
Folk Hero is an action-slasher with rogue-lite elements set in the world of Slavic fantasy. Explore the ever-changing island, find treasures, combine weapons and artifacts to defeat mythical enemies. Challenge your skills! One life, one try.
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The stories about Leshy, Domovoy and Rusalka have always seemed like legends, but in the world of Folk Hero fairy tales have come to life. More and more mysterious events are happening all around: animals disappear in the forests, villagers see mythical creatures, and a mysterious Island has appeared on the horizon…
Become a brave hero, and go to the island of Buyan to discover the cause of the mysterious occurrences!
Souls-like style combat system. Use fast and powerful attacks, special moves, dash, block and parry to defeat your enemies. Responsive controls will allow you to instantly react to changes in battles.
Unique enemies and bosses. Each enemy requires a different approach. Study their behavior so you don’t miss a single hit. Develop your skills as the Bosses will become a real test of your strength!
Builds. Combine character classes, weapons, artifacts and elemental runes to achieve maximum effectiveness in battle. Combine the runes with each other to gain new features for your weapons!
Various in-game locations. Procedural level generation makes each of your Runs unique. Explore the Mysterious forest, Swamp, Wasteland and the Castle of Koschei. Each biome holds secrets, try to find them all.
Variability of endings. What path awaits your Hero? Experiment to unlock all available story options and discover the true reason behind the appearance of the mysterious island.
Friendly fire. Enemies can attack each other! Force them to fight among themselves to avoid wasting precious health points.
Permanent death. One chance to reach the end. If the Hero dies on the island, he will remain there forever. On the Island you can earn points that will not expire after death, but will be used to upgrade new Heroes and abilities.
Pixel art. Beautiful retro-graphics and funny character animations will impress the fans of this style.
Chudo-Yudo Games development team and publisher Targem Games were inspired by such “roguelikes” as Hades, Curse of the Dead Gods, Binding of Isaac, Dead Cells, and Risk of Rain. We took the best, added our own ideas and got a game that will appeal to beginners and experienced players of the Rogue-lite genre alike.
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Languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese
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Бегайте по случайно сгенерированным комнатам, рубите нечисть и собирайте артефакты, попутно пытаясь не потратить всю выносливость на очередного лешего, и помните - не всё то богатырь, что с мечом. Иногда надо просто не помереть от лап кикиморы.
[h3]🎄A Roguelite for Christmas![/h3] [code]Check this game and more on [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28519188-Hardcore-Reviews]Hardcore Reviews![/url] ⚡[/code] Folk Hero is an addictive rogue-lite hack’n slash with beautiful, minimalistic pixel art graphics and extremely fun, engaging gameplay. It’s set in a medieval fantasy world with a unique atmosphere thanks to its fantastic level design and great attention to detail. The game also supports up to 3 players in co-op, making each run even more enjoyable with friends. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628514852 [i]🐧 It runs natively on Linux. I had an old save from when I played it on Windows, and thanks to Steam Cloud I was able to continue right where I left off, wonderful![/i] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628514603 Exploration in Folk Hero is very pleasant and combat feels great. Each level is randomly generated and ends with a powerful boss. It’s a classic Zelda style rogue-lite focused on clearing rooms, completing side quests, discovering villages with NPCs, shops to buy upgrades or potions, and facing a wide variety of enemies trying to end your run. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628513943 In short, Folk Hero is an extremely fun and addictive game. Some steam users may describe it as a bit too difficult, but personally I find it to be a very well-balanced challenge, of course shaped by the RNG of each run. It’s a must play for fans of the genre, and in my opinion, an underrated gem that deserves more recognition. A great pick during Steam sales, perfect to put on the tree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jyku92Cpxg&t=26s 🎅🏿 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Купил игру, когда она, считай, только вышла, и сначала всё было нормально: обновления не часто, но выходили, в один момент даже мультиплеер завезли, и... всё. Игра больше не обновляется, зато повышается цена. Не советую к покупке.
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ゲームプレイそのものは非常に面白い。 スタミナ管理と位置取り、探索が非常に重要なゲームで、1回1回の武器強化やステータスアップが有難い。 戦闘難易度は高いものの、搦め手が多く用意されており、敵を同士討ちさせたり罠にはめたりといったズルができる。 ローグライトアクションとしてよくできている。トレーラーを観て面白そうだと思ったら買い。 しかし翻訳が不完全で、誤訳が未訳部分が大量にある。UIすらまともに表示されず、ゲームプレイそのものに支障をきたすレベル。 幸いにも言語依存度はそこまで高くなく、英語のままでもストレスなくプレイできるが、これだったらストアに日本語対応表示しないほうがよかった。
mediocre gameplay and upgrade system
Мне было скучно. Либо игра затянуто жоско и геймплейные возможности раскроются позже, либо их нет. 7 часов мне не хватило чтобы понять зачем мне в нее играть. Формальное нахождение персонажей из РУССКИХ сказок меня не вставляет. Там нет истории связанных с ними. Они просто есть всё. Фан сервис для тех кому их в детстве читали, не больше. Возможно история есть дальше, конечно, но чет я сильно сомневаюсь. [spoiler] Кащея [/spoiler] я убил 1 раз с первого раза. Это было напряжно, но фана я в этом не почувстоввал. После этого потрогал еще двух персонажей и решил написать обзор. Учитывая простой визуальный дизайн я ожидал большего, но видя ценник на игру смиряю свой пыл и говорю - [i] вай нот [/i]. [i] Вай нот [/i] особенно если есть с кем в коопе сыграть. Но лучше накопить денег и потрагать рейвенсвотч.
Having only gotten to the Baba Yaga by this point in gameplay, this game features a very healthy difficulty. Each death feels like it has meaning, since you have to start each run over when you die. The combat feels very fluid, and each class has its own advantages and disadvantages. I dont find myself doing well with the knight, but the Recruit class seems to be a perfect balance for me at this point. Perhaps we could have Steam Workshop implemented for folks who want more content?
Графон, конечно никакой. Хотелось бы поинтереснее. Игра затянула. На 57 часу перестала запускаться. Ендгейм контент очень скуден, т.е. его нет.
The game is a bit 1-note. The runs feel the same, the classes take a long time to unlock. The difficulty is very inconsistent--running around in the levels fighting mobs is easy, then some bosses are quite hard. The exploration is tedious as you run into the same small handful of events and loot over and over. You can't transition between map areas unless you come to a specific spot in the screen, dragging travel time out way too much. There's about 10 hours of fun here, nothing inspiring.
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