Heidelberg 1693

This scratched my Musketeer itch, and it did so beautifully. Excellent OST and gameplay. Visuals are stunning, but at times, I find it hard to keep track of everything on screen because of how busy it can get. The one real complaint that I have is this: the Head of the Moon King. Its presence turns an already-difficult game and turns it into a nightmare of what felt like RNG or like I was being punished for even playing in the first place. I beat the game, and I loved doing it. However, I do not intend to beat it on hard mode, purely because the vindictive Head exists and hunts me down enough as it is. I am a Musketeer scholar and reenactor, so this game makes me giddy as can be. I love it, but I hate the Head. I died more times to IT in a single encounter than I did to the ACTUAL Moon King fight. 7.5/10, purely because of visual disorientation and because of the Head, who haunts me even now.

Really fun and dark game. I like it.

+1

relative unknown / underrated / underappreciated / sleeper

Have you ever eaten a naked frenchman?

Morreu, mas passa bem

Heidelberg 1693 is a game where you play as Aramis from the Three Musketeers, right before he became the Napoleon. After the game installs a virus into your PC you are introduced to the main menu of the game which seems to replicate the menu of games from the 90's, which is actually really funny, because there were no computers back in 1693. Throughout the game, you fight against the most hideous and disgusting things you have ever seen, humans. Seriously, the enemies in this game make the monsters in Silent Hill look like My Little Pony bootlegs compared to these monstrosities. However, it's not just the monsters that are horrifying, so is the difficulty, sometimes. The game tries to pay homage to Castlevania, but I feel it pays more homage to Hotline Miami, where pretty much everything kills you in one hit, and your performance is based on dying several times until you understand the best strategy to face the challenges until you get to the next checkpoint, or get lucky. To overcome the challenges ahead of you, you have a rapier which unlike other games, it is actually reliable, and your main way of attacking since not only can you plunge attack with it, but the double jump also acts as an attack as well, and a rifle that occasionally is useful if you don't forget to reload it after every shot, and every reload takes about the same time the enemies take to devour your flesh and skin. You also have access to some sub weapons, but the only one I found useful was a floating shield. I say useful, as in, "it made me laugh when the shield that I had placed ricocheted a bullet of an enemy against me". The bosses, like the rest of the game, are also abomination of mankind, but unlike most of the other enemies in the game, I barely remember anything about them except the first and last boss. It is also worth pointing out that I am deeply upset about some random circles on the main map that I have no idea how to access and that ruins my day. Overall, this is a very good game that I would deeply suggest you play on Halloween for max experience. Also, in case it wasn't obvious already, the art of this game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fantastic, and it is more than worth getting just because of it, and the funny gameplay.

Well this is a true hidden gem! Someday a big content creator will find this and make it famous - future cult classic for sure. Setting a punishing action platformer in the era of Louis XIV is an inspired choice, because the imagery and costume of his court has a bizarre, decadent profanity which suits the atmosphere of this game perfectly. Some things in the game are truly revolting and disturbing, others have a brilliantly twisted sense of humour. From obese drunken women hurling things out of the windows of burning buildings to twisted fleshcraft monstrosities, the design is inspired. The gameplay is something like a cross between Ghosts and Goblins, Castlevania, Abe's Odyssee and Super Meat Boy. The musketeer you control is very precise and acrobatic, with a rapier and musket on a bipod. He is also very fragile and so you have to practise the same small sections over and over until you can clear them perfectly in a gory, beautiful dance of death. Challenge is decent, the difficulty is well balanced at a moderate but not insane level. Some of the later levels had me stuck for a while, but I got through the game in about five hours. The soundtrack is amazing, too - lots of chilling, atmospheric synth music. I highly recommend this game as a truly unique piece of work that's full of creativity and artistry, set in a perverse and twisted reimagining of a fascinating period in history. And life's tragedy repeats unending.

I wrote this with 35/40 achievements. Pros: - Good dark fantasy game (not much of a swordplay really). - Not too hard even on hard mode but quite challenging. - Good control & game-pad support. - Beautiful animations. - Quick respawn. - Stage selection feature allow finding secrets a lot easier. Cons: - Have only 1 health upon re-spawn while surrounded by all sort of monsters will discourage casual players (Not me tho !). - Some secrets loots are too well hidden and there isn't any hint (I have to hit all the walls just to check). - Story is meh. I would definitely recommend this if its on sale and you want to take a break from competitive gamings or simply burned out from MMORPGs farms.

30 лет назад это могло бы быть ААА на 16-битных приставках, сейчас же это какая-то топорная инди-игра с плохим платформингом и странным управлением на пеке.