game or the two characters that seem to exist within it. I dunno, the game felt vapid, worthless. You get what you pay for at $14 i guess. I don't have any proof of this but the game felt very ai-generated. no soul, no purpose, just scraping the aesthetic of popular games without any heart. It wouldn't surprise me if it was ai for that price and with only 13 developers. I'll be refunding this and I recommend you not waste the money buying it.

It's a long way away from being finished and the performance is also quite bad. But it's a solid base! I like it. It has a lot of the Dark Messiah feel and magic. Can't recommend it just yet.

I saw too late there is no controller support. I can't play with mouse and kee+yboard anymore.