Gloomwood

BUY THIS, I NEED MORE OF THIS

Texture and sound design so sexy I wanna marry it

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Excellent game, perhaps the best immersive sim in the 2020s. Hopefully the devs can finish it someday.

This game is amazing! I’ve always been a huge fan of the Thief series, but would always play them and wanted more in terms of rewarding the player for looting extra. Gloomwood fixes that where you could find extra items for “crafting” other items, or finding items that’ll open an optional passage. They also fixed the save spam that I would end up doing in Thief with specific save locations, this helps me play the game as it was intended by actually using all options when getting caught if things didn’t go to plan. Been playing this since the initial release and love going back to replay when they add a new location and change or add new features. Keep up the good work devs!

One of the best immersive sim/stealth games ive played in a long time. Despite it not being complete yet, it is very promising and I have no doubts this will get completed.

Gloomwood is a decently made survival horror FPS, with great atmosphere and wide enough exploration not just for secrets but for alternative ways for completion. The game is also challenging, which might seem like a roadblock at the beginning or at certain areas, but if you can get use to it and figure out the mechanics of the game, I think it's manageable. As a survival horror it works fine, there is an inventory system which is usually never enough to take everything. Resources can be scarce if you not playing accordingly, and occasionally enemies can surprise you, not even mentioning the different types you will face. The game gives a basic tutorial about how to play and to learn about basic mechanics, but in general it's up to the player to uncover the rest, which can be a mixed experience, but in my case I enjoyed it. Gloomwood's story starts out foggy and hard to figure out and throughout my playtime I'm still not sure about what is it about, but it's mystery and also the environment and atmosphere is a motivating factor to learn more about it. Gloomwood is still an early access title and additional content is still being made, which for me gives a difficult position to review this game. I understand there is more to come, but currently there are mechanics and even certain areas which could be expanded. I do not want to spoil anything and talk about what exactly I mean here, but those who have played will know surely. Additionally, some of the mechanics are getting introduced later, and that's the moment when you realize that certain loot had more use, which you abandoned all over the place. All I'm going to say, do not forget what think you put to where. Also, some of the enemies can be easily cheesed, but in other times the enemies' detection is way wider then what it seems and you can get easily caught. It can be inconsistent. I really enjoyed Gloomwood and I could easily recommend to anyone who is interested in the genre, but as of now it's incomplete, which bothers me in some way but I also understand that a project can't be rushed, so just keep this in mind. If you are interested in the genre, give a try with this one.