Action arpg = check, Survival Mechanics = check, a souls-like combat roll = check, tapping into my love for stargate SG1, Alantis, Universe = check, with a Steam punk/Diesel punk-ish/masters of the universe medieval crossed with high tech = check, a new take on the dystopian story = check.
alright the graphics aren't amazing, but the game play is brilliant, a bit jerky at first like diablo 2, however, there's a switch to turn on insta-casting so spells/arrow/slices n stab just shoot right away instead of twin-sticking directional arrow for targeting, The thing is with Gatewalkers...it leaves you alone, it doesn't pester me to get on with the narrative, it explains things with pop-ups, however, they can be turned off, it has a story but it also has options [in crafting and purchases] to just go farming through a gate to a random world, there's different levels of raw material for clothing, different levels of wood for crafting, differents levels of metals for the same, armour crafting, conventional weapon crafting, magical staff crafting, food and drink crafting with high level of quality and additional buffs, different bi-omes, difficultly of bio-omes, tech level of boots, armour, sword and boards, tech levels on torches!, tech levels on rings, amulets, tech levels on pick axes, carving/skinning knives, logging axes, sickles for herb collection, the games on-line and off-line play it's not a hassle to play and the bosses aren't a push over, this one of the few games, that feels good with M+KB which a new one for me as I usually go with controller with most games!
I currently have Baldur's Gate 3, Euro Truck sim2, Division 2 and this game and I'm good; Gatewalkers is a chillin' game, the farming, crafting, fighting just adds to chill, it's an enjoyable, refreshing fusion of arpg and survival, jump in, throw a few or several hours at it and enjoy the flow of the game, no stress, no mtxs', no fomo, all good.
